Quiet meeting during floods

Posted on October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 by Editor

The widespread rain this week in Victoria led to the club's planned JOTA activities being cancelled for this year. Not damp at all There were many stories of local flooding and road damage or closures. Joe, VK3MAB presented his Arduino based morse code device that can decode hand keyed morse and shows the characters both on an LCD display and via the serial port. Joe, VK3MAB, with a mix of new and old technology

Meeting at Woodend, Saturday 15th October

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Editor

Hi Everyone, Our next meeting is this Saturday 15 October 2022. Time: 1000HrsVenue: Woodend RSL, Woodend. This weekend is the JOTA weekend. Some members will be supporting the Woodend scouts at Noonameena and also a group at Riddells Creek. There will not be a presentation this month but members are encouraged to bring along something they have been working on. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.

Coffee Morning 5th October

Posted on October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 by Editor

Hi Everyone, This Wednesday is the club coffee morning. Venue: Gisborne CFA meeting room.Time: 1000 Hrs. Hope to see you all there. Lunch afterwards at one of the cafes in Gisborne. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.

Battle of Zemach station 4X0VK

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Editor

Dear friends, I have the honor to invite you to contact Israeli stations during a special activation commemorating the Battle of Zemach in which Australian soldiers participated in 1918.The Activity will be held from the restored train station in Zemach on October 14-15, 2022. We will be on the air with the callsign 4X0VK.More Information is on our QRZ page here:https://www.qrz.com/db/4X0VK 73,Gil, 4Z1KDOn behalf of the Israeli Radio Amateur Club (IARC) PS: Note that some web sites ...

Speleology and an impressive transceiver

Posted on September 17, 2022September 18, 2022 by Editor

Graeme, VK3CDO gave the keynote presentation at Saturday's club meeting at Woodend. Modern AV equipment was used to good effect Graeme gave an excellent account of various caves he's explored and spoke enthusiastically about caves in Tasmania. Many of us did not know that a true hero was in our midst as we learned that Graeme had been urgently recruited to rescue a boy who had become trapped by a rock fall in a cave in Tasmania. A surgeon was taken along who was ready to amputat...

Meeting at Woodend RSL, 10am Saturday 17th September 2022

Posted on September 12, 2022September 14, 2022 by Editor

Hi Everybody, This Saturday is the next club get together. Time: 1000 HrsVenue: Woodend RSL. Guest speaker this month is club member Graeme VK3CDO.Graeme used to be involved in cave exploration and has prepared an illustrated talk about his exploits. After the meeting some members have lunch at one of the local cafes. Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC. PS: Please don't park on the grass near the RSL. People have complained and also you might get bogged.

Coffee morning 7th Sept 2022 at Bullengarook

Posted on September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 by Editor

Hi Everyone, The Wednesday coffee morning is this Wednesday. There will be an alternate venue this month. We will meet at the Bullengarook CFA station in Bullengarook. To get there travel past the Gisborne CFA heading west and continue for 7 KM.The Bullengarook station is the first building on the left in Bullengarook just past the 80k sign. Time: 10am. We will return to Gisborne for the usual lunch. Regards,Graeme VK3NE.

Presentation by the ACMA

Posted on September 2, 2022September 3, 2022 by Editor

ACMA in Town! No, we weren’t in trouble, the club’s committee decided to invite a representative from ACMA to address a meeting and tell us the regulatory story from “their side of the fence”. Some publicity had been given to a clamp-down on some low quality equipment (including amateur) entering Australia, which was causing some unwanted interference. Mobile Phone Jammers However, the main jaw dropping part of the presentation was what we were told about illegal hand held units...

Inspection of CFA Gisborne Incident Control Centre

Posted on September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 by Editor

During September 2011, MRARC members were made welcome at the newly constructed CFA Gisborne Incident Control Centre located in one of the few multi-story commercial buildings in the town. The ICC is a management facility for fighting large fires within the CFA Region and is a separate operation to that of the local Gisborne CFA Brigade which is located some streets away. Main Operation Area Our tour leader Ian, provided an interesting explanation as to how large fires are managed and ...

Coffee Morning, 7 Sept 2022 – Different venue

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Editor

Hi All, The Gisborne CFA have the opportunity to accept a booking for 2 days next week. They have offered the Bullengarook CFA meeting room as an alternative. I have accepted this offer, subject to confirmation, on the clubs behalf and will confirm it if the committee is in favour of the change. Bullengarook fire station is 7 KM from the Gisborne station along the Bacchus Marsh Road. Regards,Graeme… Coffee will be on from 10am if confirmed.