Coffee Morning, 7 June, Gisborne

Hi Everyone, This Wednesday is the coffee morning at the Gisborne CFA meeting room. Time: 1000 Hrs.Venue: CFA meeting room, Cnr of Robertson and Goode Street, Gisborne. Some members may have lunch afterwards at one of the Gisborne cafes. All welcome. Don't forget the Wednesday club nets, 8 pm on the Mt Macedon repeater: 147.250 and 8:30pm on 80M:3.685MHz. Regards,Graeme McDiarmid VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.
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Metal work for the Australian Radio Amateur – Upcoming talk by VK3ZZC

At the next club meeting at 10am, Saturday, June 17, we are delighted to welcome prolific home brew builder Ralph, VK3ZZC who will share lessons from his long experience of metalworking at home. If you have the urge to construct your own ham equipment then at some stage you will be required to perform some simple metalworking operations. In the old days this activity was called "chassis bashing" when all things radio were mounted on an aluminium or tin plate steel chassis. Making the lar...
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Inside the palace with Ross Gairn

Ross Gairn with The Queen Saturday's MRARC meeting was a memorable one as we had a guest speaker, Ross Gairn, who worked in the Royal Household. You might well ask how does an Aussie get to work for the Queen? Ross explained the rigorous interview process. In light of the recent coronation celebrations in London, with the precision timing, immaculately attired participants and amazing procedures, our speaker gave us his account of the years he worked for both the late Queen and Prince Phi...
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Timing systems for car and horse racing

At this month's meeting, Barry Theodore, VK3BRT, gave a fascinating talk about his experiences building systems to automatically time laps of cars in races and also horse races. As a young teenager, Barry used to enjoy going to car races. Later, when he was working with computers, and watching drag racing at Calder, the race stopped due to computer problems. This led to an opportunity to help with the timing system and the start of a long association with this sort of technology. Cars...
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Meeting at Woodend on Saturday 15th April

Hi Everybody, The April meeting is this Saturday. Our guest speaker is club member Barry VK3BRT. Barry's topic will include horses, cars and inventions. Time: 1000 Hrs,Venue: Woodend RSL, Anslow Street Woodend. All are welcome to meet later for lunch at one of the many eating houses in Woodend. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.
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Coffee Morning Wed April 5 10:00am

Hi Everybody, This Wednesday is the club coffee morning. Venue: Gisborne CFA meeting room.Time: 1000 Hrs. Some members go to lunch afterwards at one of the local eating houses, all welcome. Don't forget the club nets, Wednesday night, 2M at 8pm and 80M at 8:30pm.(147.250 MHz - VK3RMM and 3.685 MHz) Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.
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Railway signalling talk

At this month's meeting, guest presenter Andrew Martin spoke about railway signalling. Andrew Martin It was a fascinating romp through the history of technologies used to make it safe for trains to navigate complex track networks without banging in to each other. A Relay used for signalling There were many questions and we all learned a lot about the focus on reliability and safety that underpins a rail network. The VK3TPM "Bush 40" was on display Some members do home co...
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Meeting Saturday 18th March at Woodend

Hi Everybody, Next Saturday is the March meeting of the club. Our guest speaker is Andrew Martin who will give a presentation on railway signalling. Usual venue, Woodend RSL @ 1000 Hrs. Don't forget the 2M and 80M nets tomorrow night. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.
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Wyndham HamFest a great success

Several members of the Macedon Ranges Amateur Radio Club were in attendance at the WARC hamfest. VK3TPM, VK3LRJ, & VK3HUG There was an excellent range of older gear on sale as well as all sorts of useful parts for the junk box. Several commercial vendors were in attendance. The day was well organised and the sausages, with onion and white bread, were well prepared by the talented chefs.
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