Saturday's meeting primarily discussed the ramifications of the proposal by ACMA to change the way Amateur radio operators are licensed from next year. The ACMA proposal combines a relatively minor change regarding higher power operation along with a fundamental change to licensing. We urge you to read the proposal and the draft response being prepared by the WIA. https://youtu.be/kEFLPiaCNpA Also if you're a member of the WIA, please complete the survey you should have been sent ...

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

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...