Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club
A friendly group of amateur radio enthusiasts
For two days during the Easter weekend in April AWARC set up a portable station at Leneva. There was plenty of interest in amateur radio and some nice contacts made. Rob VK2AAA took some great photos for our website.
Read moreLast night we got together for a social Christmas meeting and barbecue at Hovell Tree Park in Albury.
Read moreOn Saturday 22nd September six members held a working bee at the repeater site at Lake Hume village. We needed to update the software to run the C4FM protocol of the 70 centimetre repeater and to repair the main aerial on the site, due to it having a high SWR. We lowered the tower and removed the antenna. Then disassembled
Read moreHere are a few photos from a working bee held last weekend at RAY the repeater site. The guys got the mast erected for our C4FM repeater connection. The tower now in use originally belonged to Mal McRae VK3FO. Present were Erwin, VK3ERW, Russ VK2BJP, Ron VK2TRL, Peter VK2CIM, Phil VK2CPR and Alex VK3FRED. Great work!
Read moreAs of 11th February 2017 the 3RAY 70cm repeater is now operational. We are monitoring the the performance of the battery with the load of two repeaters. Providing the battery holds up and there are no interference issues the repeater will remain active. VK2RAY Location Hume Weir Village
Read moreKevin VK2FUO has proposed that the club run a station at Camp Nelson. Anyone interested in helping Kevin by giving some time to operate or use of equipment are asked to get in contact with Kevin VK2FUO. PS: We did plan to hold this event at Huon Hill Wodonga but after having a look on February 27th and seeing how
Read moreOur Annual General Meeting and Election was held last night and we have a new office bearer. We are very confident that our club is continuing on the way forward and will have many fantastic events and learning opportunities for existing and new amateur radio enthusiasts! Congratulations Frank and we can’t wait to see and hear your new innovations! Check
Read moreThis article was submitted by Mark VK3ASC. I was in the local Jaycar store in Albury and saw a poster advertising the local Amateur radio club in Albury Wodonga is running a foundation licence course on the 20 – 21st August 2016. What is a foundation licence? Well it’s a basic entry in to amateur radio that is an easy subject
Read moreBelow is a link to Soundcloud.com where I uploaded the interview with Frank VK2BFC by Joseph Thomsen of ABC Murray Goulburn last Friday 15th talking about our display and comms at the Albury LibraryMuseum. Great job Frank 🙂 Click on the link then the orange arrow to listen to the interview… https://soundcloud.com/dallas-sargeant/abc-hamradio-interview (the file was too large to upload here
Read moreI took some photos of our World Amateur Radio Day display at the LibaryMuseum. Come along and have a look or even better help us out 🙂 From Friday to Monday this weekend! See also Greg VK2EXA’s post re World Amateur Radio Day…
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