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Australian Satellite Enthusiasts Group
The Australian Satellite Enthusiasts
Group (Ozsatgroup) is a forum for all amateur operators, SWL’ers, and
radio hobbyists, who enjoy working or listening to satellite and space
based radio systems.
We welcome all who are interested in discussing and exploring this
fascinating branch of amateur radio.
The group is operated via a Yahoo group, and includes; a mailing list,
shared calendar - used for making satellite sched's, photo library and
downloads area. We are also planning a group net.
Membership is free. You may
join the group by
clicking this link, or you can access the group and forum by
clicking here.
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Blue
Mountains Amateur Radio Club (BMARC)
Meetings
Regular meetings are on the First
Friday of each Month at the 1st Blaxland Scout Hall, Reading St,
Glenbrook. Starting time is 8pm.
BMARC "Winterfest"- 19th August, 2006
The Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club's
WINTERFEST was held on Saturday 19th August at the 1st
Blaxland Scout Hall, Reading Street, Glenbrook.
Paul's Antarctic
Expedition
BMARC Club member Paul VK2JLX has taken up a position with
ANARE for several months
down in the Antarctic, working out of the Davis research facility.
Paul has HF capability, so listen out for him. He will be
operating under the callsign VK0JLX, on 3615, 10120 and
14270kHz.
Training : Terry
Riley VK2UX conducts classes in Amateur Radio Theory,
Regulations and CW for anyone interested in becoming an Amateur Radio
Operator.
For details, contact Terry on
02-47392551, or via
email .
WebPage : http://www.bmarc.org/
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Central Coast Amateur
Radio Club Inc. (CCARC)
Updated 2007-10-11
About the Club
The club is the focal point
for Amateur Radio activities on the Central Coast of NSW. The CCARC was
formed in 1957. The club has it’s own clubrooms with a well-equipped
radio room (shack) in their Clubhouse at Dandaloo St, Kariong, near
Gosford. They also operate several Voice, Amateur Television and Packet
(data) repeaters.
The club
also supports the Police Youth and Citizens Club’s Amateur Radio room at
Umina and the annual Scout and Guides Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) held in
October. The P.C.Y.C. Station at Umina has moved into new premises so
listen in on Thursday evenings and Saturdays.
Meetings
First Friday Night ...General Business Meeting
at 20:00hrs
(19:30hrs April - October)
Third Friday Night....Lecture/Discussion Night at 20:00hrs
Visitors are most welcome..
Training
The Club runs regular Licence Courses every ODD month.
Repeaters
: VK2RAG Somersby 300M ASL
VK2AFY Kariong 200M ASL
ATV :
VK2RTG ATV Kariong 200M ASL
Callsigns:
VK2AFY / VK2EH
Contact Details:
Clubrooms: Dandaloo Street, KARIONG, NSW, 2250
Postal: P.O. Box 238, GOSFORD, NSW, 2250
Telephone: 02 4340 2500
e-mail: secretary@ccarc.org.au
Web Page: http://www.ccarc.org.au
Submitted by Greg
VK2GRJ, Secretary CCARC
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Chifley
Amateur Radio Club
Meetings
Just a
reminder for members and visitors, that the Chifley
Amateur Radio Club is open every Saturday from 1:30pm. So
if you have an interest in amateur radio, electronics or
associated fields you are most welcome to drop in.
Meetings are mostly a social gathering and general chin
wag, with a business meeting held bi-monthly.
So instead of mowing that lawn take a few hours off and
come on down to the club rooms next Saturday meet some
new people, catch up with some old faces, play radio or
just have a chat.
Meeting Place
The Chifley Amateur Radio Club is located in the grounds
of the Good Shepard School in Hyatts Rd Plumpton. Just
enter through the gates opposite the Big-W garden centre. So remember the club rooms are open on Saturdays
from 1:30pm. Hope to see you there.
Repeaters
The Chifley Amateur Radio Club operate repeaters on
147.075 and 439.425 with 70cm requiring a 123hz tone for
access, this repeater also has the clubs IRLP node of
6050.
