NEWS 20.11.2022
Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – November 20, 2022
The club rooms at Kariong are open every Saturday from 10:30am.
The first of the Club’s “Christmas Ham” events ends at midday on November 24; with the second starting on November 25, ending at midday on December 9. You can find out more from our web page or social media.
On November 26, the club will be holding the regular “Show & Tell” day. This will be a general show &
tell. Bring along anything radio or electronic that you think may be of interest, or just come along to see what others have brought.
A reminder to members that the end of year lunch is approaching on the 10th of December. Please RSVP to give us a heads up for catering requirements.
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. 23cm is temporarily
down.
The club has a 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 moving to weekdays only 10:00am, with the last weekend net today after
the ARNSW broadcast.
The Thursday evening net is held at 8:00pm on the same repeater and echolink conferences.
The Morning Tea and Thursday night nets are held on the VK2RAG repeater – 146.725 MHz with 91.5Hz
tone, and on echolink through the HAM and CCARCNSW echolink conferences.
The Thursday night net is also video streamed live to the club’s Facebook page and recordings can
be found in the “Videos” section.
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 2m Net is held on Thursday night at 8pm.
