News from the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club At the Annual General Meeting on 17th August the following Committee positions were elected unanimously; President: Jaye VK2FOMG, Vice-President: Brad VK2NMZ, Secretary: Mark VK2CCR, Treasurer: Dave VK2DLS. The Club would like to thank outgoing president Myles VK2ASS for his dedicated work over the past 12 months; the…
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Please note that the VK2RAG D-Star service is still out of action due to what could best be described as a hardware failure (although a more technical term is not fit to be put to air). It will be a complex process to rebuild the system with Ian VK2HK at the helm, so members are…
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Attention all members The CCARC AGM will be held on the 17th August 2019 at 1300 hrs. Nomination forms have been emailed to all members and will also be available on the day. If you are unable to locate the form, please message the page and we will get one to you. All positions on…
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Please note that the VK2RAG D-Star service is still out of action due to what could best be described as a hardware failure (although a more technical term is not fit to be put to air). It will be a complex process to rebuild the system with Ian VK2HK at the helm, so members are…
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The digital P25 service at VK2RAG is now operational again, but D-Star is still not working at the time of writing; be sure that the IT Team is working as hard as possible to restore normal services. Also, a reminder that the weekly 2m net is now held at 7pm (on Thursday) during the winter…
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The digital services at VK2RAG (D-Star and P25) were out of service at the time of writing, although given your scribe’s faulty crystal ball they will probably be operational by the time this item goes to air. Also, a reminder that the weekly 2m net is now held at 7pm (on Thursday) during the winter…
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How about P25? Pretty good eh? 10100 talk group is pretty cool. Maybe 50525 all the things crossmode TG? Unfortunatey, both aren’t reaching the outside world. 😭So no dice on hitting into anything digital-land from vk2rag currently.But it’s cool!Our normal 6M, 2M, 70CM AND 23CM repeaters are a-okay! 💪Our team of highly trained technicians have…
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First, a correction to last week’s Club News; it was stated that the Annual General Meeting will be on the 3rd August, following the usual General Meeting. Although true at the time of writing it is now set down for the 17th August, and your Publicity Officer apologises for any confusion caused in the ranks.…
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Members are reminded that the Annual General Meeting will be on 17th August, following the usual General Meeting; at the time of writing there is no lecture set for the 20th July, so volunteers are welcome. All meetings of the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club are held at the Club rooms in Dandaloo St, Kariong,…
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Last week’s lecture was by Graham VK2GRA, who provided instruction on soldering and desoldering different-sized IC chips using the ceramic substrate hybrid versions. These chips require a longer time to remove without charring the board. A number of kits were provided by Tom VK2VC so that members can practise at home; further information is available…
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