DETAILS: Saturday December 20th 12:00pm Xmas BBQ Breakup ANOTHER YEAR Hello Famparc'rs .... Well, 2025 is almost over.. Yes, another year has passed quickly.. This year has been fantastic for the club, with new members joining, successful Coffee & Cake days, Camp-Outs, Travel, and our New Club Repeater and Remote HF Station benefiting all members. Let's hope we can continue enjoying the fun and club improvements in 2026, and most importantly, good health to everyone! DETAILS:

Sheepyard Flats Stanley VK3BOT is our and about.. I have a number of favourite campgrounds.. Probably at the top of the list would be Sheepyard Flats on the Howqua River out of Mansfield . That is where I will be for the from Wednesday 10th Dec , for around a week. I am leaving Chelsea Heights Wednesday 10th and hope to be there just after lunch. Purpose of the trip: play radio, eat food, lots of it and test my Starlink. Frequencies : I hope to use: mainly 40 metres, around

Antennapalooza 2026 – Our Tenth Year! Program for April 18 & 19, 2026 In 2026 the theme will be about POWER. We hope to get some guest speakers lined up to talk about our power infrastructure, power in the shack and in the field. The 2026 program is still being prepared, but you can check out what we did in 2025: Saturday    12:30 pm                      Welcome and brief introduction to the event for 2025 (5 min) ——————————————————————————— 12:35 am                      Kl

12-04-2025 SSTV Series 30 Update: The RS-38S SSTV retread of the Series 30 SSTV campaign is scheduled to start at 00:01 UTC December 5.  The campaign will conclude at 23:59 UTC December 13.   SSTV Series 30 From Satellite RS-38S Upcoming transmission of Series 30 images will be from RS-38S on 437.825 MHz in Robot 36.   Starting date:  Week of 01-December-2025 Images:12 Series-30 images via Robot 36 Satellite:  Rs-38S (NORAD 57189) Frequency:  437.825 MHz Mode:  Robot 36 Timin

Another great video from Hayden.. The Easiest Way to Program ANY Radio (Seriously.) Programming a Baofeng can be confusing the first time you try it — but CHIRP makes the whole process fast, simple, and reliable. In this video, I walk you through installation, cable setup, downloading from the radio, editing channels, adding repeaters, and uploading your finished configuration. How popular are these terrific little radios! Cheers. Craig vk3ncr

Official Notice Regarding the Request for Frequency Clearance from the President of ORARI 27/11/2025 Admin Website To: All Members SocietiesSubject: Official Notice Regarding the Request for Frequency Clearance from the President of ORARI Dear Member Societies in the Asia-Pacific Region, IARU Region 3 hereby issues an official notice regarding a request received from the President of ORARI (the Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization) . ORARI has requested the cooperation of a

Hi Guys, At the meeting the other day, my recently built Aursinc Allstar Node was on display and connected to the club repeater through the AllStar system, using my iPhone hotspot. As you're aware, our club's repeater is linked to the AllStar system, Node 66111. This connection enables you to use the repeater not just through the standard RF method, but also with a suitable device, like a phone with the appropriate app, or via RF into a HotSpot Device, such as an Allstar Hots

Hello Fellow Members, Colin vk3cr recently got in touch with Gavin, the person who has assisted us with our Club's Repeater. Gavin mentioned that he has additional hardware for the club if we're interested, and after discussing it with Colin, we decided... Why not! So.. Can I introduce another project for the club for 2026. Yep.. another Repeater! But.. this is a 2M DMR Repeater. TKR-D710 VHF DIGITAL REPEATER. GENERAL INFORMATION: (Ignore 70cm Band) So... Who's up for another

Solar Cycle 25 is fading… but the best HF conditions are happening right now. Don’t miss the openings! In this video I show why the bands aren’t dead, when to move from FT8 to SSB/CW, and how to find real activity fast. Another great video from Hayden. Hayden, VK7HH I must say I have to agree with him.. Cheers. Craig vk3ncr

Check out Hayden's recent Youtube clip talking about the Icom IC-705 Transceiver. Is the IC-705 still worth buying in 2025/2026 ? As an owner of the IC-705 for many years now, it is still my goto radio and is used every day, for FM/SSB/DStar and more, it's great for portable use, as this is what it was built for. For example our club's recent camping trip to the Poplars near Noojee, I took along my 100 watt IC-7300 rig, and never got it out of the carry box, yet I still mana