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. [...]
Please note this post now shows the corrected frequencies. Well…. the big day is almost upon us. D-star day that is! Tentative frequencies have been allocated, and the repeaters programmed, we are presently waiting on ACMA confirmation. The frequencies will be (pending approval):- Band: 23cm, Mode: DD (Digital Data) Rptr TX: 1298.500MHz Rptr RX: 1298.500MHz [...]
Posted in Club News on Feb 27th, 2008 Comments Off
There is a brand new ‘F Call Net’ now being held on the coast link repeater network most Friday evenings starting around 8.10pm. The net is primarily designed for new foundation licence holders, but is open to any amateur who would like to participate. You don’t have to be a member of the Illawarra Radio [...]
Posted in Club News, Site News on Feb 10th, 2008 Comments Off
The back issues of the Propagator, the newsletter of the IARS, that previously we available on the old IARS Yahoo! group are now available directly on our web site. You can see the link in the sidebar to the right. Neil VK2VNJ
Posted in Club News, Site News on Nov 10th, 2007 Comments Off
The new IARS club discussion forum is now available. This is intended to replace the Yahoo! group forum in a few months. It is located at our web site, and has more features than the simple Yahoo! forum. For more information, you can click on the link at the top of this page. Access to [...]
Two new books have just been added to the IARS club library. Transmitter Hunting: Radio Direction Finding Simplified by Joseph Moell K0OV and Thomas Curlee WB6UZZ The authors share their expertise and their tested and proven techniques for all areas of transmitter hunting or, as it is also called, fox-hunting or maverick hunting. You’ll get [...]
Posted in Club News on Aug 14th, 2007 Comments Off
The 2007 annual general meeting of the IARS was held Tuesday 14 August. Officers and committee members were chosen for 2007-2008. Here are the results: President: Tony Stone VK2TS Vice-president: Rob McKnight VK2MT Secretary: Steve Benko VK2TSB Treasurer: John Lawer VK2KEJ Steve Benko is the new face in the officers for this year. Thanks for [...]
Posted in Club News on Aug 10th, 2007 Comments Off
Don’t forget! Next Tuesday August 14 at 7:30pm is the August IARS club meeting. This month is the annual general meeting. Come and put your hand up to contribute to your club. The meeting will be at Australia’s Industry world visitor’s centre — see here for directions. New members and visitors are always welcome. See [...]
Posted in Club News, Lighthouse weekend on Aug 8th, 2007 Comments Off
The Illawarra Amateur Radio Society and The Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club (BMARC) will be activating an amateur radio station at the historic, Point Perpendicular light house for the International Lighthouse and Lightship weekend of 18th and 19th August 2007. The activation will be a combined club event operating on all bands and all modes. [...]