IARS

The 2010 annual general meeting of the IARS was held Tuesday 10 August. Officers and committee members were chosen for 2010-2011. Here are the results:

President: Tony Stone VK2TS
Vice-president: Rob McNight VK2MT
Secretary: Ross Masterson VK2VVV
Treasurer: John Lawer VK2KEJ

Committee members:
Peter Reid VK2NRL
John Bennett VK2AAL
Les David VK2EW
Neil Justusson VK2VNJ

Full details can be found on the contact details page.

100 Years of Amateur Radio in Australia

The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society is pleased to announce a fantastic opportunity to set up a live Amateur Radio station at the world renowned – Wollongong Science Centre. This will be held on Sunday August 15th 2010 between 10am and 4pm. Wollongong Science Centre is located on Squires Way at Fairy Meadow. Ph 42865000

The Institute of Wireless Telegraphy of Australia, was established at a meeting in Sydney on 11 March 1910, Later to become the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) making it the world’s oldest continuing organization of its kind.

During World War I and World War 2 those who had gained experience as amateur wireless experimenters were called to duty as radio operators in the Australian Armed forces. Many brave amateur radio operators provided vital communications and many lost their lives in these wars.

The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society is honoured to have received permission to air the special event call sign VK100WIA. This call sign commemorates 100 Years of organised amateur radio operation in Australia.

This practical demonstration day will be held to celebrate 100 Years of Amateur Radio in Australia. Amateur radio is also commonly known as Ham Radio. Ham radio has been used for emergency communications on many occasions such as the Cyclone Tracy disaster in Darwin, The Indonesian Tsunami, the Earthquake in China and Haiti and the Victorian Bush Fires to name a few.

So come along to the Science Centre Sunday 15th August and listen to the big wide world of Amateur Radio. Better still, pick up a microphone and with some simple coaching, and have a radio conversation aided by our experienced Licensed Radio Operators. Unlike CB Radio, Amateur Radio provides world wide communications so who knows you may end up in conversation with Antarctica or some other exotic location.

The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society would like to thank the Wollongong Science Centre for their valued support in celebrating this momentous event and providing a prime location in the Centre for Science excellence in Australia.

We look forward to seeing you all there for a fun day.

Regards,
Tony Stone VK2TS
President – Illawarra Amateur Radio Society

Please note the next meeting and Annual General Meeting will be held at the usual venue, Industry World Coniston on Tuesday the 10th of August 2010 at 7.30pm. All position will be relinquished and made available. Why not help the club by nominating for a position on the committee. We are also looking out for a secretary.

Nomination forms are available on the website on the top right hand side of the home page or by calling Tony on 0404 839465.

See you all there.

Cheers

Tony Stone

VK2TS – President IARS Inc.

In order to encourage new members for the club, the committee of the IARS has decided to change the membership fee for new members to…

Zero dollars!

That’s right! For the first year, there will be no charge to join the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society. New members joining from January to June also get their membership extended until June the following year.

If you have been thinking about joining, there is no better time. If you know someone who might like to join, let them know about this change.

Sounds like a pretty good deal to me!

Gil McPherson VK2ZGE will give a talk on his home-brew 1KW amplifier at the next meeting of the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society.  This should be a fantastic presentation, and all are invited to attend.  The meeting will be held on Tuesday 8 of June, 2010 at the usual place.

See you there!

The next meeting of the IARS inc will occur at 7.30pm on Tuesday the 11th of May 2010 at Industry World Coniston. This meeting will feature a talk by Brian (Golden Tonsils) VK2AH on DStar radio operation. Brian will also be bringing his DV Dongle along for everyone to play with.

Look forward to seeing you all there,

Cheers

Tony VK2TS – President IARS inc.

The next meeting of the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society Inc. will be held at Industry World Coniston on Tuesday the 9th of March 2010 at 7.30pm. This meeting will feature a talk by Max VK2ARZ on audio quality and your signal. This will be a very interesting talk indeed.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

Cheers

Tony Stone

VK2TS – President

Illawarra Amateur Radio Society inc.

Greetings to all members of the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society Inc.

The next club meeting and Annual Monster Auction will be held on Tuesday the 10th of November 2009 at Industry World Coniston at 7.30pm

The Auction Rules of engagement:

• Please no junk. If you bring it, and it doesn’t get sold, you take it home. Anything found left at the end of the night will be disposed of at our discretion. Please don’t complain you didn’t know.
• All goods for auction to be booked in by 7.00pm, no exceptions to this rule. The meeting will begin at 7.30pm sharp.

• 10% of all sales to go to the IARS to help keep our club going, unless kindly donated to the club which will then attract 100% of the takings. John 2KEJ will organize settling this after the auction has closed and things have settled down. It does take time to work the totals out. Rest assured Simon knows what he is doing and he knows the rough value of all goods.

• Status of equipment to be the seller’s responsibility. If it doesn’t work make it known as any argument’s after the sale will be between yourself and the buyer, it has nothing to do with the IARS.

• All transmitting equipment should only be sold to those known to, or can prove that they have an amateur license, or they can convince us they are studying for it and their license issue, is inevitable. This of course does not apply to non transmitting items such as cable, components, accessories, receivers etc.

• Remember this is a fun night and we all should get a bargain. Let’s finish the night off with a well deserved cuppa and rag chew.

After the regular meeting business, Neil Justusson VK2VNJ will give a talk on amateur radio high altitude ballooning (ARHAB).

This talk will introduce you to flying amateur radio-based experiments using unmanned high altitude balloons. Learn about the different types of balloons, what kinds of equipment you can include, how the balloon is tracked, and a bit about the history of ARHAB.  Neil will bring his ARHAB gear for a bit of show and tell as well.

October’s meeting will be at 1:30pm on Tuesday 13 October at Australia’s Industry World (AIW) visitor centre at the BlueScope Steel north gate entrance, Springhill Rd Coniston.

See you there!

Hello one and all,

The next meeting of the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society is our Annual General Meeting for the year and will begin at 7.30pm Tuesday the 11th of August 2009 at Industry World Coniston. Please consider nominating for a position on the club committee. We really do need a publicity officer and some more general committee members to assist with the very important job of running and maintaining the club. For those that have never been in the club committee we are all eager to assist.

Here is the IARS Nomination form as a PDF file.

These can be given to the secretary Maeva VK2HUG before the meeting. Maeva email address is vk2aal if you’d like to complete the form and scan and email it thru. Don’t forget one has to be a financial member to be a committee member.

Not a member? Please give serious consideration to joining, any additional donations are also greatly appreciated. Now is also the time for renewals. As you could imagine in this day and age site rentals and other fees are increasing all the time. We have been considering decommissining some repeaters due to increasing costs. The only way we can avoid this is to raise more money for the club and attract more members. Unfortunately too few are currently doing too much and require assistance. Please think about joining, renewing and nominating.

Look forward to seeing you all at the next Annual General Meeting

Cheers

Tony Stone VK2TS

President – Illawarra Amateur Radio Society Inc.

Ph 0404 839465