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
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
The next General Meeting is this Friday, 20 June, at the Reedbeds Community Hall, 7:30 pm.
Well what with recent events with the club heavily involved with providing the River Murray Canoe Marathon Event (RPM) with safety and tracking communications support over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, and many members racing around the country side chasing SOTA and Parks Awards activations, it has been a very busy couple of months.
So, come along one and all, the meeting will be offering a debrief of the RPM with the opportunities for all who participated in the event to regale us with anecdotes of their experiences, hopefully feedback from the RPM management and organising team, plus the opportunities to review AREG’s performance and provision of communications support for the event.
Also the evening will be covering general club business, preparation for the AGM, which should be in either July or August, and the general “rag chewing” over coffee, tea and cake.
Don’t miss this evening, it should be a very busy and interesting evening for all.
7:30 pm, Friday 20 June, at the Reedbeds, see you all there!
73, Ben VK5BB
The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group next general meeting is Friday the 11th of April 2014.
The meeting will start a little earlier this month at 7:30pm sharp. Rooms open from 7:15pm. This months meeting has been brought forward due to Easter. Our appologies for the short notice.
After the meeting we’ll of course adjourn for coffee, tea, biscuits and a chat.
We look forward to seeing you there.
73, Matthew VK5ZM
The weekend of the 5th and 6th of April was the one year anniversary of the VK5 Parks award, which encourages portable operation from South Australia’s National & Conservation parks. ‘Activators’ operate portable from within parks, while ‘Hunters’ make contacts with activators. Awards are available for both activators and hunters, and also for making park-to-park contacts.
Andy VK5AKH and Mark VK5QI decided to give the AREG club callsign (VK5ARG) a workout by activating as many parks as possible in a single day. They set off Sunday morning at 7:30AM, and by 8PM had activated 20 parks. Emphasis was placed on fast activations, with about 5 contacts made per park.
The parks activated were:
Some pictures from the day are shown below:
This year for the John Moyle Memorial field day 10 members from the Amateur Radio Experimenters Group (AREG) and 3 Members from the Elizabeth Amateur Radio Club (EARC) decided to combine efforts under the AREG club call-sign VK5ARG.
The Para-Wirra recreation pack, 30km north-east of Adelaide, was chosen for its low noise floor and relatively close location to the city. Theo, VK5MTM has produced a video showing the events of the weekend:
A great weekend was had by all, and we totalled 927 contacts across the HF bands.Thank you to those who attended, lent us gear and to all those stations we worked. Please submit your log and we hope to see you next year.
The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group next general meeting is Friday the 21th of March 2014.
The meeting will start at it’s usual time of 8pm sharp. Room open at 7:45pm. It’s been two months since we’ve had a business meeting, so unfortunately we’re expecting this months agenda to be long one. We certainly have lots to discuss.
After which we’ll adjourn for coffee, tea and biscuits.
We look forward to seeing you there.
73, Matthew VK5ZM
The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group next general meeting is scheduled for the 21st of Feb 2014.
This month the AREG is off on a guided tour of the Mt Lofty TV towers. This means that the club rooms will not be opened this month since we’re all up on the other side of Adelaide until quite late.
For those interested in catching up with the regulars, we are planning Dinner at a local pub after the tour, most likely somewhere in Aldgate. Details to follow shortly.
We hope to see everyone back down at the Clubrooms for the March Meeting !73, Matthew VK5ZM