Posted in News on Jul 8th, 2011 Comments Off
Radar. What is it, how does it work? This month the technical topic at the July 12th meeting will be a talk on Radar. This lecture will be given by Mr. Richard Gilmartin a subject matter expert from the department of Defence. Richard is the Officer in Charge of the Ground Radio section from HMAS [...]
Posted in News on May 30th, 2011 Comments Off
Roger Harrison Solar Cycle 24 -How to maximise your fun over the coming solar maximum! Roger Harrison has had a distinguished career in the Electronics Field. For many years he was the face of Electronics Today International (ETI). He has published many books and articles on electronics and radio communications. This month, June 2011, Roger [...]
Posted in News on May 28th, 2011 Comments Off
The Dayton hamfest, reputed to be the biggest hamvention in the world has just concluded for 2011. The Illawarra amateur radio society proposes to conduct a trip to Dayton in May 2013. Start saving your pennies now. The trip will be open to IARS members and partners. It is proposed to spend about 2 weeks in [...]
Posted in News on May 26th, 2011 Comments Off
This years Wireless Institute of Australia Annual General Meeting and conference will be held in Darwin Northern Territory. For those traveling to the Territory for the event, the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society will will monitor 145.375 MHz simplex as a liaison frequency for club members that wish to meet up at the events. Don’t forget [...]
Posted in News on May 4th, 2011 Comments Off
The technical topic presentation for May will be a run down on WSPR by Barry VK2DLI. The technical topic for this months meeting is WSPR (pronounced whisper). WSPR stands for Weak Signal Propagation Reporter. A signal is frequency shift keyed (FSK) with a very small shift and a very slow rate. Receivers at amateur’s QTH’s around [...]
Posted in News on May 2nd, 2011 Comments Off
The Sydney Morsecodians Demonstration. Who are the Morsecodians you may ask.? They are a group of dedicated ex telegraphers that still practice the art of Morse Code, or as we radio amateurs refer to it C.W. This Thursday morning the 5th May at 10:00 Hrs the morsecodians will be conducting a display at the Illawarra [...]
Posted in News on Apr 9th, 2011 Comments Off
Lecture by Tim, VK2ZTM – “Radio in NSW, Where it all began” Members and guests, we have been extremely fortunate to secure Tim, VK2ZTM to share with us, his presentation titled “Radio in NSW, Where it all began”. Anyone who has had the opportunity to listen to one of Tim’s well researched, in-depth talks, will [...]
Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2011 Comments Off
The Wyong Field day is on again this weekend, Sunday 27th February 2011. There are still some I.A.R.S. members and friends looking for a lift to the Wyong field day. If you have spare seats available, or still looking for a lift, send an email to vk2vvv we will try and connect people with lifts. [...]
Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2011 Comments Off
The next meeting of the Illawarra Amateur Radio Society Inc. will be held at Industry World Coniston, on Tuesday the 8th of March 2011 at 7.30pm. This meeting will feature a soldering workshop kindly being conducted by Paul VK2FE. Not sure how to solder properly, or need to improve? Come along and touch up your [...]
Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2011 Comments Off
G’day to our valued members. I thought it would be nice to display the RD 2010 contest award received by our club whist our club call sign VK2AMW was activated last year. Maybe we can work harder, drink less beer and come in first next year?