AREG General Meeting July 18th 2013

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The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group next general meeting is Friday the 18th of July 2013.

This month will be a combined event with WICEN.   WICEN have arranged a speaker from ALERT SA to visit the Reedbeds and give a presentation about how social media and other emerging technologies are finding a place in South Australian Emergency Services daily operation.  Doors open 7:45pm, speaker starts at 8pm sharp !

After the presentation WICEN will hold their AGM in the main hall while AREG adjourns to it’s usual meeting room for a brief general meeting.  After both meetings are closed we will meet together again for a chin-wag, coffee and cake in the kitchen area until stumps.

I hope to see many AREG members on Friday and look forward to meeting the new WICEN committee and its members.

We hope to see you there.

73, Matthew VK5ZM

IRLP Node 6214 is off air.

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The AREG sponsored IRLP node 6214 here in Adelaide, VK5, has been taken off air pending service to the VK5RAD 70cm repeater and an upgrade to the IRLP node equipment.

The node is expected to be off air for a number of weeks, possibly through to August. Work on both systems is very dependent on the availability of the few volunteers and access to the site.

AREG apologises for any inconvenience to the amateur radio community.

73, Ben VK5BB, node 6214 Administrator

AREG General Meeting 17 May

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Hi,

The next AREG general meeting is this Friday 17 May 2013.

The invitation for the evening is extended to all persons who may be interested in amateur radio, AREG’s activities and see an amateur radio club in action, however the evening will be primarily focused around AREG’s activities, past, present and for the future.

So come along and visit at an AREG meeting, find out what AREG is up to and participate in an evening with other amateur radio operators.

Coffee, tea, cake will be on for supper along with general rag chewing.

73, Ben VK5BB

23 cm analogue FM voice repeater

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Saturday 2nd of March, a group of AREG members installed the 23 cm analogue FM voice repeater at the VK5RSB site, Summertown.

The repeater transmit frequency is 1273.500 MHz with a positive 20 MHz shift for receive. Transmit power into the the coax to the collinear antenna is 10 watts carrier. The repeater should provide good coverage across the major areas of the Adelaide plains.

You need to program your radio for 1273.500 MHz receive with a positive 20 MHz offset, giving your transmit at 1293.500 MHz. No CTCSS is required.

The repeater is fully operational, so check it out.

Thanks go all those who helped with the installation, Colin VK5ACE, who built the repeater, Ben VK5BB and Paul VK5BX, who did the rigging, Mark VK5QI and Andy VK5AKH, ground crew.

Website Updates

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Some may have noticed that the AREG website is slowly being updated and changed as time permits.

Of note is the Upcoming Events page now works properly and all General Meetings have been added for the next 12 months.  These dates are tentative and may change as we get closer to the date, so members should watch the website for final details.  However it is nice to be able to fill in our diaries this early in the year.

In time much of the previous content will be added back to the website as we all learn what we can do with this WordPress site.

73’s Matthew, VK5ZM

AREG General Meeting 18th Jan 2013

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Happy New Year !

The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group next general meeting is Friday the 18th of January 2013.

This months meeting is yet another general get together, we need to ease into 2013.   Last month was a record turn out in what has been dubbed “the unofficial Xmas party”.  The night was a combination dinner and informal get together with all the trappings.  It was certainly great to just have a night off and enjoy the company of other members.  An event that will certainly be repeated at the end of this year.

So if you are interested in Amateur Radio then come along and visit at an AREG meeting, find out what the AREG is up to and participate in an evening with other amateur radio operators.

Coffee, tea, cake will be available for a gold coin donation for supper, that is provided we can remember where we left the money tin, coffee and biscuits last year.

We hope to see you there.

73, Matthew VK5ZM