ADARC took part in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2026, operating portable from Richard VK2EIK and Megan VK2FMEG’s property at Wollomombi in the HF Multi-Multi Portable 24 Hour category. The team finished 3rd place with 33,069 points, behind VL5X Amateur Radio Experimenters Group from Adelaide in 1st (73,920 points) and VK4IZ Redcliffe & District…
Another SSR bites the dust and we all had a great time of it today…… Leap Year SSR Feb 29th 2020 Special guest John VK2ZSI brought along our new “Box of Smarts” repeater controller that he has constructed for us. This will enable us to control our two repeaters to suit different club needs and…
Saturday September 14th 2019 saw a group of club members take a visit to the club repeater site to gain a better understanding of of the equipment the club has and how it all works. The tour was conducted by Dave VK2RP and was a real eye opener for all who attended. The club is…
Our club effort for the John Moyle Field Day Contest 2019 at Wollomombi. VK2IY
A bunch of hams chiefly in the S.E Qld region are promoting radio activity on VHF-UHF and above and they have a regular event every month they call 23 on 23. This event is 23cms on the 23rd day of each month and when that date falls on a weekend, then a few of them…
Last Sausage Roll Saturday (3/1/15) a few members brought in some of their gear for testing. Iain brought in his VHF vertical and Richard busily set about dissecting it to ascertain its construction and promptly put it on an analyser. Meanwhile Hon Sec Brian VK2BLP is planning a trip to the wilds of remote Australia…
November 8th 2014 saw a working bee at the club house and as storage is always a problem we decided to address at least some of the storage problem so we could de-clutter. Well, said Richard, here’s an idea…. How about we store that Cushcraft R7 trapped vertical antenna on a tower outside instead of…
We were approached by the Variety Bash communications team to assist them with setting up their HF radio base in Armidale as it is half way between Brisbane & Sydney being the start & finish of this teams run for 2014. The plan was to set up in our club rooms and erect a field…
Well it was a day of light rain and drizzle for our region so just the right weather for some warm sausage rolls. We had a good roll up of members turn up despite the weather. There was myself Rick VK4HF and Brian VK2BLP, Richard VK2EIK, Steve VK2SL, Maurie VK2MOZ, Angus VK2IY and Phill VK2AFX….