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BDARS will again be participating in the VK Shire’s Contest which this year runs over this weekend: 7th-8th June 2025. We have selected this Saturday for our club’s participation in this fun contest day event. The aim of the contest is for amateurs around the world to contact as many VK shires as possible in…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redlands Coast Museum on Monday 2nd June, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. At the meeting, you’ll hear the latest club updates, including news on the Redlands Coast Museum projects, ongoing work at Mount Cotton, recent additions to the…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the museum is on Monday 19th May, 7:00PM for 7:30PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. Please note the reverted start time. Guest Speaker John Maizels VK4JPM will be presenting an interesting talk “A voyage of discovery with Home Automation: How to get control of everything in…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redlands Coast Museum on Monday 5th May, with a 6:45PM arrival for a 7:00PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. As with previous meetings, this session will feature several key agenda items that are important for all members to be aware of. Attendees can expect updates…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the museum is on Monday 21st April, 6:45PM for 7:00PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. In-line with the club’s initiative to help us all refresh and wonder over some of the technical aspects of the hobby Vice President John Bews VK4JBE will be presenting and taking…
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BDARS BBQ Bonanza – A Sizzling Success (With Extra Thanks to Martin & Eddie!) This past Sunday, your friendly local amateur radio colleagues and friends at BDARS fired up the grill (and our fundraising spirit) for a classic Bunnings BBQ at Capalaba. The snags were hot, the onions were flying, and the smell of sizzling…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redlands Coast Museum on Monday 7th April, with a 6:45PM arrival for a 7:00PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. This upcoming General Meeting marks a significant occasion as it is the first one to be hosted by the newly elected management committee. Following their election…
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The Bayside and Districts Amateur Radio Society (BDARS) participated in the Open Day at the Redlands Coast Museum on Saturday 29th March 2025. The main aim of the Redlands Coast Museum Open day was to relaunch the Museum with a new logo and with a new aim to promote the museum as tourist attraction in…
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BDARS will again be participating in the John Moyle Field Day which this year runs over this weekend: 15-16th March 2025. We have selected this Saturday morning (15th) for our club’s participation in this field day event. The contest is run in memory of John Moyle who was the editor of the Wireless Weekly from…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the Redland Museum is on Monday 17th March, New Start Time 6:45PM for 7:00PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yE1ML344o5No1i9L6 On the agenda is a talk from Phil VK4PG about his homebrew Direct Conversion Receiver derived by the ‘Solder Smoke Challenge‘ project. If you have…
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Thanks to all the members who came down to the clubhouse today and joined in on the fun and activities:- Apart from the regulars, we were delighted to see Damo and his seeing-eye dog Jenna pop down – although he had only just finished his Saturday morning radio show on Mushroom FM. Damo also showed…
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The society’s Annual General Meeting will be held at the Redland Museum on Monday 3rd March 2025, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are invited and will be welcomed. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an annual gathering of members during which all the current society management committee resigns…
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We had a great time with the BDARS Makers SIG meeting down at theVictoria Point Club house yesterday afternoon. John VK4JBE led the session, which was a hands-on introduction to programming the Raspberry Pi Input/Output system using the Python programming language. All the tables were occupied, so we were nearly full! John did a brief…
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Thanks to all the members who came down to the clubhouse today, and in particular, Martin VK4MCU who instigated and organised the special Saturday morning breakfast BBQ of bacon and eggs for our members and guests. We were all thrilled when our club President, Geoff (VK4GNT), heroically seized the tongs and spatula, transforming into our…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the Redland Museum is on Monday 17th February, 7:00PM for 7:30PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. Our main event is a presentation by our member John Bews VK4JBE :- A Headless Raspberry Pi/Python based control system. John will be showing us his demonstration project. The plan…
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Thank you, the ten or so members that came down to the clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon (5th Feb) to learn and refresh their knowledge about using the Raspberry Pi single board computer for our future maker projects. The session was run by Bob VK4YA assisted by John VK4JBE; it was a familiarisation of the Raspberry…
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Thanks to all the members who came down to the clubhouse today and joined in on the fun and activities:- One of the aims of today was to clean up the outside of the building paintwork which had suffered from the hot damp weather, and was exhibiting quite a bit of unwelcome green stuff! Martin…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redland Museum on Monday 3rd February, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. At the meeting you can hear the latest club news about the progression of the our museum and clubhouse projects – and of course the general business.…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the Redland Museum is on Monday 20th January, 7:00PM for 7:30PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. This is the first Tech/Social meeting of the year and it brings BDARS unique mix of social and technical goodness! This is the place to be if you have technical…
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The club’s first General Meeting for 2025 is at the Redland Museum on Monday 6th January, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. Why not bring along and chat about any new radio related goodies you received over this holiday season ! Apart from the normal business agenda,…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the Redland Museum is on Monday 16th December, 7:00PM for 7:30PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. Our mix of social and technical goodness will be well represented; it’s the time to consider bringing a small food contribution to share for supper – as this is our…
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A rainy 14th December 2024 was the day when BDARS members and their families were invited to participate in our Christmas Lunch at the clubhouse. The event was a success; all participants enjoyed their time and expressed thanks to the members and their partners who organised the event. In fact, Secretary Martin and his generous…
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The holidays are fast approaching, and what better way to celebrate than with good friends, festive cheer, and a little bit of radio magic? We’re thrilled to invite you and your family to our very own Christmas event, where the air(waves) will be buzzing with holiday spirit and the sound of camaraderie! Saturday 14th December…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redland Museum on Monday 2nd December, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. Apart from the normal business agenda, you can hear the latest club news about the progression of the museum and clubhouse projects. We also hope to have…
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Saturday mornings are becoming a bit of a regular thing at the Victoria Point clubhouse. Today, it got busy! Members were undertaking several different projects at the same time. These included adding facilities for the test instrument bench, VNA experimentation and calibration, Lightning detector commissioning and assembling a power-supply kit. In between the activities we…
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This Saturday, 23rd November Eddie VK4TJE and Bryn VK4GF, assisted by Steve VK4YW will be assessing candidates for their Amateur Radio licences. This normal format of the event is a 8:30AM arrival at the front of Alexander Hills High school (next to the TAFE) for a 9AM start. Eddie needs to shut the school gates,…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the Redland Museum is on Monday 18th November, 7:00PM for 7:30PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yE1ML344o5No1i9L6 In-line with the club’s initiative to help us all refresh and wonder over some of the technical aspects of the hobby, we also like to host some pop-up…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redland Museum on Monday 4th November, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. You can hear the latest club news about the progression of the museum and clubhouse projects. We also hope to have a short Amateur Radio topic for…
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The last Tech night on Monday 21st which focused upon low cost VNA’s was a great success with John VK4JBE and Henry VK4BUD both making presentations about the readily available low cost VNAs and their practical use. Members learned that VSWR is not the whole story, and when dealing with filters and ‘two port’ networks,…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the museum is on Monday 21st October, 7:00PM for 7:30PM start. Members and visitors (non members) are always welcomed. In-line with the club’s initiative to help us all refresh and wonder over some of the technical aspects of the hobby, we also like to host some pop-up short talks/presentations on…
