AREG’s Amateur Radio & Electronics Sale will be held on Saturday the 26th of October, at the DogsSA Training Facility in Kilburn as a car boot sale format. Gates will open at 9:30AM for sellers, and 10AM for buyers.
The entry fee will be $5 for buyers
NERC will be having 2 tables so come along and join the fun
10 people have signed up to build the antenna which has been subsidised by the club
We are primarily wanting them to achieve building a 49:1 Balun and understand the rest of the construction. It is hoped that everyone can hook in to assist those that are building to finish in the time frame allocated.
Bob VK5AK is setting up a table with bits for sale again for a gold coin donation. See you there
The poles are made of fibreglass 2mm thick. The rod diameter is 25mm and each pole is 1 metre long. The poles are screwed together using steel coupleings. The threaded portion is 31mm with the outer diameter of the steel coupling 34mm.
The lopper portion can be dismantled leaving a pulley to be attached at the top of the pole for hoisting the antenna and unun/balun.
Its a very strong pole when assembled. Using 2 or 3 extra poles you could get a decent 11/12 metre mast.
A guy ring could be be made from 1mm stainless steel to fit between the screwed sections. I can get these laser cut so everything is standard.
A big thankyou to all the NERC members that assisted in setting up our display at the the Volunteers Day at the Golden Grove Recreation and Art Centre. We had HF up and running, unfortunately the centre appears to be a Faraday Cage. We had several handheld running on simplex. A big thankyou to Darren VK5DP and Ross VK5WRP and his carer Gary VK5SIX for presenting showing the public that people with disabilities can become active in the hobby. Trevor VK5ATQ and Paul VK5PH set up Morse code. All in all an excellent day.