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Newsletter of the Wagga Amateur Radio Club (WARC)
Callsign: VK2WG – VK2RWG – VK2RTW
Nets:
7.165Mhz Sundays 1200hrs EST
Web:
http://www.wagga-arc.org/
IRLP Node - 6260
Editor:
Bob VK2VKV
Sponsor: EACOM
President: John VK2YW
Secretary: Jorgen VK2KJJ
PO Box 294 Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Meetings at Small St Clubrooms
Last Friday of each month
painting the store room and then we are probably right
for a while.
Speaking of clubrooms, I want to take this opportunity to
thank one of our members who has generously offered
to mow the grass around the building each week and
that is Jeff VK2XD. We have had other members in the
past do this, and I extend my thanks to them as well but
to take it on as a regular commitment is worthy of note.
Thanks also to Alan & Mike for putting together the
mower and again to Alan for donating an edger. I am
sure you will all agree that the rooms will look better.
On a personal note you may be interested to know we
are slowly getting back to normal after our flooding in
mid October. Carpet and lino finally went in a fortnight
ago and the house is almost back to normal. It is really
nice to be walking on carpet again having only had
concrete for the past three months. The shack is empty
with its contents distributed between the back verandah
and the laundry. This had to be done so that lino could
be laid. And whilst most everything was out, it was an
opportunity to redesign and to freshen up the paint. I do
miss not having the shack to go to at the moment but
soon it should start to return to normal. Of course our
misfortune was nothing like that of the people of
Queensland and more recently in Victoria but I can
sympathise as I am sure all of you can with their plight. I
am not sure I could have faced the additional burden of
having to throw out everything and strip the gyprock off
the walls as well. That must have been heart breaking.
For us it has only been just three months and we are all
but back to normal, but I can see that for many of those
people this flooding episode will take years to recover
from and of course the flooding pales into insignificance
when you add in the loss of life. It great to see that
selfless Aussie spirit come out when volunteers were
needed to help clean up. Make’s you feel really good
about the place doesn’t it! And hope you all had a great
Australia Day.
Enough from me for this month – look forward to seeing
you all again on Friday night. 73 de vk2yw
President’s Report
Members,
Hello again and Happy New Year.
2011 is well and truly underway with our first meeting
due at the end of the month…in fact on Friday evening.
There isn’t a lot to report for this first meeting and, other
than discussing plans for the John Moyle Field Day,
there is little else on the horizon. We are still waiting to
set a date for the working bee for Mt Bethungra but that
is still dependent on a number of factors. I can however
report that Council will indeed hit us for the rent
increase in 2011 and that increase is likely to be more
than three times what we are paying now. When that
occurs we will need to look closely at our rental charges
with the view to pass on the increase. It has now been
some years since we last reviewed the rent.
The other big matter from last year was the Lands
Department fiasco. Again, as I write this there is nothing
further to report. As I understand it we are still awaiting
a response to Mike’s most recent letter.
Clubrooms wise we have a new cleaning roster which
has been published on the club website and I will try to
have a copy for the meeting so you can see when you
are on. Other outstanding work for 2011 will be to finish
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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President’s Report
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This Day in History – 28th January
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Centre Victoria RadioFest No.4
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GB100D – Special Event Callsign
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CCARC Field Day - Wyong
January 2011
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This Day in History
“Linked” Repeaters, their Call Signs and
Frequencies:
Bethungra
MIA
Galore
Tumut
Wagga
VK2RBE
VK2RGF
VK2RGA
VK2RTD
VK2RWG
Friday, January 28, 2011
146.775
146.850
146.875
146.800
146.750
1802 – Matthew Flinders discovers and names Fowlers
Bay in South Australia.
1807 – The first public street lighting with gas takes
place in Pall Mall, London.
1986 – The Space Shuttle ‘Challenger’ explodes, killing
seven.
2004 – A decomposing sperm whale explodes on the
streets of Taiwan.
2007 – Harry Melbourne, creator of the Freddo Frog,
dies at age 94.
It is expected that all of the systems will be operational
soon. Each links back to VK2RWG via a UHF link.
Centre Victoria RadioFest No.4
Bubba and Earl, two really dumb redneck Hams from
Kentucky, were in a local Wal-Mart store looking for
Ham gear. Upon not finding any, they decided to look
around a bit.
They stumbled upon a weekly charity raffle.
This major amateur radio event in Victoria will be at the
Kyneton Racecourse, only an hour from Melbourne,
Ballarat and Bendigo, on Sunday 13 February 2011.
Entry tickets go on sale from 9am and the dates open at
They bought five tickets each at a dollar a pop. The
following week, when the raffle was drawn, each
learned that he had won a prize.
Earl won 1st place, a year's supply of gourmet
spaghetti sauce and extra-long spaghetti.
Bubba won 6th prize, a toilet brush.
10am.
A talk-in from RadioFest is available through the Mt
Macedon 2m repeater VK3RMM 147.250MHz from 9am
to 10.30am on the day.
About a week or so had passed and the men met back
at Wal-Mart, again, looking for Ham Radio goodies.
Bubba asked Earl how he liked his prize, to which Earl
replied, "Great, I love spaghetti, but it sure is hard to
solder and keep up in the air!"
Earl asked Bubba, "How about you? How's the toilet
brush?"
"Not so good," replied Bubba.
"I reckon I'm gonna go back to paper."
DADARS oldest radio club in the world
celebrates their centenary.
Date : 23 / 01 / 2011
Author : Jim - G0EJQ - RSGB Regional Manager Region 13
An elderly ham driver was going down the interstate
when suddenly his 2 meter rig crackled his call…
Answering...he heard a fellow ham's urgent
warning....."Hey Elmer, just heard on the news that
there's a car going down I-40 the wrong way…..
please be careful”!!
Elmer replied,"Well I'll declare, it's not just one.......
GB1OOD, Golf Bravo 1 Oscar Oscar Delta, is issued for
the year 2011 by Ofcom as a Special event callsign. It
will be used through out the year to celebrate the 100
there's hundreds of them'!!!!!!!!!
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years of the Derby Wireless Club, founded in 1911. The
oldest continually active local wireless club, now
incorporated within Derby and District Amateur Radio
Society.
From 1st January to 25th March - Operating from the
"Silk Mill Museum" located in the City Centre of Derby
alongside the River Derwent. The station will have
restricted operation due to the museum’s opening
hours…. Mostly at weekends.
Central Coast Amateur Radio Club Field Day
at Wyong
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Date: Sunday 27 February 2011
Gates open 6.30 am for Flea Market - Traders open
9.00am
CCARC Field Day - Amateur Radio's Big Day Out! –
The Central Coast Radio Amateur Radio Club Field Day
is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Come along and grab a bargain from the flea market or
from one or more of the many commercial traders.
Don't miss out!
Many Thanks Go To Our Sponsor
EACOM
For their continued support of Amateur Radio
and The Wagga Amateur Radio Club
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The Wagga Amateur Radio Club (WARC)
would like to take this opportunity to thank
our sponsor EAC for their continued
support and assistance.
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