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 16,2024 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:30am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome. On June 8, the club held a “portable day” at The Skillion in Terrigal. Overall a good time was had taking part in the “VK Shires” contest…
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John Moyle Memorial Field Day 2022 – did you enter? Were you operating home or portable? Here we have Brad VK2NMZ and Luke VK2HMI operating a portable station from VKFF-0550 at Crackneck Lookout. It was great time operating and comparing the performance characteristics of different antenna configurations and getting a few contacts in of course!…
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With upcoming activities and additional restrictions in place, unfortunately the club will be unable to run as multi operator, single station for the upcoming Remembrance Day contest. The club’s executive team is considering a similar approach to ARNSW for dedicated HF operating nights, but placing the emphasis on those who are just coming into the…
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4th place.Not BheadGood Soize.We were 5th last year.So… 3rd place next year?!Bring it on 🙂 Congrats to Alan VK2EFM for cracking 1st place in Single Operator, High Power, VK2MG for achieving 3rd place and Max VK2XOR for 7th place in Single Operator QRP. https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/
With the Trans-Tasman low band contest last week, some club members are itching to get into contesting again and with the International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend along with the Remembrance Day contest over the 15th to 16th of August, it is sure to be busy times. A reminder that annual club membership is due for…
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Last night club members took part in the 2020 Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest utilising club station call VK2AFY. This was also a great introduction for the club’s new members to experience contesting and how fun it can be, The club would like to acknowledge Geoff VK2FGSE and Jim VK2FJEG, Ryan VK2FRTS who took place in…
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2020 sure has been an adventure! Much similar to last year, We intend on opening up the club rooms for a small number of members who may be interested in participating in the contest. The contest is held in 3 x 2 hour blocks from 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM this Saturday 18th July. The…
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Friday the 13th of March the clubs VK2RAG repeater relayed an international Space Station contact session with the Australian Air League – South Australia Wing at 08:56 UTC, that is 7:56PM AEST. This stream was broadcast not only via the local repeater, but also out live to Facebook. If you missed the broadcast, be sure…
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The Club recently received a large number of electronic components and wish to thank Alex & Margaret of the Tumbi Umbi area. The club is now swimming in a sea of Resistors, Capacitors, Diodes and an assortment of solenoids. Next Friday the 13th of March, the Club’s VK2RAG repeater will be relaying an international Space…
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