The Club Scene

NSW Ham Club details (S to Z)

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: www.sarc.org.au
Email - vk2src@sarc.org.au
Contact:
SARC, 414 Richmond Hill Rd, Richmond Hill, NSW. 2480
Post: PO Box closed April 2009 all mail to above address.
To find out more about the club and it's activities contact one of our members, phone or snail mail on the addresses above.

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

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)

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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Waverley Amateur Radio Society.

Meetings
Monthly meetings are held at our clubhouse at 7:30 pm on the 3rd Wednesday of every month, Details of the topic for the month are usually announced on the preceding ARNSW Sunday Broadcasts. Our premises are at Rose Bay Scout Hall, Vickery Avenue , Rose Bay. See the Club's website for an interactive map showing our location. A frequent bus service from Edgecliff station to Watson's Bay passes the end of the road - ask the driver to drop you off at the Rose Bay RSL Club.

Project Days
Project days are held on the afternoon of the first Saturday of every month, starting about 1:30 pm. Call up on the Paddington repeater that day to see what is going on. This is a good occasion to help with clubhouse improvements, operate the club station, get advice on faulty rigs and have a ragchew with other members.
Clubhouse improvements include keeping the grounds and parking area free of excessive undergrowth, updating equipment, erecting antennas and generally improving club amenities.

Other activities
The Club's radio net operates every Monday at 8:00 pm on the local Paddington repeater (147.025 MHz+ CTCSS 123 Hz). All welcome to join in.
On Tuesdays there is often a working bee at the club during the day - email Alan (vk2tui at vk2bv.org) for details or check on the 2m repeater.

License Classes and Exams:
The Club runs regular Licence Courses check out our website for further details.

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

Club Rooms - Small St, Wagga Wagga

Web Page: http://www.warc.org.au

Nil this week
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Westlakes Amateur Radio Club Inc

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 .