After all the recent fires and flooding rains around the state it was a perfect day for the club's annual picnic day at Days Picnic Area on Lions Head Road, Hesket. The turnout was excellent with many members, including some who often don't make it to meetings. What was particularly striking was all the radio gear and antennas that were set up. There were end feds, squid poles, ground mounted verticals and even a loop antenna. Unfortunately band conditions where not terribly good but a f...

This year the club Christmas function was well attended and highly entertaining. Howard opened the bar, Barry and Peter cooked up a brilliant feast. Joe began gave a fashion parade of the proposed options for the club's coming range of clothing. A challenging four round quiz was run with only a few appeals - amazing given some of the proposed "answers" we were offered! Our thanks again to Joe, VK3MAB, for a fine effort in preparing the material. We were very pleased to welcome ...

Graeme VK3CDO and Peter VK3TPM spent a very pleasant afternoon, night and breakfast at the Barmah Lakes campground. As usual, Graeme came well equipped for the field operations. An end fed antenna was strung up and we had several contacts including to a POTA station in NSW and Richard VK3LRJ. The KX3 was matched beautifully to the end fed using a home brew Unun but the band seemed rather dead. Connecting the end fed direct to the radio brought the band to life and the KX3's amazing t...

Once again the Rosebud Radiofest was well attended by members of the Macedon Ranges Amateur Radio club. Here we see Joe, VK3MAB, dreaming of the gear he will buy when the doors open. Peter, VK3PRC, managed to maintain control in the face of many temptations. It's a long trip from central Victoria but it's always worth while. Warm congratulations to the organisers for a well run event with plenty on show.

Today's meeting was very well attended. We had a gear sale (with some very generous prices), a quick presentation on QRP gear and accessing your home radio remotely via Tailscale. Joe VK3MAB, led the event and held a minute's silence to honour the passing of a co-founder and huge contributor to the club, Graeme, VK3NE. Sorely missed. We were honoured to have Gaz Emil Petru, Y05DND, visiting from the Romanian club Y05KAD. Welcome Gaz! There were also two new faces, Carl and rec...