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Here’s a perfect birthday gift – a BDARS name badge. Tom VK4HTE discovered these, available from Pacific Trophies in Capalaba.
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A great night at BDARS last night, with WIA director Peter VK4EA addressing the group. Peter talked about the great work that WIA does in representing all Australian radio amateurs, whether members or not. In particular, Peter highlighted the work done by WIA volunteers in defending our spectrum allocations. WIA (like BDARS) relies heavily on…
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BDARS will hosts Mr. Peter Schrader, director of the Wireless Institute of Australia at our Monday night meeting. When – Mon, 3 July. Where – Redland Museum,60 Smith St, Cleveland QLD 4163, Official meeting starting at 19:30 , doors open from 19:00. The entire night will be devoted to the WIA Guest speaker, Mr. Peter…
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Last night’s Tech Nite turned out be one of our best ever. We had close to 30 attendees. The highlight was the talk by Ian VK3BUF & Paul VK2APA on Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA). Ian and Paul ran through the really practical ways that RASA is helping our hobby. There’s heaps more to…
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Another round of successful training on the club’s FlexRadio 6400 HF station this afternoon. This 100 watt HF station is available for all BDARS club members to use .
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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…
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An early notice that our June Tech Nite will feature a “Buy and Sell” session. We have some donated gear for sale, plus a member is moving house with surplus gear to sell. So bring along: See you on Monday – Redland Museum, 7 pm for a 7.30 pm start.
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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.
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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…
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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:
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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…
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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…
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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!
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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…
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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…
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Another good day at the Museum on Saturday afternoon. A good turnout and some interesting antenna experimentation.
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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…
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Our first Saturday afternoon at Redland Museum, 22 April. Two HF antennas and we’re on air with club transceivers.
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Great Tech Nite meeting today. Russ VK4DCM gave us a great introduction to HF FT8, the popular digital mode
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We’re at Bunnings Capalaba today – up and running from 0745! Come and support us – $3.50 for a gourmet sausage…
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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…
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A good turn out yesterday, especially it was only day after our AGM at the same venue. A surprisingly active meeting with many highlights including: Colin VK4ZPU ran through the plans for the John Moyle Field day – Saturday 18th March at Judy Holt Park. Martin VK4MCU showed us FreeDMR Roger demonstrated MMANA-GAL antenna modelling…
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We held our 2023 AGM today at the Redland Museum. A great social occasion with a big turnout and catering by the Museum team. Our new Leadership Team for 23/24 was appointed: Congratulations to the new team! In addition, our new President Ralf made a presentation to Joan on behalf of BDARS for last year’s…
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A fascinating Tech Nite with good attendance. Many highlights, but the key points were:
