Albury Wodonga Amateur Radio Club
A friendly group of amateur radio enthusiasts
John 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 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 moreThe club was today awarded the eQSL eAustralia award for making confirmed contacts with stations in each of 8 VK call areas.
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 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 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 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 […]
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