NEWS 25.06.2023

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – June 25, 2023

We regret to advise of a Silent Key, Winstone Buffrey VK2BS. Winstone was a long-time member of the
Central Coast Amateur Radio Club and avid radio fan since his teenage years.
Winstone passed peacefully at his QTH in Gwandalan surrounded by his family at the young age of 86.
Winstone was an avid fan of all modes of radio, especially HF. He was in to Bulletin Boards and Packet
Radio as new modes were coming on-line in the 60’s and 70’s. Please pause for a moment whilst we
remember Winstone. Vale Winston Buffrey VK2BS.
Yesterday saw members bring along a wide range of equipment for the “I made this, could you?” show &
tell. More on this in next week’s broadcast.
The club’s next monthly business meeting will be held at the club rooms on Saturday July 1 at 1pm. Details have been emailed to members.
The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:30am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome.
Members are reminded that renewals are due at the end of June. Membership forms have been sent out.
There are rumours of something brewing in the Central Coast area. It’s not clear exactly what, but it might be a good idea to write down the 5th of May, 2024 in our diaries and keep an ear out for updates.
At the VK2RAG Somersby repeater site, the D-Star, Rad-Net DMR and 2m Echolink services are fully
functional.
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.