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Category: Antennas

Mini DX Expedition on 12/05/23

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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NEWS 14.05.2023

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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NEWS 19.03.2023

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – March 19, 2023 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10am. As always, members and visitors are mostwelcome.The CCARC held their antenna workshop yesterday to clean and re-fit their tri-band beam antenna.The club rooms were full of willing participants who were offered pizza in exchange…
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Beam Antenna Repair Day – Saturday 18th March 2023

The CCARC’s 20M, 15M and 10M beam antenna at our clubhouse had developed high SWR so we decided to have a working bee to fix it up. We put the word out and got a very good roll up of willing helpers on a clear warm day. We started the day with a project and…
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NEWS 12.03.2023

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – March 12, 2023 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10am. Next Saturday there will be an antennaworkshop to look at the tri-band beam. As always, members and visitors are most welcome.It’s running! Entries are open for the third Christmas Ham event. On offer are…
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NEWS 26.02.2023

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – February 26, 2023 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10am. Next Saturday will be the monthly businessmeeting, starting at 1pm. Information will be distributed to members by email during the week. There willalso be an antenna workshop on March 18. As always, members and…
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Morning

Morning ! It’s time for a Monday morning game. Here we have pictured a tri-band beam antenna for 10 / 15 / 20M. The Spidey Senses seem to believe this is a Hy-Gain TH-3JRS. For those with a keen eye, what are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below!

Third Christmas Ham Raffle Postponed

In consultation with the Club’s Committee and Executive team, The decision has been made to postpone the third Christmas ham raffle for the Rig Expert AA-1500 Antenna Analyser and DX Commander Classic antenna system. We understand some may have been looking forward for this raffle to wind up the year, The raffle has not been…
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Central Coast Amateur Radio Club Terrigal Portable Picnic Report

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club Terrigal Portable Picnic Report[Provided by Graham VK2GRA] The CCARC held an event on Saturday the 15th at Terrigal Haven combining Radio and a picnic. The event was designed to ramp things up after all of us had been cooped up due to the Covid lockdowns. Invitations were issued and about…
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Show and Tell Saturday

An initiative was started to try and make the club rooms not look as deserted as they have been lately thanks to the pandemic. Show & Tell Saturday – Scheduled for the last Saturday of each month will be open for members and visitors to bring along any items of interest to show, display and…
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