Paul is going to talk about the Kiwi SDR he has installed at Carey Gully.

Paul Hoffman VK5PH has recently set up at his qth a KIWI SDR site

It’s part of a terrific web based network world wide (set up by Clubs and individuals with antennas and equipment) receiving HAM RADIO TRAFFIC (AND SHORT WAVE) for usually good quality free listening

Paul will speak to us after call ins from 7.15 pm this Friday (many thanks Paul)

Power point  pictures and diagrams are available here.

We will be using Houghton Repeater 146.850 MHz

Our host for the evening will be Les Dicker VK5KLD

Please support Paul by checking in and tell your ham friends  as he has outlaid from  his own resources for  this terrific addition to the hobby

Don’t forget our Virtual Meeting this Friday on Houghton 7.30 pm with signal checks and chatter from 7pm

VK5GA Adam (Currently serving with the RAAF)  with his chat on Ham Radio, RAAF and Anzac Day Reflections

Presentation can be downloaded here. A higher resolution version will be emailed to members.

The next virtual meeting is to be on the Thursday  7.30pm  9^th April (  not Good Friday )  on Houghton 2 m  146.850.

Trevor Quick vk5ATQ will lead us and the topic will be” Morse code”.

The presentation can be found here for download.

Please on the link below to download the presentation file (580KB PDF file) for tonight’s presentation at 19:30.

In this first virtual meeting, Rob VK5RC will talk about essential books for HAMS. This talk will commence at 19:30 hrs on the VK5RAD repeater (147.00Mhz, -600Khz offset).

As presentation will be available to download from 18:30 hrs on Friday on this website.

With respect to the Corona Virus pandemic, the NERC management committee has requested members and other interested parties note the following:

Regular Club Meetings – will be suspended until further notice. An on air meeting has been proposed and details will be shared as they are locked in.

Wednesday morning coffee club meeting – proposing we have an on air session on 146.450 MHz simplex starting at 10.00 AM Wednesday morning. Make yourself a BIG cup of coffee, sit down at your favorite 2 metre radio and we will all chat.

NERC Buy and Sell 18 April – Cancelled.

Des VK5LEA will take us through constructing a 2M J Pole antenna

Happy New Year everyone!

NERC is kicking off the new year with a BBQ social night on the 10th of January at 6:30PM. Hope to see you there!

At the 2019 Christmas celebration, Trevor Quick VK5ATQ was presented with a Lifetime Membership Award. Congratulations Trevor and thank you for all your years of service, support and encouragement to the ham radio community.

Rev Brenton Daulby VK5FBJD was the guest speaker for the evening who spoke well about peace and goodwill amongst many faiths that he had experienced and that ham radio appeared to espouse those traits and had many good people as members. He shared some funny stories of his journey from being a Police Officer and then Air Force Chaplain.

Photos by David Junkovic

Grant VK5GR will be giving us a talk on the recent A35JT DXpedition to Tonga