{"id":79,"date":"2014-07-09T22:45:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T22:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2026-07-20T09:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:11:53","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-1179\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-109-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1179 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Home Slider\" data-height=\"400\" data-width=\"750\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1179\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1179\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2039 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2023-12-14 14:21:50\" data-filename=\"20231212_202022-scaled-750x400.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231212_202022-scaled-750x400.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"750\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1179 slide-2039 msDefaultImage\" title=\"20231212_202022\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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We know how good these are \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u2022 <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">July<\/span>:<\/b> SMD Soldering workshop hands on, Keith VK2KQB<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Tuesday night Net<br><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NET-invite-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NET-invite-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NET-invite-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NET-invite-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iars.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/NET-invite.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Echo Link Net &#8211; Every Saturday Morning!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>IARS will host an Echo Link Net every Saturday kicking off at 09:30hrs on VK2RMP on&nbsp;146.850MHz. 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