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News 23.12.03

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – December 3, 2023 The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:30am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome. Next Saturday, on December 9, we will be holding the Annual December Lunch. At the VK2RAG Somersby repeater site, the D-Star, Rad-Net DMR and 2m Echolink…
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CCARC 29 April 2023 Show and Tell

The last Saturday of the month is the CCARC’s regular Show and Tell event and April’s event was a great success. Bob showed us hand cranked Meggers for insulation testing and a low ohms model for earth quality testing. He also showed us an azimuth and elevation antenna rotator and controller that he had reconditioned…
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Morse Key

WW2 surplus Bakelite base mounted on round metal base. It has a large heavy metal base which is a sort of chrome finish.  The ID on the base is Key WT,  8 amp,  No.2. There are 3 bridges on the key ,very squareish .  Both the end bridges have platinum contacts as it says in…
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Kenwood power/SWR meter Model SW-200

This meter has facilities to connect up to 3 remote mounted sensor elements and plug into 5 pin DIN connectors on the rear.  The Module I have is an SWC-2 with a frequency range of 140 – 450 Mhz.   It can be used without 12 volts connected and this limits the device to reading average…
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Bird  “43”  Thruline Watt Meter  Plug-in Elements determine the power and Frequency

The meter is at the top and has 3 scales. they are not linear but are expanded on the left and compressed to the right.  the scales are 0-30 watts, 0-50 Watts and 0-100 watts.  The element determines the multiplier of the scale.  The base unit I purchased from a re-seller at ARNSW trash and…
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NEWS 24.04.2022

Mayham is next Sunday! Along with a great range of traders, exhibitors, lectures, car boot sales and examinations for both Australian and US Qualifications; there will also be fox hunts and a Meet & Greet on the Saturday.An MMDVM hotspot will also be on offer as first prize in the fox hunt, which is now…
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NEWS 20.03.2022

Mayham is less than two months away, on the 1st of May. Examinations will be held for both Australian and US Qualifications. Tickets in the raffle are $5 each and a limited number are currently available online at mayham.org.au. Online ticket sales will close at 12pm on May 1; one hour before the draw. Unfortunately…
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NEWS 13.03.2022

This weekend, the club is hosting training and examinations. We wish all the best to those sitting exams. Next week there will be a special general meeting to consider changes to standing orders. Details have been emailed to members. Please make yourselves familiar with them. Mayham is less than two months away, on the 1st…
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NEWS 06.03.2022

Next weekend, the club will be hosting training and examinations. As such we will be looking at an outing of some description. On the 19th of February there will be a special general meeting to consider changes to standing orders. Details have been emailed to members. Please make yourselves familiar with them. Mayham is scheduled…
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NEWS 27.02.2022

The club club rooms are open again subject to the state health orders. Members please note that next weeks meeting will be a special general meeting to consider changes to the constitution. Similarly on the 19th of February there will be a special general meeting to consider changes to standing orders. Details have been emailed,…
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