I was invited to join Mick VK5MCH, Tom VK5TOM and Paul VK5PH at Thornden Park where we had egg and bacon roll and set up Mick IC7300 with squid pole and dipole. Several AX contacts including a great contact to the USA (Texas). Mick was running 40w.
The concept is that we maybe able make this a semi regular event that creates a great outing amongst Amateurs and families from all over. It has been suggested we could have a Antenna challenge day to see whose design performs the best. VK5GM
Video clips of interest presented by Graham VK5GM
This Friday evening you will see a collection of video clips of general interest items related to amateur radio. See you there
The May Regular meeting of the Club will be a presentation by Club member Des VK5LEA on the pros- and cons- of owning an EV.
Des has always owned and driven petrol/diesel vehicles and as this is his first foray into the world of electric cars we can be assured his talk will be very interesting.
If you are contemplating buying an EV then this meeting will be for you.
The Club is well-known for its annual buy-and-sell event over a number of years.but the recent Pandemic put a hold on this up until now. The event held Sunday 14th was quite a success, with near-perfect weather. What better way to spend a Sunday to off-load some hard-earned cash and take home a new treasure?.
This has always been a good social event where amateurs can meet and reminisce over a tasty snag from the barbecue or coffee and a biscuit from the counter.
The Club would like to thank all for attending and looks forward to next year for a repeat.performance.
After a little wait we have our VK5RHO 2metre (VHF) repeater back online. You can access it by tuning your radio to 146.850MHz with a -0.6 MHz offset and a tone on your transmit of 91.5Hz.
