Details of yesterdays’s lecture on surface mount soldering (and all its fun and games) will appear next week. In the meantime, the Club has gained a somewhat large satellite dish, so visitors can expect to see a new landmark on the horizon soon; further details will appear in later broadcasts, but it is promised that…
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Members are advised that Friday 17th May is ITU Day, so please use the “AX” prefix whenever possible; as the saying goes: “use it, or lose it”. The next lecture will be on Saturday 18th May, on surface mount soldering by Graham VK2GRA; it will involve a demonstration and some practice. Don’t forget that this…
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Due to a lack of Internet access at the home of the Publicity Officer for the past three weeks, Club news has been somewhat limited; in the meantime, he would like to thank Club President Myles VK2ASS for collecting a USB stick and transporting it via “sneaker-net”. Normal service is expected to return by next…
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Users of VK2RAG are probably wondering why it stopped a few days ago; the simple story is that during summer the site is solar-powered, but due to inclement weather it ran out of sunlight and hence battery power. Normal service was restored as soon as humanly possible, and the Club thanks its hard-working Repeater team.…
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It is regretted that this month’s CCARC lecture was cancelled as the lecturer could not be present; instead, there was a “show and tell” fest. There were some good points raised by attendees at the Wyong Field Day, but please be aware that it takes an enormous amount of effort to bring this annual event…
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The recent Club business meeting was followed by an analysis of the Field Day, and we’ll report upon the results soon. There were some good points raised by attendees, but please be aware that it takes an enormous amount of effort to bring this annual event to you; as always, volunteers to help run this…
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The Wyong Field Day organized by the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club is now over and the dust has settled; yesterday’s Club business meeting was a dissection of the event, and we hope to report the results next week. We can report that the raffle winners were: 1st prize: Peter VK2APS; second prize: Richard VK2FKRO;…
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Today saw the Wyong Field Day organised by the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club, and hopefully everybody went away with a car full of goodies, attended the lectures and exhibits, and in general had a good time. In the meantime, should anyone have any photographs of the old Field Days then Vice-President Jaye VK2FOMG would…
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Welcome to the special Saturday evening CCARC news, as there will be no broadcast tomorrow morning. Tomorrow is of course the Wyong Field Day, organised by the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club, so as a result this bulletin will concentrate upon the various lectures. It’s the biggest hamfest in the Southern Hemisphere, held at Wyong…
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The Wyong Field Day, organised by the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club, is just one week away, on Sunday 24th February, so as a result this bulletin will concentrate upon the various lectures; “be there, or be square”, as they used to say in the 60s. It’s the biggest hamfest in the Southern Hemisphere, held…
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