Hello members... The year 2025 has been incredible for the club and many of its members, and we have also succeeded in attracting more members to join our wonderful club. Numerous improvements have been made to the club and shack, including the expansion of our Club's Remote HF Station and the addition of our new 2M Club Repeater VK3RUV, which has united our members. It's an excellent spot for conversations with fellow club members. This is all due to our outstanding members

Note: With thanks to the EMDRC for this update. (As quoted from the EMDRC) The committee is saddened to hear of the passing of long time EMDRC member Keith Proctor, VK3FT. Keith passed away amongst family on 31-Dec-2025. In his professional life, Keith retired as a senior member of the Victorian Police force after several decades of dedicated service. Prior to his later years of some ill health when Keith relinquished his membership, Keith was a long term member of the EMDRC

Hey Members, FYI... VK7RMD REPEATER As usual I monitor our club repeater VK3RUV, most of the day and enjoy our chats with our members. However due to some 2M Tropospheric Ducting , I am receiving the Tasmanian Repeater VK7RMD far stronger than our own VK3RUV. And if I change my output CTCSS Tone to 141.3Hz, I can easily have a chat on the VK7RMD Repeater. SOMERVILLE TO REPEATER: Total distance: (209.77 mi) 337.59 km This is bit of a pain for me, as if someone is using the Tas

100 watts vs. 5 watts: Can you hear the difference? In this video, I transmit at 5 different power levels, from 100 watts down to 1 watt. I record the audio from a station listening to my signal 250 miles away. In this video, I show an example of transmitting SSB at 100 watts and then turning down the power while listening to the results. A nice ham (Bryan, WZ5DX) gave me some audio feedback from 466 miles away. I also discuss some philosophical concepts about QRP and the unr

Ham Radio—There’s Still Magic In It. Ask 3 Million People Many believe that the hobby of ham radio is dying with all of the modern communications technology. Not so. There are currently three million hams around the world, a quarter of them in America. Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during the 24-hour annual "Field Da

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