Our VI25AREG Special Event QSL Card is now off to the printers. QSL cards will be available for ordering via our QSL Manager, Charles M0OXO.
The callsign still has 12 days to run and will conclude on 31st August 2023!
Cards can be requested using the Online QSL Request Service (OQRS) which offers options for both direct QSLs as well as via the Bureau. Note: We will only distribute cards via the M0OXO OQRS service. You can access the service via the following link:
Here are some pictures from our BBQ and Parks activity day. We had HF, Foxhunting and more with many of the club members participating either through being there or contacting VI25AREG on the air!
Folks, did you know about the VI25AREG special event certificate of achievement? AREG is offering a special digital certificate to any amateur radio operator who can provide evidence (ADIF log is fine) of contact with the callsign on three different transmission modes!
The WIA Australian VHF/UHF Field day will be held this coming weekend. AREG will be setting up portable from the ranges to the west of Tarlee. We will be operating on 50/144/432 and 1296MHz in the 24hr section of the contest! Look out for VL5X on the air on both horizontal and vertical polarisation using both SSB and FM modes (and maybe even some CW) across the bands. VL5X will be a multi-op station.
If there are other AREG members who want to join the contest team for the weekend please contact vk5arg at areg.org.au on email to let us know of your interest!
AREG in conjunction with Hayden VK7HH and the HamRadioDX YouTube channel are pleased to bring to you a presentation by Adam VK2YK / VK5GA on how to get started with Amateur Radio Satellites.
AREG Members can meet Adam in person at our main meeting venue, Fulham Community Centre, in Adelaide. Remote members can interact with the meeting via Zoom. Non members will be able to watch the session via HamRadioDX on Youtube.
Once you have those rows we are finding that the logger checker is not accepting the logs without an error. We are investigating this with the log checker host and will announce here what the next steps will be!
AREG is pleased to announce that our guest speaker for our October meeting is Roger Harrison, VK2ZRH. The topic is “Ionospheric Propagation on 50MHz”.
For Adelaide based members the meeting will be held from our club rooms in Fulham Community Centre, Phelps Ct, Fulham, with Roger presenting from his home in Queensland. For remote members, it will be also available via Zoom where you can interact with the meeting. For non members, you can view the presentation via the HamRadioDX YouTube channel.
It’s called “the magic band”. Propagation of 50MHz signals over long distances is supported by serendipitous opportunities that arise in the ionosphere, in both the E and F regions. Those opportunities may be anticipated, but cannot be reliably forecast. You’ve gotta be there when they happen! Then, it’s magic.
Roger will be covering the characteristics of ionospheric sporadic-E propagation (Es), transequatorial .propagation (TEP), and ionospheric F2 propagation. He has extensive experience in this area having previously worked for the IPS Space Weather Services Research / Engineering branch.