A coffee morning is held on the 1st Wednesday of every month.
Venue : Gisborne CFA meeting room.Time : 1000 Hrs.
In the event CFA facilities are unavailable, will make other arrangements on the morning. All invited.
The meeting on 6-July-2022 was well attended and an entertaining conversation was conducted.
A terrific turnout at the CFA
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Aerial Construction techniques
Graeme VK3NE.
From the archives: At the April 2011 meeting, Joe VK3GFA and Graeme VK3NE discussed and answered questions about construction techniques for both VHF and HF antennas. They displayed a range of examples.
Some of members present, were aware of the so called “Plumbers Delight” construction, which made use of soldered copper water pipe to make VHF aerials. Joe took this approach one step further and demonstrated his “Electrician’s Delight” which made use of plastic electrical co...
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Woodend RSL Presentation
From the archive: At the December 2018 meeting our club President Joe VK3MAB, presented a copy of the Wireless Men and Women at War book to Peter Whitelaw, President of the Woodend RSL who respectfully and gratefully, accepted the book on behalf of the RSL.
Joe VK3MAB & Peter Whitelaw. Photo: Pam VK3NK
This book was published by the WIA at the time of the ANZAC Centenary and in recognition of the many amateur radio operators who volunteered their services during the World Wars and oth...
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Monthly meeting well attended
The Saturday 18 June monthly club meeting was most entertaining.
Club member Graeme VK3CDO has had a problem with Indian Myna Birds. He explained how he traps them using clever wire cage traps.
Peter, VK3TPM, brought along the QRP-Labs QDX transceiver and demonstrated a little reception in the room (but no one heard the transmission).
A topic which came up on the net this week was measuring small inductors. Here's a popular LCR meter that works well:
Peter, VK3RV, br...
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Review: QDX Kit
The QDX v3 kit arrived yesterday and today I've finished the build.
QDX
This transceiver is tiny, about the size of a playing card deck. It does FSK modes on four bands: 80, 40, 30 & 20m. Five watt output and a great receiver from what I can see so far.
The QDX connects to a computer with a single USB cable that comes up as a sound card and does TS-440 compatible CAT control - so very convenient for possible field use.
It can be built for 9 or 12V operation - I went wi...
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Member profile: Ian VK3MO
When I moved to Drummond in December 2021 the first task was to hang an off centre fed dipole for 80m and above from a convenient dead tree near the shack. While receiving WSPR on 20m it didn’t take long to notice one station, VK3MO, running 5W, was overwhelmingly strong here and was being heard around the world. A single 2 minute transmission by Ian is often spotted by over 150 stations. Outstanding!
Ian was kind enough to invite me over for a tour of his station.
The rotatable tower
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Coffee morning this week
Hi Everybody,
This Wednesday is the coffee morning at the Gisborne CFA meeting room.
Time: 1000 HrsVenue: Gisborne CFA, Cnr Robertson and Goode Streets, entry via front door in Robertson Street.
Lunch afterwards at the Jolly Miller in Brantholme Street. (Opp. pedestrian crossing)
Regards,Graeme VK3NE,Secretary, MRARC.
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Stand by for site updates!
The club website is going to be updated in the weeks ahead. Lindsay, VK3GX and Peter, VK3TPM have taken on the task of doing some updates and fixing broken things.
We are looking for articles of interest to hams in the Macedon ranges region.
73
Peter
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Special General Meeting
The next club meeting will be on Saturday, 16 February, 2019 at 10AM at the RSL Woodend. All are invited.
The committee has decided that the February meeting will be a Special General Meeting.
The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the future direction of the club and make recommendations to the current committee.
As February marks the mid point between AGM's it is timely to consider the filling of the office bearer and committee positions that will become vacant at the...
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Coffee Morning
The regular monthly coffee morning will be on the 1st Wednesday, 5-April.
Venue : Gisborne CFA meeting room.
Time : 1000 Hrs.
In the event CFA facilities are unavailable, will make other arrangements on the morning. All invited.
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