Web Page :
http://chifley.radiocorner.net/
From the WebPage and information supplied by Glen VK2YOY.
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Coffs Harbour and Districts
Amateur Radio Club
Meetings
The Club hold regular meetings on every Monday night at 7:00pm and
on every Thursday morning at 10:00am. They are held at our club house
which is in the Rex Hardaker oval, right next to the football field
along Hogbin Drive just north of Sawtell.
So you want to join our club!
Everyone is welcome to join, it doesn't matter if you have an amateur
license or not, everyone with an interest in radio is welcome. There are
two types of membership. You must have a valid amateur radio license to
qualify for full membership. Anyone can join as an associate member.
Ham Licence
The Club runs regular Licence Courses details
HERE
Club Membership
Go to the Clubs website
HERE and get a membership form. Print it out, fill it in, and send it with
the necessary funds to-
CHADARC, PO box 655, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
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Fishers
Ghost ARC
Meetings
The club meets on the last Wednesday of each month (except December) at
Campbelltown Performing Arts High School.
Meetings run from 7:00pm to around 9:00pm.
Guests and prospective new members are always welcome.
How To Get There
Take the Beverly St entrance then enter the last gate on the left.
Go to M Block, up the stairs and the second door on the right.
Web Page:
www.fgarc.org
The club also
has a online group at Yahoo Groups on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vk2ffg for members to keep in touch with each
other and pass along up to date info.
Les VK2TJ used to run the License Exams, check with the club for up to date
details on Courses.
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Gladesville Amateur Radio Club
Main activities are Amateur
Television (ATV). The Gladesville Amateur Radio Club, Inc., located
in Sydney (Australia), provides a service to Amateur Radio operators and
the general community, by promoting Education and Amateur Radio through
the use of Amateur Television.
Transmissions
Wednesday: LIVE transmission from 7:30pm
Friday: Repeat of Wednesday's transmission, starting at 7pm
Saturday: Transmission from 8pm to 10pm approx. Details of
the evening's
transmission appear on the test card
preceding the transmission.
Sunday: Starting at 7pm. The transmission includes a relay of the
VK2WI
News.
Each test transmission is preceded by a test card for about half an
hour.
Occasional transmissions are made via satellite, to various areas across
Australia.
Web Page:
http://televisiongladesville.blogspot.com/
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Great Lakes
Radio Club Inc.
A club for Radio Amateurs, Citizen Band users and
Electronics Enthusiasts.
Meetings
The Club meets on the last Friday of the month at the
Adult Education Centre, cnr Manning & Lake Streets, Tuncurry except in
December.
Annual Membership is $20.
For further details see website at
http://users.hardnet.com.au/glrc. or call us on VK2RGL
ARNSW WebMaster
This web page appears out of action at present does anyone know of
reason or an update on the address (11/04/2006)
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Hornsby and
Districts
Amateur Radio Club (HADARC)
Meetings
The Club usually meets at 8 pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month at
the Community Centre, Pierre Close, Mount Colah (just to the east
of the pedestrian bridge outside the
entrance to the railway station), and visitors are always most
welcome. At this meeting there is usually a talk on a radio-related
topic, together with Club business.
On the 2nd Tuesday of each month there is an informal gathering and
workshop, when Club members bring along equipment to be tested, and
group construction projects are discussed etc. The more experienced
members are available to give advice and help with equipment problems
and operating skills.
HADARC radio nets
The Clubs VHF / UHF net is at 8:00pm on Monday evenings, using the Clubs
repeaters, 147.250 and 439.975 MHz. The HF nets are on 3608.5 kHz at
8:00pm Wednesday, and on 7104 kHz on Fridays at 9:00am. Listen for
VK2MA. The beginners' CW net is on Thursday nights at 8:00pm, with
Harry VK2BOL and/or Andy VK2EAH, with liaison on the repeaters.
License Classes and Exams: See the details in the Club Exams page
on this website.
For general Club information contact Neal VK2CNI on 02 9477 2061.
Advised by Julian Sortland
VK2YJS, Publicity Officer, HADARC
Web Page:
www.hadarc.org.au
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Hunter Radio Group
The evening
net commences at 7.30 pm. The VK2AWX net covers the
State on 3593 kHz on 80 metres and to the Newcastle
region on 10 and 2 metres, 70 and 23 centimeters. Part of
their transmission includes selected highlights of news
from the VK2WI session.
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Illawarra Amateur Radio Club
Meetings
Meetings are held on the
Second Tuesday of each month
(except January) at
19:30 hrs ( 7:30 PM ).
New Meeting Place
The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society has a new venue
for Monthly Meetings at The Visitors Centre, Industry World.
You can find the Australia's
Industry World (AIW) Visitor Centre at the BlueScope Steel,
Northgate Entrance, Springhill Rd,
Coniston.
The entrance is marked
with extremely large Australian and BlueScope Steel flags.
Road and rail access are easy.
Road connections, via the
F6 Freeway and the Princes Highway, are fast and reliable with fine
views over the Royal National Park and the Northern Illawarra beaches.
From the North,
take the Master's Rd exit into Springhill Rd or travel down Corrimal St
from the Wollongong Central Business District.
Coming from the South,
take the Port Kembla exit from the F6 and turn right into Five Islands
Rd then the first left into Springhill Rd.
The
rail journey to Port Kembla from Sydney is comfortable, with
spectacular views. The nearest railway station to the venue is
Coniston, just south of Wollongong. To walk from Coniston Station to the
Visitor Centre may take 15-20 minutes.
Check out this site
http://www.aiw.org.au/whereisaiw.htm for
details on getting there.
This information is for past, present and future members and guests of
the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society.
Submitted by
Maeva Bennett VK2HUG,
Secretary IARS Inc
Web Page:
http://www.iars.org.au/
The club also
has a online group at Yahoo Groups on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iars/ for members to keep in
touch with each other and pass along up to date info.
Membership Details:
Email:
secretary@iars.org.au
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Liverpool and Districts
Amateur Radio Club (LADARC)
Meetings
The Club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each Month at 10 Julia Close,
West Hoxton.
Activities
The members of LADARC are well known for their FM900 mods and they have
their own repeater in the Hoxton Park area. They have annual Field Days
and Auctions, members are actively involved in WICEN, JOTA and other
Amateur Radio events (including the Canoe Classic). members are active
on Echolink, IRLP and Packet
Repeater
The Club's repeater VK2RLD is located at Austral, Tx 146.625 MHz Rx
146.025 MHz.
Training
Their "Learning Organiser" Col Christensen VK2BCC is making arrangements
for FL and other Licence courses. He can be contacted on
colinc@suburbia.com.au
Contacts
Pres: Greg White VK2YJO 02 96070440
gvwhite@bigpond.com.au
Sec: Garry Barker VK2TSR 02 98965763
vk2tsr@bigpond.com.au
Website:
www.surbia.com.au/~colinc/ladarc/ladarc.htm
Mail: PO Box 4 Bathurst St, Greystanes 2145.
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Manly
Warringah Radio Society.
Meetings
The Manly-Warringah Radio Society meets every Wednesday
at the Warringah Volunteer Services Centre at Terrey
Hills. Details on the club web site at www.mwrs.org.au phone 9450-1746 on
Wednesday, or call in on the club two metre repeater on
146.875 MHz.
- Clubs Transmission of "Q5"
The club's regular broadcast of the popular education
program, "Q5" continues every Tuesday evening
from 8pm.
If you have trouble copying the club repeater on 146.875,
try the input frequency on 146.275 for the source signal
from Terry VK2JTP
- Exams
The
Society provide assessment for the Foundation Licence.
For further Information or an Application Form, please contact Ted
Bastow VK2WL on 9972 3605 by email to
ebas9258@bigpond.net.au or
check out the Societies web site on
www.mwrs.org.au and especially their Exams page at
http://www.qsl.net/vk2mb/exams.html for full details of their exams
and very useful links to exam and study information.
