The Central Coast Amateur Radio Club held another one of our portable days on Saturday the 13th of September at Kariong Gardens park. After a quick recharge of coffee and cake in the cafe we gathered in the shade next to the sports field. Portable stations were all set up on battery power using both…
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – September 21, 2025 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:00am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome. Back on September 13, the club held another portable day at Kariong Gardens park. Unfortunately a lack of wind put the kibosh on the intended kite…
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – September 7, 2025 Next Saturday. September 13, the club will be holding a “Go fly a kite” day at Mount Penang Gardens. Gather at the cafe at 10:30 and bring your portable equipment. Graham, VK2GRA, will also be attempting to fly some antennas with a kite. Members and…
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Graham and Michael had a chat yesterday and thought of doing a portable day very soon. Graham is interested in trying a “Kite Antenna”. There’s plenty of designs online for people to have a look at. What we’ve come up with is the 2nd Saturday in September, that being the 13th September at the Penang…
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – August 3, 2025 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:00am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome. Next Saturday, August 9, the club will hold its Annual General Meeting at 1pm, preceded by a BBQ at midday. Membership fees are now due and…
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – June 29, 2025 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:00am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome. The next monthly meeting will be held at the Kariong premises at 1pm on Saturday July 5. The meeting will be preceded by a BBQ at…
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Members of the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club met at the club on June 21 to build a 7 MHZ vertical antenna. The impetus for this build came to get a 40 meter antenna ready for the upcoming Trans-Tasman contest which we will be participating in. The antenna is easily built and doesn’t cost much.…
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – June 15, 2025 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:00am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome. Next Saturday the club will be holding an antenna building day. We will be constructing a bamboo 40m vertical for the club. Materials will be available…
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On the 12th of May,VK2GRA (Graham) and VK2FRTS (Ryan) started at Girakool Picnic Area SW of Kariong, NSW, Australia on a “Mini Dx Expedition”. It was a beautiful sunny day with clear blue skies and not a whisper of wind around as we set off from the Picnic Area. Not far down the track VK2FRTS…
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – May 14, 2023 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10am. As always, members and visitors are mostwelcome.Yesterdays antenna day had members doing further work on the tri-band beam. It’s going to take just a little more to get it tweaked just right, and open…
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