North East Radio Club

After quite an extended time offline the club UHF 70cm repeater has been brought back to life utilising Yaesu DR2 C4FM equipment kindly donated by Graham VK5GM. Output frequency is 439.875 MHz with a minus 5MHz offset, power level of 25w

Antenna is a pair of phased folded dipoles fed via a duplexer and mounted approx 25m on the mast pointing west. Coverage reports so far are quite encouraging.

Although capable of operating both C4FM digital and FM analog modes at present it is locked to C4FM and FM input with straight analog FM output. No tone is required at this stage but you are encouraged to have your radio ready with a 91.5Hz tone in case it is required down the track.

Thanks go to the team for all the effort required to get the whole repeater project off the ground and operational.

The Club held it’s annual Buy & Sell Sunday 18th May and was another successful club event. It was a little later this year because of Easter and Anzac day falling so close together.

Although quite cool the weather was kind to us and any threat of rain to dampen the spirit of the day held off. Quite a lot of treasures changed hands inside the hall while a dedicated team of chefs managed the usual NERC barbeque outside.

This is always an annual gathering place for radio amateurs/enthusiasts from far and wide and this year was no exception and we look forward to having you back next year.

The repeater team has finally overcome some teething problems with transmitters and we are ready to go. Our first segment is set in the diary for the last Sunday of each month with the inaugural transmission being Sunday the 27th April at 3.30pm. We are talking about the achievements of Guglielmo Marconi and his contributions to radio communication.

We are please to announce the we can now order our merchandise online. There are 2 options to pay, Direct Deposit and in person at the Club.

When you submit the form the Treasurer will receive a copy (if you select Direct Deposit he will forward the bank details) and a copy will go the the Ordering Officer (VK5GM).

We look forward to seeing more people wearing the Club Logo