AREG November 2014 General Meeting

The next AREG General Meeting is on Friday the 21st of November, at the Reedbeds Community Hall doors open 7:45pm.

This month there will be a short 30 minute business meeting held starting at 8:00pm sharp.  This month we will try a new format for the meeting in an effort to streamline proceedings.

MarkPrototypeThis month we have arranged Mark VK5QI to present a technical talk entitled “<Insert Radio Name Here> – A open source teaching SDR for Linux Conf 2015”, starting at 8:45pm.

In this talk Mark will discuss the Softrock-based SDR he is developing for the Open Radio Mini conference, to be held at “Linux Conf 2015” in Auckland, New Zealand. Some basic SDR theory will be covered, along with some demo’s of the prototype kit.

We’re certainly fingers crossed that by the time our meeting comes around that this radio has a project name !

After the presentation there will be the usual  “rag chew” over coffee, tea and cake until stumps.

We look forward to seeing you there.

73, Matt VK5ZM

VK5RWN Wireless Link

On October 18th the AREG installed a new 5.8GHz wireless link into the VK5RWN repeater system.

The system is on test for the next couple of weeks, the results have been very promising with the link providing in excess of 30Mbit throughput (full duplex).  Certainly many times faster than the current 512kbit symmetrical ADSL connection.

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Once the wireless link has been finally commissioned and cut over the AREG will be able to close the current ADSL and Telephone internet connection which will significantly reduce the on-going running costs of this site.

I’d like to thank Bob VK5FO, Ray VK5RR, Andy VK5AKH and Mark VK5QI for assisting me with the installation and setup of both ends of the link.

73 Matt, VK5ZM

AREG October 2014 General Meeting

The next General Meeting is this Friday, 17th October, at the Reedbeds Community Hall, 7:45 pm.

There are no formal planned activities for this month other than a short sharp and shiny General Meeting.

During the general meeting we will be covering club business, upcoming technical talk discussions, which will then be followed by a general “rag chew” over coffee, tea and cake.  With luck a few members might even bring their new Elecraft toys, you know who you are !

We look forward to seeing you there.

73, Matt VK5ZM

Oceania DX Contest

Members of the Amateur Radio Experimenters Group (AREG) will be activating the club call VK5ARG this weekend (4-5th October) for the Oceania DX SSB Contest. We will be operating from Younghusband, approx. 80km east of Adelaide, SA.

AREG will be entering the contest as a MULTI-ONE team, and the main operators will be Matt VK5ZM, Mark VK5QI, Josh VK5JO and Theo VK5MTM. We will mainly be focusing on the 20m band, but hope to work a few VKs on 40m also.

Hope to hear you on the bands!

AREG September 2014 General Meeting

The next General Meeting is this Friday, 19th September, at the Reedbeds Community Hall, 7:30 pm.

There are no formal planned activities for this month other than a short sharp and shiny General Meeting.

During the general meeting we will also be covering club business, further discussion after the AGM, and the general “rag chewing” over coffee, tea and cake.

We look forward to seeing you there.

73, Matt VK5ZM

AREG August 2014 General Meeting

The next General Meeting is this Friday, 15th August, at the Reedbeds Community Hall, 8:30 pm.

There are no formal planned activities for this month other than a short sharp and shiny General Meeting.  Prior to the General meeting will be the Annual General Meeting.

During the general meeting we will also be covering club business, further discussion after the AGM, and the general “rag chewing” over coffee, tea and cake.

If any members have winter time projects that they would like to share with the group, then we’d love you to bring them along and discuss over a coffee.

73, Matt VK5ZM

AREG 2014 Annual General Meeting

Yes it is that time again folks for the AREG Annual General Meeting.

The AREG Annual General Meeting will be held on the 15th of August at the Reedbeds Community Hall starting at 7:30pm sharp.

Nominations for all executive positions close just prior to the start of the AGM, so if you haven’t already nominated your interest then please make sure that you do.

After the AGM will launch into a short, general business meeting followed by coffee and cake.

73’s Matt, VK5ZM

 

AREG July 2014 General Meeting

The next General Meeting is this Friday, 18th July, at the Reedbeds Community Hall, 7:30 pm.

There are no formal planned activities for this month other than a short sharp and shiny General Meeting.  This will be a welcome change from the two hour long marathons of the past few months.

This coming weekend the AREG will be busy activating one of the the Australian IARU HQ contesting stations, under the callsign VK5WIA, in Younghusband, on the banks of the Murray River.   I’m sure there will be plenty of activity and stories of the adventure at the next meeting.

During the meeting we will also be covering general club business, further preparation for the AGM, which has been decided for August, and the general “rag chewing” over coffee, tea and cake.

If any members have winter time projects that they would like to share with the group, then we’d love you to bring them along and discuss over a coffee.

73, Matt VK5ZM