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Coffee Morning at Gisborne 10am Wednesday 3rd December

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Hi Everybody, This Wednesday is the MRARC coffee morning at the Gisborne CFA meeting room. Time: 10am,Venue: Gisborne CFA meeting room cnr of Goode and Robertson Street, Gisborne..Enter via front door in Robertson Street. All welcome to meet and lunch afterward at one of the local cafes. Also, if you're in the market for some possibly bargain priced test gear there's an auction closing tomorrow of ex-ACMA gear here: https://gollantauctions.hibid.com/catalog/695202/high-performance-e...
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Camping at Barmah Lakes

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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...
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Wonderful Rosebud Radiofest

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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.
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Packed meeting with welcome guests

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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...
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Meeting at Woodend Saturday 15th November

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Hello everyone, This Saturday is the next club meeting from 10am at the Woodend RSL. A mix of short form topics are planned: Some gear sales (bring some cash) Maddog Antenna products from Barry VK3BRT and Graeme VK3CDO A free way to remote control your network radio when away from home - Peter VK3TPM QRP-Labs QMX for portable operation and 3D printer applications There will be lunch afterwards at one of the local cafes and all are invited. Regards,Peter, VK3TPM,Acting ...
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Graeme, VK3NE: Silent Key

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Sadly Graeme, VK3NE passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday 28 October. Graeme was an avid radio amateur who embraced the technical side of the hobby, always with the aim of producing the best quality signal he could under all weather conditions and with the best equipment available to him.  His knowledge of the hobby was extensive and thorough - many amateurs acknowledged and valued his broad understanding of the subject.  Along with his technical knowledge, ...
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Stealth operations from hotel rooms and other unlikely QTH’s

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At this month's meeting we had a special guest presentation from Ross, VK1UN/VK8UN/EX0AA/G6BTE/6O0O, on the techniques he uses to operate amateur radio from unlikely locations. The aim of this talk was to present a means of optimising station performance from hotel rooms and other difficult location on 160m, 630m and 2200m WSPR bands. Very good results can be achieved if one systematically optimises transceivers, tuners and antennas used out of a hotel room or equally applicable, to S...
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