An update to our agenda for next Monday night. We will have a guest talk by RASA representatives – Ian VK3BUF (RASA Secretary)and Paul VK2APA (RASA President). Radio Amateur Society of Australia Inc is one of the two national groups representing our hobby. Ian and Paul will update us on their perspective on the licence…

A big turnout tonight for our weekly net on 3.570 MHz. We had 12 stations check in, all with good strong signals, well above the noise level. All amateurs are welcome to join our nets, and they run weekly.

We had a busy meeting last night, covering lots of ground.  Highlights were: New Members.  We welcomed Rohan from Kenya, not yet licensed but keen to get started.  And Chris VK4EO, returning to the hobby after some years of inactivity. Contests.  Shires Contest this weekend.  BDARS will operate from the Museum veranda on Saturday (2pm…

Yup, our June General Meeting is on next Monday 5th June.  Redland Museum, 7 pm for 7.30 pm start.  Visitors and guests are welcome.  A packed program this month, and we’ll touch on:

David VK4ZF, Eddie VK4TJE and Bob VK4YA spent a good morning up at the Mt Cotton remote station site to install antennas for the ADS-B Aircraft tracker, GPS, and the homebrew lightning detector. Russell, station manager, also attended to keep an eye on us all and to fix up a little more capability of the…

BDARS successfully ran another refresher and exam day at the Alexandra Hills State High school on Saturday. Thank you Eddie VK4TJE and Bryn VK4GF our Maritime College appointed assessors – both active club members for running the session . Also thanks to all the brave candidates for giving it a go: The hobby warmly welcomes…

Yes, this Saturday at the Museum workshop 27th May, 1 pm to 3.30 pm (in keeping with Museum hours). BYO radio/power supply/antenna. It’s time for some radio action plus a chance to chat and learn from your colleagues. See you there!

Here is an extract from the Oceania DX Contest 2022 results. Here you can see the other stations that were in our section M2 (multi operator two transmitters) This is the Raw data and I assume it will be formalised soon. Whilst our score does not put us in the first three positions I think…

A busy Tech Nite last night. The bulk order of 9 and 10 metre squid poles was delivered – making lots of our members happy portable operators. We’re planning a working bee at our Mt Cotton site Sat 27th May for antenna maintenance and upgrade. Our BDARS store is running with stocks of coax and…

Another good day at the Museum on Saturday afternoon. A good turnout and some interesting antenna experimentation.

Our May meeting was vibrant and diverse, with a good turn-out. We introduced our new BDARS Shop/Storekeeper – George VK4GNGGeorge is taking over running the BDARS store (coax, connectors, BDARS shirts and the like. If members have any suggestions for other items the BDARS store should stock, please let us know. One thought is a…

Our first Saturday afternoon at Redland Museum, 22 April. Two HF antennas and we’re on air with club transceivers.

Great Tech Nite meeting today.  Russ VK4DCM gave us a great introduction to HF FT8, the popular digital mode

We’re at Bunnings Capalaba today – up and running from 0745! Come and support us – $3.50 for a gourmet sausage…

We had a great March Tech Nite last night at Redland Museum. The theme of the night was logging – why we log QSO’s and the best way to do it. Ralf VK4GCR took us through QRZ while Scott VK4MGL showed the issues with logging contacts for parks awards. Very interesting discussion – and a…