Once again, listen out for "Q5" on 146.875 MHz,
and to sit the upcoming Amateur exams, contact Ted Bastow VK2WL by email
at ebas9258@bigpond.net.au
or phone 9972-3605.
73 Richard VK2SKY, Publicity Officer.
Web Page: www.mwrs.org.au
Email:Please note
that the e-mail contact for the Manly Warringah Radio Society has
changed desc@unwired.com.au
effective immediately.(Advised by
Des Cottle. VK2TGJ,
Secretary, MWRS.)
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Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group (MNARG)
Updated 2007-11-08
The Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group was formed in March
2007 by a small group of amateur radio enthusiasts who wanted to do
something positive for the amateur radio community in their area.
Everyone is welcome. All you need is an interest in amateur
radio. It doesn't matter if you have an amateur radio license or not.
Fill out the membership form and send it to the Group or come along to
one of our meetings. Phone us if you have any questions.
Meetings
Meetings are held monthly, check the Groups website
for venue dates and times.
Field Day
The Radio Expo will be held at St John's Church Hall, McLean
St, Coffs Harbor on Sunday 20th January 2008, starting time is 8:30am.
Entry is $5.00, Commercial Exhibitors, Home Brew Demos, Satellite
Equipment, Disposals, Lucky Door Prizes on the hour, technical trivia
quiz, guessing comps along with yummy hot and cold food and cool drinks.
Free tea, coffee and bickies all day. major prize draws at the end of
the day - NOT to be missed.
Repeaters/Nets
Group Net on 3.660MHz, UHF CB channel 4 and VMF04 Repeater
Others to be announced. These are members favorite frequencies to
monitor. Call "CQ Mid North Coast" anytime
Contacts
Phone: 02 6655 2990 or 0422 216 773 or 0415 292 904
FAX: 02 6655 2994
Postal: PO Box 505, Bellingen, NSW 2454
Email :
radiosupply@hot.net.au
Current Committee :
President-
Gary Ryan VK2ZKT
Vice-President & Website Bodger-
Jack
Cook VK2CJC
Secretary and temporary Treasurer-
Carolyn Ryan VK2FCSR
Website :
www.mncarg.org Check out the Groups very
informative website for details on obtaining Ham licences, Antenna
Projects and good listing of local Repeaters.
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Mid South Coast Club.
Meetings - Held
Quarterly
This club meets at Little Forest Lodge, situated at the
mountain end of Little Forest Road, which joins the
Princes Highway 3km North of Milton township.
Meetings are usually held in the months of February,
May, August and November.
Club Address - MSCARC, PO Box 413, Ulladulla NSW
2539
Club Newsletter - "Lyrebird"
Club has a new Web Site -
http://msarc.dyndns.org
Stuart Bayliss VK2FUND,
Club Secretary
baylisss@gmail.com
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Nepean Amateur Radio Group
Meetings
The Club meets at the NARG Club House, 602
Great Western Hwy, Werrington on the second Tuesday of each month at
7:30pm. If you can't find us try calling on the clubs repeater VK2RMR on
439.575
Postal Address
Nepean Amateur Radio Group
PO Box 94
Emu Plains NSW 2750
Club Contact: Phone 0418 470231
Web Page:
http://www.narg.oz-hams.org/
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Orange & Districts Amateur Radio Club
Updated 2008-01-21
Meetings
The Club is located in the Orange district
of NSW. Meetings are held on the first Friday of each month
(except January) . At the usual venue, the RAAF building, 64 Warrendine St, Orange.
Just look for the big missile in the front yard. Meetings start at
7:30pm, all visitors and members are welcome.
Anyone interested in radio &/or electronics is quite welcome. A
free light supper at the end of the meeting with an odd yarn or two.
Check out the Clubs web site for some good Homebrew projects,
including a 2m/70cm antenna with duplexer which can also be used for
reception from 100MHz to 1GHz. There is also a very nice setup for a
portable repeater station.
