A huge thanks to the Horus launch, tracking and recovery teams today, the flight was a huge success. The Voice repeater was copied as far away as Warragul in Gippsland, Victoria! More news to follow….
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AetherSDR:- A Revolution in HF SDR Radio Software – AREG Meeting Sept 18th
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With the rise of new coding environments and increasingly powerful SDR based HF transceivers, the world of HF Radio has never been more fascinating to explore. New software with quite amazing capabilities is appearing evryday that can leverage Sofctware Defined Radio assets in new and exciting ways,
This month, AREG is pleased to present an introduction to a new HF radio software system that will revolutionise your SDR radios, from the Hermes Lite to your high end Flex radios. Steve VK5SFA will take us through the capabilities of the new AetherSDR SDR software and provide us some demonstrations of the never before seen capabilities it brings to the table for HF Amateur Radio.
How can you take part? AREG meets at the Fulham Community Centre, Phelps Court, Fulham on the 3rd Friday of the month. Doors open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. Visitors are always welcome to come along and meet the members as well. See you there!
AREG Radio Direction Finding: Next event 5th September
The next AREG foxhunt will be held on Saturday 5th September at 2.00pm, starting from the north park lands, on Lefevre Road, North Adelaide.
We will start with a 2m foot based 6 transmitter foxhunt around the parklands area.
Visitors are welcome and we do have loan equipment and training available for people to use who have never hunted before. Please let us know via email to vk5arg @ areg.org.au if you are coming so we can plan how much gear to bring.
At 3.00pm those with vehicle based hunting gear will set off looking for a collection of 2m and 70cm hidden transmitters.
Liaison during the day will be via the Summertown 70cm repeater on 439.900 MHz (-5 MHz input with 91.5 Hz CTCSS access tone).
If you would like to find out more, contact us !
Next Foxhunt: August 1st 2:00pm
The next AREG foxhunt will be held on Saturday 1st August at 2.00pm, starting from a new location in the north park lands, on Lefevre Road, North Adelaide.
We will start with a 2m foot based 6 transmitter foxhunt around the parklands area.
Visitors are welcome and we do have loan equipment and training available for people to use who have never hunted before.
At 3.00pm those with vehicle based hunting gear will set off looking for a collection of 2m and 70cm hidden transmitters.
Liaison during the day will be via the Summertown 70cm repeater on 439.900 MHz (-5 MHz input with 91.5 Hz CTCSS access tone).
If you would like to find out more, contact us via the website!
AREG Annual General Meeting 21st August
Now for our next general meeting, members are firstly reminded that this meeting is our Annual General Meeting. We are looking for some new committee members to join the team as we say thank you to our president, Gerard VK5ZQV who is stepping down from the role after 3 years. If you feel you would like to become involved in steering AREG into the future, please consider nominating for the committee.
Introducing the Kestrel Project
At our AGM we will also have a special presentation from Derek VK5TCP. He has been developing a community-provided distributed Receiver network for aviation, maritime and amateur radio traffic, built from an operator’s perspective, opened up so anyone with an SDR and an antenna can join it. Nicknamed Kestrel, it allows monitoring of all sorts of radio services. Derek is currently integrating ADSB, AIS, AM/FM/SSB, Meshtastic, Meshcore, scanners, remote switching, and more.
An example below is his integration of ATC Air traffic control receivers with ADSB aircraft tracking.
More advanced features and strategies will be discussed as part of the presentation. . He continues to develop and expand the platform and is looking for others to use it and contribute if you can. This will be a fascinating look at what can be done with SDR technology today and is one not to be missed.
AREG AGM Details
The AGM will be held on Friday August 21st at the Fulham Community Centre, Phelps Court, Fulham. Doors will open at 7.00.pm with the AGM being held at 7.30pm. The technical talk will be held on conclusion of the AGM, with tea and coffee served afterwards.
Visitors are welcome – we hope to see you there!
Introducing Meshtastic & Meshcore LoraWAN Communications Systems – June 19th
The next meeting of AREG will be held on Friday June 19th and will feature an introduction to the world of Meshtastic and Meshcore LoraWAN networking.
We will take you through what the networks are made of, what you can do with them and how to get involved.
This will occur down at our Clubrooms, at the Fulham Community Centre, off Phelps Court in Fulham. The meeting will start at 7.30pm with the doors open at 7.00pm.
Visitors are most welcome! We would love to meet you.
WIA VHF/UHF Winter Field Day – AREG Planned Activity Saturday 20th June
AREG is pleased to announce that we hope to have a number of stations active during this year’s WIA Winter field day contest being held by the WIA over the weekend of June 20-21st 2026! At least 5 satations are expected to be active across most bands between 6m and 23cm, including portable activations from Ardrossan, Kulpara, Tarlee and Stirling as well as multiple home stations on the air as well!
We would love to see as many stations on the air on VHF/UHF Simplex in Adelaide during the contest so put it in your diary! Details of the contest can be found on the WIA Website. The event starts at 10:30 am ACST.
15th May Meeting: I’ve just received by Amateur Licence – what do I do next?
Are you one of the hundreds of people who have decided now is the time to start your journey into the world of Amateur Radio? We have many newcomers gaining their qualifications every month. Many of those, once they have their licence, take a step back and then ask themselves the question – now where to start gettng my own station on air?
At our May general meeting, we will have a panel of presenters take you through the process of working out where to begin, what to consider and how to get on the air from your own station.
We will introduce you to the various components you need to consider when getting on air on either the HF or VHF/UHF bands as well as highlight some activities where you can come along and find out more before taking the financial plunge yourself!
The meeting will be held at the Fulham Community Centre, on Phelps Court, Fulham, on Friday May 15th. Doors open at 7.00pm with the presentation starting at 7.30pm.
Visitors are most welcome!