VK3RV Wolfenden wows the crowd yet again! Club member, Peter, VK3RV presented the talk he gave at the Macedon club to the prestigious Old Timers Club at the Caulfield RSL. The talk was a detailed history with many fascinating stories of the progress of electrification starting in Melbourne and slowly branching out to other suburbs. It seems that the engineers in Melbourne were up to date with advances around the world and, while starting with DC, had made early preparations for switchi...

The September 2023 meeting was simply a chat and show and tell meeting. New gear from around the internet was shown, much of it suitable for portable use. There was a compact HF vertical and a very nifty Z Match tuner. David, VK3KR, showed his portable station including his unique link dipole. Peter, VK3TPM, showed his Xeigu G106 transceiver purchased with the aid of a single malt whiskey late one night. It was used on the club 80m net and while the signal was good, audio w...

A significant number of Macedon Ranges Amateur Radio Club members made the trip to Shepparton for this weekend's Radiofest. It was a very well organised event with a wide range of equipment and parts on display or for sale.

VK3KPP operating off grid Tony, VK3KKP, from our sister club Bendigo Amateur Radio Club, invited us to observe this weekend's operation of a disaster communications exercise. The premise of the exercise is that a fire in central Victoria has driven people from their homes to a “Bushfire Place of Last Resort” - BPLR, in both the Shire of Mt. Alexander and the City of Greater Bendigo. Small groups of radio operators deployed to almost all of the BPLRs in those areas and transmit simulate...

Ralph, VK3ZZC, who spoke to a club meeting recently on home metalwork, brought along a fascinating coil winding machine capable to winding honeycomb coils. This device is fascinating and has been shown by Peter, VK3YE, on his popular YouTube channel. Today I see that the famous Hackaday site is featuring it on the front page. Warm congratulations Ralph on hitting the big time! Surely this cements the role of being guest speaker at MRARC is a step on the path to international fame....

19 Members and 2 visitors were in attendance for the meeting and the presentation by Peter VK3RV. Joe and Barry slaved over a hot oven to produce some great finger food to conclude the day's events. The following members were elected to the committee for the 2023/24 year: President: Joe Balassa VK3MAB.Vice President: Graeme Wilson VK3FCDO.Secretary: Graeme McDiarmid VK3NE.Treasurer: Barry Theodore VK3BRTCommittee:John Bell VK3JCB.Peter Cooper VK3PRCPeter Marks VK3TPMHugo Steiner VK...