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Big November meeting!

webmaster — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:15:07 +0000

There are two big reasons to come to the November IARS meeting on Tuesday 8 November:

1. The judging of entries for the crystal radio set competition. The rules are here.

2. The annual IARS auction will also be held. 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.

The meeting is at the usual venue: Industry World, Coniston.

It should be a great night. See you there!

Make a submission to the NSW planning review

webmaster — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:12:40 +0000

The intended outcome of the NSW planning review, which is now in progress, is that local councils will have uniform guidelines in place for the majority of applications before them for approval. One aspect that would be beneficial to radio amateurs is to have in place a regulation permitting the erection of towers and structures without having to submit development applications.

The WIA has suggested that this is an opportunity for NSW amateurs to have input to the review and hopefully achieve an outcome of an easy approval for their tower requirements. The more submissions the review receives recommending this the more likely the desired outcome would be achieved.

The IARS committee recommends all NSW amateurs make individual submissions to the planning review. This is fairly easy to do, for example, it can be done by email.

Submissions to the review close on Friday 4 November.

For more information, including guidance for making a submission, see the WIA news release.

Lighthouse weekend 2011 snaps now available

webmaster — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:05:36 +0000

A few snapshots from the 2011 Lighthouse weekend at Point Perpendicular are now available.

If you have more snapshots from that weekend you’d like to share, just send them along to me and I’ll add them to the gallery.

Removing the IARS forums

webmaster — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:31:52 +0000

The IAS discussion forums have not seen any postings in a very long time. Since they are not used, and they are an ongoing maintenance problem (hundreds of spammers attempting to register each week), the IARS at the most recent meeting agreed that we should decommission the forums.

If you have any issues with this, please let me (the IARS webmaster) know. I plan on deleting the forum software next weekend; in the mean time, I have disabled registration altogether.

IARS Barbecue!

webmaster — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:50:15 +0000

Mark this day in your calendar now:

Saturday 10 September 2011

The IARS is planning a barbecue/picnic for club members, other interested amateurs, and their families at Blackbutt Forest Reserve in Shellharbour. Further details will be provided soon.

Regards,
Your IARS Committee

2010 IARS Annual Monster Auction

webmaster — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:21:15 +0000

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 9th of November 2010 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.

2010 AGM results: officers & committee members

webmaster — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:09:50 +0000

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.

Change to membership fee for new members

webmaster — Sun, 23 May 2010 03:23:06 +0000

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!

June Meeting

webmaster — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:48:26 +0000

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!

ARHAB Presentation at October Meeting

webmaster — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:28:38 +0000

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!