ORARC 43rd Annual Field Day Programme

Thanks to Stuart VK2FSTU for producing our ad, as seen in Amateur Radio Magazine:

FIELD DAY PROGRAMME

SATURDAY 9th June, 2018

0900 * HALL SETUP – Open for REGISTRATIONS $5.00 from 1000
1200 * BBQ LUNCH Sausage sandwich $2.50 Soft Drinks $2.00
1300 * 2 Metre mobile Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1430 * 80 Metre Pedestrian Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1600 * 2 Metre Talk in Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1800 * Field Day Dinner in Seaview Room at Port Macquarie Golf Club at menu prices.
Seaview Room hire kindly sponsored by Radio Supply Pty Ltd

SUNDAY 10th June, 2018

0830 * REGISTRATION $5.00 (No discounts) Children under 15 Free
0900 * TRADE DISPLAYS and DISPOSALS open.
BBQ BREAKFAST Bacon & Egg Sandwich $3
1000 * 80 Metre Pedestrian Fox Hunt Standard Transistor Radio with No DF Mods or Attachments (Points allocated)
1100 * 80 Metre mobile Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1200 * BBQ LUNCH
Steak sandwich $4.50 Sausage sandwich $2.50 Fruit salad & ice cream $2.50 Soft Drinks $2.00
1230 * DRAW Raffles and Competitions
1300 * 2 Metre Pedestrian Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1400 * 2 Metre Mobile Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1500 * Field Day concludes with PRESENTATION of Fox Hunting prizes and
PRESIDENT’S brief Address & Farewell

Prizes awarded for First Place in each Fox Hunt, Fox Hunt Champion, RunnerUp Fox Hunt Champion, Best Presented Amateur Vehicle, Best Home Brew display

$5 registration covers both days & includes tea, coffee and biscuits
No charge or commission for DISPOSALS items but are at owner’s risk

A PDF Copy of the information above is available for download here.

The Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Inc.thanks all our sponsors for their generous support:

Radio Supply Pty Ltd
Jaycar Electronics Port Macquarie
ARNSW
ALARA

May Oxtales

May Oxtales has been released!

Our regular thanks to John VK2AYQ and Trevor VK2TT for their continued effort in putting together a publication so full of great content!  Thanks go to all contributors as well.

Members should now have received their copy by email, but website copies of the current and past editions can always be found here.

SharkRF Hotspot 50% off

The ever popular SharkRF DMR / D-Star / Fusion hotspot is currently 50% off for Easter.

Many club members run the openSPOT and it’s agreed that if you’d like a hotspot that just works, this is the device for you.  The brilliant MMDVM can do the same thing (and more) for less, but you’ll need to work for it – most MMDVM based solutions require some degree of assembly and plenty of fussing about with Linux.  50% off brings the device down to $207ish AUD with DHL freight (about 6 days to Australia).

Read more about the SharkRF here.  See a review here.  Purchase here.

Bargain – Humble Book Bundle: DIY Electronics (& new Pi)

Arduinos and Raspberry Pis are close to the heart of every Amateur (or at least they should be).  There’s no shortage of amazing things one can do with either of those hobbyist platforms, and not just from a radio perspective.  If you’re new to either platform though, you may have quite the learning curve ahead of you – enter the Humble Book Bundle for DIY Electronics.

If you’ve never heard of Humble Bundle, they’re a digital distribution platform selling games, eBooks, software, and other digital content.  Since Humble’s founding in 2010, their mission has been to support charity (“Humble”) while providing awesome content to customers at great prices (“Bundle”).  Read about them here.

Best of all, you pay what you want for the bundle, and you can split how the money you pay is divided up between the creators, charity, Humble Partners, and Humble Bundle.

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Humble Book Bundle: DIY Electronics by Wiley

Get Learning Python with Raspberry Pi, Electronics For Dummies, and more!

$414USD worth of digital books, Pay what you want, DRM-free, Multi-format

Pay $1USD or more to receive:

Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects
Exploring Arduino: Tools and Techniques for Engineering Wizardry
Learning Python with Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Projects
BeagleBone For Dummies

Pay $8USD or more to also unlock:

Arduino For Dummies
Arduino Projects For Dummies
Arduino Sketches: Tools and Techniques for Programming Wizardry
Raspberry Pi Projects For Dummies

Pay $15USD or more to also unlock:

Electronics For Dummies
Adventures in Raspberry Pi
Exploring BeagleBone: Tools and Techniques for Building with Embedded Linux
Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux
Raspberry Pi User Guide

You’ve got until approximately March 28th 2018 to act, so don’t delay.  Note too that yesterday (Pi Day!) saw the release of the new Raspberry Pi 3B+ with improved clock speeds and networking – read about it here.  Spend the money you saved on the books buying yourself a shiny new Pi to play with!

March Oxtales

March Oxtales has been released!

Our regular thanks to John VK2AYQ and Trevor VK2TT for their continued effort in putting together a publication so full of great content!  Thanks go to all contributors as well.

Members should now have received their copy by email, but website copies of the current and past editions can always be found here.