See you all there, Bob
VK2MRP Club Secretary
Web Page:
http://www.odarc.org
Email - to The Secretary at
secretary@odarc.org
Mail - The Secretary, PO Box 1065, Orange NSW 2800
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Oxley
Region Amateur Radio Club Inc.
Meeting
Visitors are always made
very welcome at the club’s monthly general meetings at 2pm on the first
Saturday of each month, and a Project Evening on the Friday night gatherings at 7pm on the
evenings of the second and fourth Fridays of each month.
The venue is
the SES building in Gordon Street, Port Macquarie.
Club 2m Repeater
The VK2RCN 147.0 MHz
Telegraph Point 2 metre repeater has been repaired and is now back on
air. This repeater provides excellent coverage of both Port Macquarie
and Wauchope.
Training
Please contact the club via PO Box 712 Port Macquarie NSW 2444 if you
are interested in attending Foundation Licence or Standard Licence
training courses in Port Macquarie and Wauchope. The new courses will
commence as soon as sufficient candidates register their interest.
Web page -
http://www.mypage.tsn.cc/orarc/
Email - vk2bor@tsn.cc
Submitted by Henry
Lundell, VK2ZHE – Secretary
Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Inc.
Covering Port Macquarie and the Hastings Valley.
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St.
George Amateur Radio Society
( Connells Point NSW)
When and Where? The meetings are held at the usual venue -
1st Kyle Bay Scout Hall,
Donnely Park, Kyle Parade Connells Point - next to the Kyle Bay Sailing
Club. The meeting
is on the first Wednesday of each month and starts at about 7:30pm and everyone is welcome to
attend.
So come along and enjoy a friendly chat with fellow amateurs as well as
a FREE !! cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit
with the Clubs compliments.
The Club have re-activated their web site, it not
only gives news of current club events but will have available
downloadable copies of their newsletter "Dragnet, go have a look on
www.sgars.org
Peter O'Connell VK2EMU
Publicity Officer, St. George Amateur Radio Society
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Summerland Amateur Radio Club
(GOONELLABAH, NSW. 2480)
* * MEETINGS
The Club meets every Thursday night at 7:30pm and every Saturday
afternoon at 2pm in their club rooms at Richmond Hill a rural suburb
of Lismore NSW.
Our new Ham net, F-Troop, is on air at 2000K, Wed nights. It
is intended for the new Foundation operators to discuss common interests.
Please use it, come up, have your say, all welcome however.
The Club
have been very busy over the past few weeks. The
following information has been supplied by John Alcorn VK2JWA,
Treasurer of the Club in his recent reports.
Web Page:
http://www.nor.com.au/community/sarc/
Email - vk2src@sarc.org.au
Contact:
SARC, 414 Richmond Hill Rd, GOONELLABAH, NSW. 2480
Post: PO Box 524 LISMORE NSW 2480, Australia.
To find out more about the club and it's activities
contact one of our members, phone or snail mail on the addresses above.
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Tamworth Radio Club
Inc
The Club now meet on the first Friday each month at the new venue -
Tamworth / Oxley Scout Hall, a hexagonal brick building on the corner of
Carthage and Hall Streets, Tamworth, at 7:30 PM.
The Club meet on the first
Friday each month at the Soccer Club building Jewry Rd., Tamworth, at
7:30 pm.
The
Club provide Foundation Licence classes and assessment on a regular
basis. For further information contact the Secretary, Brian, VK2FOG on
(02) 6762-2595.
For more
information Clubs web site is
http://trci.org.au/
This information
supplied by John Fegan, VK2HUP, Publicity Officer
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Taree and District
Amateur Radio Club (TADARC)
Meetings
The Club meetings on the first Tuesday of each month
(except January) at 7:30pm and are usually held at Taree TAFE College,
Montgomery Cres, Taree. Our meetings are actually in the Staff Common
Room, Upper Floor, Block"A". It is the first building you come to as you
drive into the college grounds.
Repeaters - The Club has three voice repeaters, VK2RET on
146.825, VK2RRE on 146.675 and VK2REE on 438.325.
