News 8.10.2023

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club News – October 8, 2023

The club rooms at Kariong are open on Saturdays from 10:30am. As always, members and visitors are most welcome.

Last Saturday we had a big roll-up for a combined lecture and show and tell event at the clubhouse. Michael VK2HFN gave us a very informative lecture about Automatic Link Establishment (ALE).

He covered its purpose, origin, workings and how to use it with Amateur HF radios. Michael deftly handled the questions from the audience so all ended up with a good understanding and we thank him for an informative lecture.

This was followed by a show and tell. Col VK2ZCO demonstrated a device he had built for monitor power consumption. Glenn VK2GEM showed us some of his portable radios that have been packaged in very interesting ways to make them grab and go for WICEN or other events. Graham VK2GRA showed us a number of projects including a clever idea for a top mounted speaker and an army whip antenna he is repairing for 6 meters.

The club wishes all the best to those who sat examinations yesterday before the monthly General meeting.

At the VK2RAG Somersby repeater site, the D-Star, Rad-Net DMR and 2m Echolink services are fully functional. The 23cm repeater is back on air and is now linked with the 6m repeater.

The club Web SDR at Somersby. Websdr.ccarc.org.au is configured to listen on 6 metres, 2 metres, 70 centimetres and 23 centimetres.

The Morning Tea Net is run on weekdays at 10:00am and the Weekly net on Thursday at 8:00pm.

Both nets are run on on the VK2RAG repeater – 146.725MHz with a 91.5Hz sub-audible tone, and on the CCARCNSW and HAM Echolink conferences.

The Thursday evening net is also live video-streamed on the club’s facebook page.

You can find out more about the CCARC, our upcoming social events and other details that we can’t tell you about here on the web at ccarc.org.au, by phone on 02 4340 2500, or on social media by searching for “Central Coast Amateur Radio Club”. Remember to give the club a “like” to follow for any updates.

73, from Alan VK2MG
Publicity Officer, Central Coast Amateur Radio Club.

Summary of Nets

VK2RAG 146.725 with 91.5Hz tone and echolink through the CCARCNSW and HAM Conferences