• 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:

    June General Meeting 5th June
  • 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…

    Working bee at MtCotton
  • 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…

    License exam sessions
  • 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!

    Saturday Arvo Radio at Museum
  • 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…

    Oceania DX Contest Results 2022
  • 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…

    Tech Nite 15 May
  • Another good day at the Museum on Saturday afternoon. A good turnout and some interesting antenna experimentation.

    Saturday at the Museum 13 May
  • 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…

    General Meeting 1st May 2023
  • Our first Saturday afternoon at Redland Museum, 22 April. Two HF antennas and we’re on air with club transceivers.

    Saturday afternoon at Redland Museum, 22 April.
  • Great Tech Nite meeting today.  Russ VK4DCM gave us a great introduction to HF FT8, the popular digital mode

    Tech Nite 17 April
  • We’re at Bunnings Capalaba today – up and running from 0745! Come and support us – $3.50 for a gourmet sausage…

    Bunnings Fundraiser 26th March
  • 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…

    Tech Nite 20th March
  • 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…

  • 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…

  • A fascinating Tech Nite with good attendance.  Many highlights, but the key points were: