Hello All,
After a lengthy dearth of calendar entries, we’re back into Amateur Events season! First off the cards, this weekend (13-14 August) is the Remembrance Day Contest. Richard VK2CHC says:
Just a reminder that this weekend the club station will be taking part in the 2016 Remembrance Day Contest. The Club caravan will be setup at VK2CLL’ QTH in Huntingdon and operators and log keepers are required to help spread the work load. This is a very good opportunity for inexperienced and new members to learn the ropes or gain more experience.
The weather forecast promises to be fine. Saturday 13th, lunch and dinner will be provided and for those staying the night and for the early birds, on Sunday morning a hearty breakfast of bacon and egg roles will be served at around 0830. If enough people stay on and require it we may even put on a Sunday lunch time sausage sizzle before winding up proceedings.
The venue, right on the banks of the Hastings River, is an idyllic spot, so bring along your tents and sleeping bags and lets see if we can turn this into a great social get together as well as a Radio Contest. This event together with the following weekend, the Light House Contest are two of the most popular activities in the Ham Radio calendar and attracts large numbers of Amateurs. So lets present our club in the best light possible and make a real effort to turn in an impressive log (Olympic Standard).
For those requiring directions, we will be monitoring Middle Brother and Telegraph Point repeaters ready to guide you in.
As Richard mentions, the following weekend (20-21 August) is the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend – the club will be operating from the caravan at the lower Tacking Point Lighthouse Carpark (as is now customary). There’s also a Friday Get-Together between these two events too on the night of the 19th.
The following weekend (27-28 August) the club is running a Foundation Licence training course and Foundation & Advanced assessments. As there’s already a significant number of participants remaining places are limited – please email the club to express your interest in the training / assessment weekend.
If training and assessments aren’t your thing and you fancy a drive to Lismore the Summerland Amateur Radio Club 2016 SARCFest Field Day is being held on Sunday August 28th.
September has the usual General Meeting, Friday Get Together plus the Manly Warringah Radio Society Flag Pole Contest and the Westlakes ARC Annual Field Day. October is similarly packed…