Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club
A friendly group of amateur radio enthusiasts
The next meeting for the club is on Tuesday the 1st of March at 7.30pm as always at the 1st lavington scout hall in Mutsch St. Lavington. This month Frank VK2BFC will give a presentation on Contest operating techniques and procedures and the use of the VK Contest Log software. This will be as a preparedness for the 2016 John […]
Read moreGraeme Scott VK2KE was interviewed for the border mail about world radio day.
Read moreFor those who couldn’t make it to the November meeting. You can watch the presentation on electronic logging and the WIA award system by Frank VK2BFC here.
Read moreAWARC now has a monthly Club Newsletter Please go to the Newsletter page> and submit the form to be added to the list. You will then receive our informative monthly newsletter keeping you up-to-date with what’s going on in our club. Regards, Frank
Read moreTo get a copy of the great software Ham Radio Deluxe described at the November meeting use the following link. DOWNLOAD Ham Radio Deluxe Ver. 5 Full install of Last FREE Version 5 Download HRD Manual PDF DOWNLOAD StartHRD This is a batch file to start HRD and update the solar indices recommended to use. There is also a copy of GNU […]
Read moreNext weeks monthly meeting of the Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio club will be a great one with a presentation by Frank VK2BFC on the use and benefits of the WIA Online Awards System. Frank has recently been awarded the WIA Grid Square award by using ALL Electronic QSL Verifications. He will also show the audience how to register for eQSL […]
Read moreOver the past 6 months the digital net on Tuesdays has been held on 40m on 7.047 MHz. Because of increasing problems with propagation we have decided to move to 80m. The current band plan recommends 3620 ~ 3640 for Digital and as such we have chosen 3630 KHz for the net. Liaison will still be on the VK3RNE Repeater. […]
Read moreHad a friend (we wont name him) pop into the shack today with a beautiful TS-520 in almost mint condition. It even had a DG-5 digital readout. Only problem was he couldn’t get it to transmit. After a short time i asked him if he had noticed the SG on/off switch on the rear panel. Nope was the reply. Well […]
Read moreVK2BFC-L ECHOLINK NODE #388642 DTMF CODES DTMF CODE RESULT * System status and ident # Disconnect 01 Connect to random conference 02 Connect to Random link 11 Play current weather conditions 22 Play current temperature 319 Play latest WIA News 320 Play latest RSGB News 321 Play latest ARRL News 91 Connect to AUSSIE conference 92 Connect to DX-LINK conference 93 Connect to IRELAND conference 94 […]
Read moreThe Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio club has commissioned the first stage of their multi band / multi-mode repeater system on the VK2/VK3 Border. The VK2RAY Repeater is now operational on 70cm on a frequency of 438.575 MHz with – minus 5MHz offset. No CTCSS tone is required at this stage to access the device. The repeater site is at […]
Read moreThe commemorative callsign VI0ANZAC is planned to be activated at Casey Base and join the Wireless Institute of Australia ANZAC 100 program. This is to mark the 100 years since the ANZAC or Australian and New Zealand Army Corps first fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during WWI. VI0ANZAC will be on the air this weekend – weather permitting For a […]
Read moreThe plan to have Australia’s Casey Station in Antarctica on air last weekend August 8-9 under the VI0ANZAC commemorative callsign was stopped by a severe storm, but it has now been proposed for later this month. Stay tuned for more news as it is received. Frank VK2BFC
Read moreTo continue on the theme of digital modes , i have prepared this tutorial on how to construct a PTT interface for your transceiver. This is very simple to construct and will cost only a few dollars and about 30 minutes of your time to make. The interface will allow computer control of the PTT line of your transceiver by […]
Read moreFLDigi How- to’s To make it easy for members to get the hang of FLDigi and its uses. Here are 2 excellent manuals in PDF that will answer all your questions regarding FLDigi and its uses. A tour of FLDigi FLDigi User Manual Both documents can be saved to your hard drive or printed. Heres hoping to see you on […]
Read moreMMSSTV How-To’s These tutorials are designed to help hams make the greatest use of their MMSSTV software. Credit to WB9KMW for the tutorials Create Cool Text for Your MMSSTV Presentation Adding a Note in the MMSSTV Template Adding Multiple, Wrapped Lines to Your Template Adding an Image or Picture into the MMSSTV Template Loading One or More Pictures into an […]
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