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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…
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This year BDARS is organising three teams to support the JOTA/JOTI Guides and Scouts event. Each team looks after the radio training and experience for the local Scout and Guide troops as they meet up to celebrate Jamboree of the Air at the camp sites in the Redlands and Manly The aim of our teams…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redland Museum on Monday 7th October, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. There will be feedback on the club’s Grand Opening of our Clubhouse, The Camping and Caravan Show, and you can hear the latest club news about the…
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Support BDARS and Eddie at the Caravan and Camping Show! This weekend, the Caravan and Camping show is being held at the Redlands Showgrounds right next to the Redland Museum. Only this Sunday, 22nd September, BDARS will be proudly represented by long-time member Eddie (VK4TJE). Eddie will be there with his amazing mobile setup to…
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A few members are getting together at the Victoria Point clubhouse on Saturday morning (21st Sept) to have an experimentation session where we can play with our various devices and swap knowledge and insights about the use of this system. Everyone is welcome – bring your nodes, laptops and tablets etc! The clubhouse will be…
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Our next Tech/Social meeting at the museum is on Monday 16th September, 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…
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After many weeks (months!) of waiting BDARS was proud to celebrate our official opening day to introduce the clubhouse to our members, dignitaries, sponsors and visitors. The weather was exceptional, a perfect nice warm sunny day which meant we could set up outside the clubhouse in the park as well as show off some of…
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YOUR INVITATION ! We are thrilled to invite you to the grand opening day of the BDARS clubhouse! Join us on Saturday 7th September for a celebration of our new space, starting at 10AM and running until 2PM. It will be a fantastic day filled with excitement and community spirit, featuring a free sausage sizzle…
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The club’s next General Meeting is at the Redland Museum on Monday 2nd September, with a 7:00PM arrival for a 7:30PM start. All members and visitors are welcome. There will be exciting news about the club’s Grand Opening of our Clubhouse on this Saturday (7th Sep), our VIP visitors, and all the planning. This is…
