Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club
A friendly group of amateur radio enthusiasts
As 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 moreOne of our members found this Wireless Institute of Australia Information Paper when he was tidying up his shack. We thought it may be of interest to those of you who regularly use repeaters. Click here to download the PDF one page article> Extract from the Information Paper: Repeaters are established primarily to extend the communication range of mobile stations […]
Read moreThe club was today awarded the eQSL eAustralia award for making confirmed contacts with stations in each of 8 VK call areas.
Read moreOur club participated in this years Remembrance day contest from the QTHR of Frank VK2BFC. Pete VK2PTE and Frank VK2BFC operated over the 24 hr period on all bands from 160 to 70cm in the Multi Operator Single Transmitter section. The competition was fierce in the early hrs with many 100s on 40m but as the night wore on it […]
Read moreFrom the shack of John VK3HJQ. I’ve had this problem with my Icom IC-290H Radio for years, that every time I turned off the power in the shack the radio would lose all its memory channels and I would then have to reprogram them all back in. This was a simple process as there is only 5 channels in the […]
Read moreThe club takes great pride in receiving their 2nd place certificate for this years John Moyle Memorial Field Day contest. The club operated from camp Nelson in Howlong and attained 321 points from 101 Contacts in the Multi Op – Phone – All Band – 6Hr section. Congratulations to Frank VK2BFC , Greg VK2EXA, Nigel VK3NWH, Stephen VK2LAD, Graham VK2MGA, […]
Read moreKen has a Hygain TH3 Triband Antenna for sale. Go to our Marketplace page to see description, full list, prices, what else he’s got for sale and to contact him. Click here>
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…
Read moreThis weekend is World Amateur Radio Day Display and Activation at Albury LibraryMuseum. We are having a Display and operating a radio station for contacts on all HF bands from Friday the 15th April to Monday the 18th April 2016 from 10am till 4pm est daily. All visitors and some more operators to help would be welcome. All contacts will be […]
Read moreKevin VK2FUO has sent 12 photos he took while helping at Camp Nelson Howlong on 19th MARCH 2016. Click on the link below to view the photos. http://www.awarc.org/media/
Read moreThose of you planning on joining us for the John Moyle field day will require a copy of the VK Contest Log Software. Download VKCL Version 3.13 as an .exe or as a .zip file. Check for viruses (unzip if necessary), and run the file to start the installation. NOTE: It is always a good idea to create the database […]
Read moreBelow is a PDF download (250kb) emailed in by John VK3HJQ. It is an informative article on how to use ECHOLINK on VK2RAY. Enjoy 🙂 Click on the link and the file will open in a new window… echolink-on-vk2ray
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