Fox Hunt – The location has been chosen for the fox, as normal the location is somewhere between The Crossroads and Cambelltown along the M5 corridor. The fox frequency is 145.300MHz FM. The start and check-in will be on VK2RFG at 8:30am. BBQ & Event – As this is a bit of a different day with […]
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Let’s play Amateur Radio
28th Feburary Field Day Replacement Followed on from today’s great success we have decided to run a Field Day replacement event. We will have a fox hunt and a BBQ BYO, to start as well as some Amatteur Radio demonstrations, hopefully some different things than your normal operations. Be suprised. Fox Hunt will start at […]
Great morning had by all. VK2PR, VK2MHZ, VK2ICJ, VK2FAEG, VK2BBA, VK2DEK, VK2ZWK participated in today’s fox hunt hosted by VK2FOX. The hunt was well attended, however 2 hunters encountered some equipment problems early in and decided to withdraw. the location today was well received and a challenge for some. The exact location was a bit […]
USA Exam Session @ Wyong Field Day
WYONG Field Day Canceled Subject to COVID Requirements and restrictions we will have a USA Exam Session at Wyong this year for an in person exam. If you think you would like to have a go at Technician, General & Extra a good place to start is www.hamstudy.org You have to complete Technician first then […]
VK2FOX Congratulations
After a lot of work and patience it’s great to be able to let everyone know that Nathan Fisher our Treasure has upgraded and got his callsign. Great work and Congratulations.
Club JOTA Callsign approved
The club locally in South Western Sydney is getting involved with a group to participate in JOTA 2020 16th to 18th October, this year and our club callsign has been approved by ACMA, just awaiting for it to be granted as it has been paid. VK2SHD will be on the air with a single HF […]
First General Meeting
We had a great first meeting held last night, everything is under way and things are moving along steadily with sorting out sites and getting repeaters up and running. More to come and thanks to all the members.
WIA Mag issues, finally answers.
In the national news today, the following item was to be published in full. However, a cut down version has only made it to air. I apologise to members for this. Members will recall that last year the WIA Editor in Chief Harry VK6YBZ resigned due to ill health. Harry did a fantastic job at […]
Great success was had on Sunday night for an exam session for a USA license. The candidate took all 3 exams in person, Technician, General and Extra passing them all to be issued with a new license less than 36 hours later. The session was supervised by 3 club members, making this the first official […]
Remote USA Exams in Oz for Rural and Remote.
Remote and Rural Aussies now have an excellent opportunity to site for a USA Amateur radio License in Australian Timezones. If you have been thinking of upgrading, sitting for a license or just testing the brain on new skills then get into contact info AT arrg DOT club