Posted in Club News on Apr 23rd, 2011 Comments Off
Crystal Set Construction Competition 2011 The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society currently has a construction competition running. Entry is open to IARS club members and other amateur radio operators within VK. There will be prizes awarded in both categories. Entry is easy, just build a crystal set. Judging will be based on some simple rules:- [...]
Posted in Club News on Apr 20th, 2011 Comments Off
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
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 [...]
Posted in Club News on Nov 17th, 2008 Comments Off
The last IARS Bunnings fund-raising sausage sizzle is scheduled for Saturday 29 November. We are looking for volunteers to help the club raise funds to cover the ever increasing costs of running our repeater network. We have raised on the order of $500 to $700 for each of our first three Bunnings fund raisers. We [...]
Posted in Club News, Lighthouse weekend, News on Aug 10th, 2008 Comments Off
It’s International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend this weekend the 16th -17th August 2008. As in past years, the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society and the Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club, will again be manning the Point Perpendicular Lighthouse at Jervis Bay to celebrate this historic event. The unmanned solar light will be switched off and the ‘old’ [...]
Posted in Club News on Jul 19th, 2008 Comments Off
The next meeting of the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society is the Annual General Meeting and will be held at Industry World Coniston on Tuesday the 12th of August 2008. All executive and committee positions will be available for nominations. Please ensure all nominations are received by the secretary no later than the 3rd of August [...]
Directions for the anniversary fox hunt and BBQ to be held at Blackbutt Reserve today Sunday 29th June 2008. All welcome. To find Blackbutt Reserve, Blackbutt (a Wollongong southern suburb) follow the directions below. Travel along Shellharbour Road to Woodlands Drive, then travel along Woodlands Drive to the T intersection and turn left into Blackbutt [...]
Technical Workshop No. 2 Sunday 15th June 2008. The workshop will again be held in the premises of Rivers Solar Pty Ltd at 4 Mineral Road, Oak Flats, NSW. We thank VK2TSB for the use of his facilities once again. The start time for the workshop will be 10am. The project this week is the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]