News 11.10.2020
Last week the club advised the success of their first HF operating night and would like to announce again the 2nd operating evening will be held on Tuesday 27th of October starting at 6:00 PM with clubroom doors to open from around 5:30 PM. If you are interested in attending on the night, please contact the club directly.
Last week the club held their monthly general business meeting and would like to welcome James VK2TER as a member of the club. James had taken a break from Amateur Radio for several years and is just getting back into it again. Welcome James!
The Clubs education previously announced to be held on the 17th and 18th of October, has now been postponed and has been rescheduled to Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd of November.
If you are interested in Obtaining or upgrading your current Amateur licence, Please RSVP to the Club’s education facilitator, Karen VK2AKB. Booking information is on the website, at; ccarc.org.au/education.
Next week, the club is hosting an outdoor activity at Kincumba Mountain Reserve located on Island View Drive, Kincumber. This weekend also aligns with JOTA, so the bands are bound to be quite busy!.
If you are interested in attending the day, please contact the club so they have an understanding of the numbers. Please note that as this is a public park, car park spaces are limited.
The Club’s Thursday evening net this week was facilitated by Brad VK2NMZ, the evenings topic was “The most interesting place and the most interesting advertisement you have seen relating to Amateur Radio” There were some great references to movies, TV shows and the talk of operating portable in a park and having members of the public approach you with curiosity being the best advertising you could have.
Today marks day 192 that Bob VK2AOR has facilitated the Morning tea net on the VK2RAG 2 Meter repeater. The club would like to acknowledge Bob for the amount of time he has dedicated and continues to receive check-ins from both local and international stations. More recently we have had check-ins from Japan and Germany. Thank you, Bob. If you have checked into the morning tea net either via the local repeater or Echolink, the club would like to hear from you.
Both nets are held on the VK2RAG 2 Metre repeater, 146.725Mhz with a 91.5hz sub audible tone.
You can find out more about the CCARC on the web at ccarc.org.au; or on Facebook, Twitter and more recently Instagram. just search for Central Coast Amateur Radio Club and give the club a “like” to follow for any updates.
Brad VK2NMZ
Publicity, Central Coast Amateur Radio Club.
