The club is involved in variety of field operations, including community radio support and radio contests / field days.
UPCOMING OPERATIONS
Spring VHF/UHF Field Day
VK2SRC portable will be operational for the field day 27-28 November. The location is again at Vista Point, west of Coffs Harbour, a lookout spot high up in the Mt. Hyland Nature Reserve. The grid locator is QF69FU.
We plan to set up Friday afternoon & should be available for testing on most bands Friday night.
The competition starts at 12.00 Saturday, finishing 12:00 Sunday, contacts can be made on each band & repeat contacts can be made, but seperated by 2 hours since the previous contact on that band.
Rules of the contest are here – https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/
| OPERATOR | BAND | MODE | FREQUENCIES |
| Graeme VK2QJ | 6m | USB | 50.150 – 50.200 |
| 6m | FM | 52.150 on request | |
| Pat VK2FAAD | 2m | USB | 144.150 – 144.200 |
| 2m | FM | 146.500 – 144.550 | |
| Dave VK2CDG | 70cm | USB | 432.150 – 432.200 |
| 70cm | FM | 439.000 – 439.050 | |
| Graeme VK2QJ | 23cm | USB | 1296.150 – 1296.200 |
| 23cm | FM | On request | |
| 13cm | USB | 2400.100 & 2403.100 – 2403.200 | |
| 9cm | USB | 3398.100 – 3398.200 |
Hope to hear you during the event, if you can spare a little time, give us a call & help make this a great & successful event.
Rules of the contest are here – https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/