Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club
A friendly group of amateur radio enthusiasts
This is the antenna for you guys who want to get on HF effectively, and haven’t too much space or cash to throw around. Actually, it’s a design from ZS6BKW (aka G0GSF), similar to the G5RV, but it actually resonates on five bands, (well 6, actually) and doesn’t rely on a tuner (ATU) to make it work. The design appeared […]
Read moreFOR SALE Antenna 2mtr/70cm – $150 ONO Home made antenna mast 25 mm pipe two sections about 25 ft high hinged at the bottom includes guys – $400 ONO if you can help Bernard to take them down. Apply to: Bernard VK3FAEI Phone: 0490 436 464 These antennas are situated at Shelley Victoria on Avondale Road.
Read moreJohn Moyle Field day went off very well last Saturday at Camp Nelson near Howlong. With seven members turning up. Contacts were made on 80 mtrs, 40 mtrs, 20 mtrs and 2 mtrs sideband. Kevin made contacts with his magnetic loop for 20 mtrs into Queensland. Well done everyone and thanks for turning up.
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 moreAt the February general meeting we will have Theo Kalkandis VK3AP presenting the following topics; Counterfeit product and how to distinguish genuine radios from counterfeit (fake) radios Performance issues Genuine vs Counterfeit Why products are Chinese manufactured Named brand manufactured factories and quality control A photographic tour of Baofeng, Wouxun, Liexen, 409Shop, QYT and others including Hong Kong’s only real […]
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 moreHINTS AND KINKS – by Scotty VK2KE Speaker impedance When connecting a speaker to a receiver watch the impedance of the speaker so that it matches the rig or receiver, if you connect a 4 ohm speaker to a receiver that is designed for 8 ohms, it may overload and destroy the audio amplifier transistors in the receiver. Speaker quality […]
Read moreTET-Emtron HB35c Full Size TriBander. This phase tuned 5 element TRI-BANDER is neither a trap antenna of standard coil design, nor is it of a linear trap design… Click here to go to marketplace page> (Please note that post photo is Google sourced image and not a photo of item for sale)
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 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 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 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
Read moreSimple DTMF Microphone MOD FM900 Thankyou to John VK3HJQ for emailing in this article. As you all know we now have EchoLink on VK2RAY 2mtrs thanks to Ron VK2TRL. So I needed to add a DTMF microphone to my old Philips FM900 (FM92 remote) that I run in the car so as to control the new VK2TRL-R/VK2RAY EchoLink node, I […]
Read moreThe Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club is located in Albury-Wodonga, which is situated on the Murray River (the border between NSW and Victoria). Wodonga is in Victoria and Albury is in NSW, Australia. Latitude: 36° 04′ 21S. Although we have members who come from all over the district.
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