NEWS 22.01.2023
Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – January 22, 2023
We have the sad news of a Silent Key. Bob, VK2ZAR passed away peacefully last Sunday in Cherrybrook.
Bob had been an integral member of the Central Coast Amateur Radio club as well as a life member of
WICEN. Vale Bob, VK2ZAR.
The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10am.
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 third “Christmas Ham” will be run in the first quarter of this year.
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.
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
