Meeting, Saturday 21 June 2025.

Posted on June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 by Editor

Hi Everybody, This Saturday is the June monthly club meeting. Time: 10am.Venue: Woodend RSL Hall, Woodend. AI comes to amateur radio FreeDV is a suite of digital voice modes for HF radio. Digital voice over HF provides the benefit of a clear signal with no background noise while taking less bandwidth than a sideband signal. Until last year, the speech codec used was the world leading codec2 designed by David, VK5DGR. A new, Version 2, of the software has just been relea...

Wednesday Coffee Morning, 4 June 2025.

Posted on June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 by Editor

Hi Everybody, This Wednesday is the June coffee morning. Time: 10amVenue: Gisborne CFA meeting room, cnr Robertson and Goode Streets, Gisborne. Lunch afterwards at one of the local cafes, all welcome to join in. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.

Casual Saturday Meeting at Woodend

Posted on May 17, 2025May 17, 2025 by Editor

Today's meeting was well attended with show and tell of some electronic items. Very casual atmosphere, members gathered at various tables and great discussions were held. Our table discussed Peter’s microchip from his Icom 9700 which sustained some damage during a lighting storm. We ventured into politics and tried to sort out the nation’s problems, federal and state. The other table was absorbed in their conversation about lighthouses and other various topics. David and Barrie spent the...

Meeting, Saturday 17 May 2025.

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 by Editor

Hi Everybody, This Saturday is the next club meeting. Time; 10amVenue: Woodend RSL Hall, Woodend. This will be a general chat get together. If you have any items to show and tell please bring them along. Afterwards some members may wish to have lunch at one of the local cafes. All are welcome to join in. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.

Coffee Morning 7th May 2025

Posted on May 4, 2025May 4, 2025 by Editor

Hi Everybody, This Wednesday is our monthly coffee morning. Venue: Gisborne CFA Meeting Room.Time: 10am. Afterwards some members have lunch at one of the local cafes. All are welcome to join in. Joe VK3MAB and I attended the the BAREC Techfest at Bendigo today. Several other club members were there, I think MRARC was well represented. We sold some donated bits and pieces which covered the cost of the table and made a small profit. Regards,Graeme ...

MRARC dominates the Bendigo Technology Festival

Posted on May 4, 2025May 7, 2025 by Editor

Sunday's technology festival held by the Bendigo club was an ambitious affair. Our club had a table with members in attendance to handle the inrush of membership applications. There was a mix of information tables and equipment sales (at some very good prices). The WIA was there of course. VK3BRT, Barry and Ron had a table of goods for sale. VK3RV and VK3PRC were seen. Peter VK3TPM gave a presentation about AI coming to FreeDV. The venue was very spacious and ...

Portable operation contests with VK3KR

Posted on April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 by Editor

Today's talk was about portable operation including competitions with Summits On the Air (SOTA), Parks On The Air (POTA) and Worldwide Flora and Fauna (VKFF), from experienced operator (half goat!) David, VK3KR. David showed the web sites of each of the competition sites. He showed his portable gear including home brew rechargeable battery systems. David also regaled us with amazing stories of exciting trips to mountain tops around Victoria and Tasmania. Also at the meeting Graeme, VK3CDO...

Meeting, Saturday 26th April 2025

Posted on April 23, 2025April 23, 2025 by Editor

Hi Everyone, This Saturday is the April club meeting. Our guest speakers are David VK3KR and Graeme VK3CDO. They will be explaining the type of equipment used when operating portable from Parks or Summits. Time: 10am.Venue: Woodend RSL Hall. After the meeting some members stay in Woodend for lunch. All are invited to come along. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.

Coffee Morning, Wednesday 2 April 2025.

Posted on March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 by Editor

Hi Everybody, This Wednesday is the April coffee morning at the Gisborne CFA meeting room. Time: 10am. Lunch afterwards at one of the local cafes. All invited. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.

Behind the scenes of Ron, VK3AHR’s daily net on 7100KHz

Posted on March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 by Editor

Stephen, VK2BLQ, drew my attention to this excellent video of daily 10am net controller Ron, VK3AHR. I often have the net running in the background when I'm in the shack. I've called in a few times and he always replies even when I'm very much QRP. The video, by Brenton VK3CM was taken when Ron had to operate from another site due to his power being off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_i9VxMGiew Ron is 87. He's always polite and good humoured. A lovely video Brenton.