There is a club net each Monday night at
1930hrs on its 2m repeaters, which are permanently linked. The net
controller uses the Club call sign VK2FRE. All Licensed Amateurs are
most welcome to join in. The Club also maintains a 70cm repeater which
is in the process of an upgrade.
Club web site -
http://www.users.bigpond.com/darsoncomp/
Email - vk2fre@wia.org.au
Contact - The Secretary, PO Box 712, Taree NSW 2430
(2008-06-22 Updates from Terry Davies VK2KDK)
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Twin Cities Radio and Electronics Club
The Twin Cities Radio Electronics Club is located
in Albury-Wodonga, which is situated on the Murray River (the border
between NSW and Victoria). Wodonga is in Victoria and Albury is in NSW,
Australia. Latitude: 36° 04' 21S Longitude: 146° 55' 00E Grid square
location: QF33KW
Meetings
Business Meetings are held on the second Monday of
each month starting at 20:00 hours. Minutes are published on Club
updates page. The third and fourth Mondays are chat and workshop
nights at Murray High School, Kaitlers Road, Lavington, science room
(someone will always have 2m switched on). The first and fifth Mondays of the month are Net
nights on the local repeater 147.000. Net starts at 20:00 EST - if
repeater is down - Channel 50 146:500
Exams
The Club runs regular Licence Courses details
HERE
For more information call Greg: 02 6021 5438
email
or Scotty: 02 6021 8897
email
Web Page:
http://www.tcrec.org
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Amateur Radio Society.
Updated 2007-03-20
Meetings
Regular meetings are held
on the 3rd Wednesday evening of each month at 7:30pm. A number of us
have a meal at the Bistro in the RSL Club next door before the evening
meeting (about 6pm) where food is good and reasonably priced. The clubhouse
is also open in the afternoon of the 1st Saturday of
every month, when work may be carried out to improve the
club's amenities and to fix members radio gear. As well,
some just go along for a ragchew or to operate the club
station.
Annual Auction - Saturday 23rd
June 2007
Location
Waverley's clubhouse is
located in the Scout Hall at Vickery Avenue, Rose Bay,
behind the RSL Club on New South Head Road; it is easy to
find and there is plenty of parking space in the grounds.
Repeaters
The club runs the
Paddington repeaters on 147.025MHz and 438.575MHz, the
latter with an IRLP facility, both requiring CTCSS 123Hz due to QRM.
The IRLP Node number is 6250. The club has recently started a net at
8:00pm every weekday on our 2m repeater.
License Classes and Exams:
The Club runs regular Licence Courses details
HERE
Web Page
Information on all aspects
of the club can be found on its regularly updated web
site at www.vk2bv.org or call Simon VK2UA on 9328 7141
Simon Buxton, VK2UA Vice
President and Publicity Officer
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Club Rooms - Small St, Wagga Wagga
Web Page: http://www.warc.org.au
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Westlakes
Club report that their email address and web page URL
have changed.
The new email
is westlakes@westlakesarc.org.au and the new home
home page address is http://www.westlakesarc.org.au
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WICEN (NSW) Communications
 
"Trained communications volunteers linking the community
in times of need"
Meeting Information and
News
Go to latest WICEN News on this site or check the WICEN
site on http://www.nsw.wicen.org.au/
Hardware Project
Look through the WICEN site to find an excellent project to build a
Coaxial
Folded Dipole Antenna.
New postal address.
Wicen NSW
PO Box 126,
Gosford
NSW
2250.
WICEN is always looking for volunteers to help the community with
communications assistance.
A mailing list for those interested in WICEN is available; just send a
blank message to
wicen-net-join@nsw.wicen.org.au , and you will receive further
information. You can also write to WICEN NSW or send an email to
operations@nsw.wicen.org.au
; telephone 0408-397-217;or visit their web site on
www.nsw.wicen.org.au .
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Interstate Clubs
Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club Inc. VK3BEZ
For the latest information check out the Clubs web site on
www.qsl.net/vk3bez/
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