It is with deep regret that the I.A.R.S. President Tony Stone has reported to the club membership of the passing of Howard Booth, VK2AMD. The following is an extract of the notification release by the club. Valê Howard Booth, VK2AMD. Howard Booth, VK2AMD, passed away last Sunday afternoon 25th May 2008, at the age of [...]
Archive for May, 2008
First Technical workshop Sunday 25 June
Posted in Club News on May 24th, 2008 Comments Off
The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society’s technical workshop number one, will be held this Sunday at Oak Flats. We will be building tape measure antennas for use at the foxhunt on the 29th of June. This workshop is open to all amateurs and interested persons. You don’t need to be a member of the Illawarra Amateur [...]
Using the VI2AMW60 call sign
Posted in Club News on May 6th, 2008 Comments Off
The Special event Callsign VI2AMW60 has been issued by the ACMA to the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society for use from the 10th of June 2008 until the 30th of June 2008. The special event Callsign is to commemorate 60 Years of Amateur Radio in the Illawarra via the Wollongong Radio Club which later evolved into [...]
The Technical Workshops are finally here. You may have heard about this initiative on the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society’s weekly broadcast each Tuesday evening, or maybe from the WIA or Amateur Radio NSW news broadcasts. In a nut shell what we’ve done, is assembled several short amateur radio projects into a technical workshop for amateurs. [...]
I’ve set up a discussion board on the IARS forum for interested amateurs to discuss D-Star in the Illawarra, and the new IARS D-Star repeater. You also can get directly to D-Star information on this site by consulting the sidebar at the right of this page. Have fun! Neil Vk2VNJ, Webmaster