Coffee and Cake this year
We decided earlier in the year that this year we wouldn’t try for a lunch style event that trapped our long suffering partners into enduring a committee meeting. Just a morning tea style event so those that would rather be elsewhere can depart before the meeting starts.
WELCOME TO SARC
Serving the Northern Rivers of NSW
Members are reminded that club fees are now due. Details of payment options are here: https://sarc.org.au/membership/
At a recent meeting it was decided to have a mini working bee on the morning of the club Committee Meetings. The clubrooms have a collection of “stuff” that needs to have a home or a storage location. Kickoff is around 10am or so, so please drop in and lend a hand.
The 70cm repeater at Mt Nardi on 438.675 MHz, 123 Hz tone is operational with an improved Tait repeater radio set. The 70cm Repeater at Parrots Nest is now offline as the repeater radio equipment has been removed and installed at Mt Nardi. The 70cm Repeater at Parrots Nest will not restart until a new repeater unit can be built and installed there.
The articles on Microwaves are now on the Microwave Field Days page
SOME NET REPORTS FOR WEEK ENDING November 07, 2026
Dawn Patrol numbers for the week were 24.
Various people on various days. So the subjects of discussion changed constantly.
Monday November 02, 2026 Paul AMT ran his last net before taking a short break. Paul was joined by Duncan VK2DLR, Barry VBG and Dave VK2ZDR . Local storms and fluctuations in mains power supply made everyone a bit nervous. Dave ZDR gave us a timely reminder that when you’re unplugging antennas when a storm approaches, there’s more to do. Don’t forget to disconnect computers and power supplies as well. It’s all too easy for incoming power and telecommunications to get hit and take out your radio gear as well.
de Duncan VK2DLR.
Tuesday November 03, 2026. – The Diginet
With Paul away, Duncan DLR and Barry VBG had a 15 minute chat on 2M Parrots Nest. Storms and medicals for drivers licences were the main topics. Then it was goodnight to Barry as Duncan QSYed to 80M for the digi part of the Diginet. Jeff WSR had apologised earlier as some long days were taking their toll. Duncan DLR had been experimenting with computers and software earlier in the day. [MEMO to DLR. Check your gear well before you need to be on the Diginet.] Hot swapping to a less noisy PC, and rejigging the sound card parameters got Duncan on air to catch up with Fraser VK4FRZ. With just the two of us on the net we experimented with a few different modes and speeds. There’s no doubt that Olivia 8-500 does an excellent job of combating noise on 80M.
de Duncan VK2DLR
Wednesday November 04, 2026, Parrots Nest 2m. Dave ZDR ran this net. He was joined by Barry VBG and Duncan DLR. The diverse subjects included, Weather Station, the disposal of disposable batteries and tree planting. If those subjects continue we’ll have to call it the Wednesday Environmental Net??? de Duncan DLR.
Thursday November 05, 2026 Woodburn 2 metres Just Barry VBG and Duncan DLR on this one. The old bureaucrats talked about the secure destruction of documents, data harvesting and identity theft. AI and it’s ability to extract data from seemingly secure locations did not go down well with bureaucrats from before the dawn of the computer age. de Duncan DLR
Friday November 06, 2026. The After Dark Net.
Dave (2ZDR) was the net controller, running under the clubs’ call-sign of VK2SRC. We had a shortish net this week, with only Jim 2YHP & Jeff 2WSR logging into the net. Andrew 2Xi sent in an apology for this week. There was a fair bit of QRN around but we all managed pretty ok with the conditions we had. After the usual 3 rounds, we closed the net just before 20:30 (nsw time)
Thanks it for this week… 🙂
Cheers
Dave
VK2ZDR
the ZuluDoctoR
PLEASE NOTE: all details and tributes to amateurs who have gone silent key are now listed as separate sub pages under the heading SILENT KEYS.