Welcome to 2022! The masks are off and there’s events on the horizon you can start planning for in this months issue. Mayham will be here before we know it, and then it’ll be ORARC Field Day time! Thanks to all our contributors and, as always, the continued hard work of Editor John VK2AYQ.
Members should now have received their copy by email, but website copies of the current and past editions can always be found here.
Welcome to 2022! We’re all hopeful that we’ll get to talk about something other than Covid this year. We did get to have a Christmas party! Take a look back at the last part of 2021 (remember the 2 weeks without masks!) and see what events we’re hopeful we’ll be able to attend in 2022, plus loads more in this months issue. Thanks to our contributors and it wouldn’t happen without the hard work of John VK2AYQ – thanks John!
Members should now have received their copy by email, but website copies of the current and past editions can always be found here.
2021 is coming to a close and it’s time for the last Oxtales of the year! Restrictions are easing, we’ve had an actual monthly meeting and *touchwood* it looks like we’ll be having a Christmas party! Read all the latest happenings plus a lengthy introduction to network radios and a look back at AWA’s portable infantry transceiver from the 50’s! Download the issue here. Thanks to all who contributed to this month’s issue and special thanks to our editor John VK2AYQ for another year of great reads!
Members should now have received their copy by email, but website copies of the current and past editions can always be found here.
For oh so many reasons…
There’s no need to watch past the 0:47 mark.
*speechless*
Henry VK2ZHE writes:
The Telegraph Point VK2RCN 147.000 MHz 2 metre repeater is back on the air. The repeater failed some weeks ago. Sincere apologies for the repeater not being available in recent weeks. This morning, Wednesday the 13th of October 2021, the repeater was replaced by a newly repaired Yaesu DR-1X repeater and the 147.000 MHz repeater is now back in service.
Thank you to Lyle VK2SMI for repairing and modifying the replacement repeater. Thank you to Lyle VK2SMI, Ian VK2GL and Dennis VK2DAM for carrying out the on site work this morning to install the replacement repeater.
Lyle VK2SMI is now repairing and modifying the faulty repeater from Telegraph Point so that it can be installed at Middle Brother Mountain to replace the VK2RPM 438.525 MHz UHF repeater which is currently transmitting on low power.
The Telegraph Point VK2RCN 147.000 MHz repeater input frequency is 146.4 MHz. Please note that this requires radios to transmit with a -600 kHz offset. Most radios will automatically transmit with a +600kHz offset on 147.000 MHz so remember to manually select a -600kHz repeater offset if you are using your radio in the VFO or frequency select mode. The simple solution is to save the 147.00 MHz receive frequency with a -600kHz repeater transmit offset in a memory channel. Note that the 147.000 MHz repeater will automatically accept either analog FM or Yaesu System Fusion C4FM digital voice transmissions on its 146.4 MHz input frequency but will always transmit on 147.000 MHz in the analog FM mode. No CTCSS tone is required when transmitting into the repeater in the analog FM mode. The VK2RCN 147.000 MHz repeater does not have Echolink access.
73
Henry Lundell VK2ZHE
President, Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Inc.