4 Dandaloo Street, Kariong NSW 2250
+61 (02) 4340 2500
ccarc@ccarc.org.au

NEWS 19.02.2023

NEWS 19.02.2023

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – February 19, 2023


The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10am. Next Saturday will be our regular “Show and Tell”. This month’s theme is “Your Favourite Collection”. Bring along something you like; be it radio,
electronic or something completely unrelated that you like. You are welcome to do a presentation or
slideshow using our data projector if you don’t wish to bring along physical items. As always, members and visitors are most welcome.
Mayham for 2023 has been postponed and will not be run. The committee are refocusing and realigning the direction of the event and hope to return in 2024.
The club will be running the postponed third Christmas Ham event opening on March 1 and closing at
midday on March 24. On offer are a Rigexpert AA-1500 Antenna Analyser and a DX Commander Classic
80-10m Vertical Antenna kit. Check out our web page or social media for more detail.
At the VK2RAG Somersby repeater site, the D-Star, Rad-Net DMR and 2m Echolink services are fully
functional. Brand Meister DMR and 70cm Echolink and IRLP are still on the sick list.
In an effort to reduce “ker-chunking”; the 146.725 repeater has been modified to require a key-up delay,
meaning that you’ll need to to hold the PTT button down for half a second to key it. The repeater committee are monitoring the effect of the change.
The club Web SDR at Somersby. Websdr.ccarc.org.au is configured to listen on 6 metres, 2 metres, 70
centimetres and 23 centimetres.
The Morning Tea Net is run on weekdays at 10:00am and the Weekly net on Thursday at 8:00pm.
Both nets are run on on the VK2RAG repeater – 146.725MHz with a 91.5Hz sub-audible tone, and on the
CCARCNSW and HAM Echolink conferences.
The Thursday evening net is also live video-streamed on the club’s facebook page.
You can find out more about the CCARC, our upcoming social events and other details that we can’t tell you about here on the web at ccarc.org.au, by phone on 02 4340 2500, or on social media by searching for “Central Coast Amateur Radio Club”. Remember to give the club a “like” to follow for any updates.


73, Alan VK2MG
Publicity Officer, Central Coast Amateur Radio Club.


Summary of Nets
VK2RAG 146.725 with 91.5Hz tone and echolink through the CCARCNSW and HAM Conferences
• The Morning Tea Net is held Monday to Friday at 10am.
• The Weekly Net is held on Thursday at 8:00pm

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