The NEXT meeting of the West Australian Repeater Group will be on Monday the 7th of October… and will be held at the 1st Pelican Point Sea Scout Hall located at 12 Australia II Drive in Crawley. Just around the corner from MATILDA BAY & just a stone’s throw away from The University of Western Australia.
With Doors Opening around 1900H for a meeting Start Time of approx. 1930H.
Tea, Coffee, and Refreshments are available for the usual Gold Coin Donation.
At the meeting Anthony VK6AXB has put up his hand to give a talk and practical demonstration.
The topic, is roughly… Repeater Cavities: The Who, What, Where, Why, & When – (With particular note of fact that we need to convert a stock pile of VHF commercial cavities that we have, for use on 2m Repeaters – a great learning opportunity for any amateurs wanting to gain some new experiences) .
HISTORICAL PHOTO: 11 sets of WARG Cavities on lawn at a former QTH of one time life member of WARG, Gillian “Jill” Weaver VK6YL now SK.
The meeting was held on Sept 2nd and was reasonably attended with several apologies and some missing folk probably experiencing “life happening”. The meeting was held, it had its usual parts, correspon-dence, treasurer’s report, promotions and socials report, and the Technical discussion and report. The meeting closed at 21:20 and we then had a little thing we called the Cables and Connectors Activity…
Whilst the number of folk who stayed after the meeting did dwindle over time, this is clearly only to be expected.
First up was a bit of Hi-End tech on the measuring of return loss on coax. There was a show and tell on how to use the equipment and how to get the return on unknown coax… with a second bit in and out of line… and then do the math in you head. Ray VK6ZRW and Anthony VK6AXB both had different bits of tech and then afterwards… the connectors section was done…
I only have a couple of shots from the night, and it is from the tail end with Anthony taking Adam VK6XR through how to connect a BNC (or did Adam have the N type?) to some thick double shielded coax. Two patch cables were needed by Colin VK6ACT for use soon…
Anthony spent some time showing us all how to get fiddly with the coax and some of his tips on how to use the tools and how not to cut all the way through, Adam took the opportunity to get some hands-on experience.
Adam was later heard afterwards thanking Anthony for the opportunity and that he had learned a lot and part of that was that he still in regards to connectors, has a lot to learn.
Yes… getting fiddly with the stuff and making it yourself, as opposed to just buying finished product off the shelf or from the net… (actually –not– accusing anyone of any thing here.) is to begin with not 100% so easy… it’s a learning thing.
So much information was exchanged in the activity… much learned and many tips shared… but you had to be there.
I locked up, at a couple of minutes to midnight. WARG will continue to do Lectures and Activity nights in forthcoming months. Like they say… Be there, or be square!
The June meeting & pre-loved equipment junk sale… is happening…
THIS Coming Monday!
WHERE: 10 Helen Street, Bellevue. The 1st Midland Scout Hall.
WHEN: 6:30pm for Buyers (6pm for Sellers to set-up) and 7:30pm for the June Meeting.
$5 a table for Sellers; Gold Coin Donation for Buyers… and the meeting is as always Free.
( Just a quick note: as it is our 1st time at this location. We don’t know how we will go with getting an online presence this month; so maybe you shouldn’t COUNT on it – but we will try and we will just have to see how it goes. So if you’re not at the meeting, we can only try to Do Our Best. )
Also…
Sellers are asked to let us know beforehand, as there is a limit to the number of tables – Tables have already begun to be booked – although there are plenty available right now.
Please Text an SMS to our President MATT VK6ML on Telephone: # 0 4 3 6 0 2 2 8 6 0. So we can lock you in!
Mitch (6XB) and his XYL Christine, will be doing catering for the night… Hotdogs and Cup Cakes as well as Soft Drinks; and our regular Tea Coffee and Biscuits will be available. The former for a small consideration and the usual latter for the regular GCD. 🙂
And…. lastly but not leastly… (Is that even a word? <shrug>)
At the meeting we will have a Chook Raffle… $5 per ticket! Prize(s) will be Drawn on the night. All funds raised will go to… Maintaining and Expanding The WA Repeater Network.
Download a Printable Flyer to remind yourself of offline of the details.
Yes Folks, the June meeting is soon to be upon us. The main activity for this coming month is a WARG Junk Sale… Pre-Loved Equipment Sale… Not an Everyday Sale… You get the point. 😉
What: Bring’n’Buy: From 6:30pm (Pre-loved radio equipment, parts…) WARG meeting: From 7:30pm. Finish by 9pm Latest. (To allow time for everybody to pack up, and SWEEP the HALL!)
WHERE? Now this is Important, for this meeting, we’re not at the usual location. This monthly meeting and the Pre-Loved Equipment Junk sale will be happening at the 1st Midland Scout Hall in BELLEVUE the Address for your GPS is at #10 Helen St., Bellevue. Here is a Google Maps Link and a speccy piccy of the hall…
Doors open at 6pm for sellers to set up, at $5 per table. & at 6:30pm for buyers. Buyers gold coin donation for entry.
***Sellers are asked to let us know beforehand, as there is a limit to the number of tables – Tables have already begun to be booked – although there are plenty available right now.
Please Text an SMS to our President MATT VK6ML on Telephone: # 0 4 3 6 0 2 2 8 6 0. So we can lock you in!
Tea, Coffee & Biscuits etc. are available (for a small donation, as always) AND also… We are hopeful of having a sausage sizzle and soft drinks available, for a small fund-raising cost like at a certain national chain of hardware stores. So if you’re hungry…
WARG is going to be running a small Chook Raffle on the night… While the prize(s) are yet to be confirmed at publication time. There is sure to be something that’s worth winning. ALL tickets are to be sold during the meeting, the prize(s) will be drawn on the night. All funds raised will be used for keeping the repeater network running.
Tickets will be $5 each, and if you can not be at the meeting… arrange to send a proxy with your ‘dollarbucks’.
However, of course, we strongly encourage everyone to attend… else you’ll never-never know what of someone else’s trash would have become your treasure!
(NB: We also hope to be announcing a more substantial raffle in coming months, but for that we will need to go to the Lotteries Commission and get a permit etc.)
The June WARG meeting will begin at 7:30, and all those in attendance are encouraged to be a part of the meeting, both members and visitors alike.
There will also be information available about upcoming WARG events and how to Get Involved, for those interested…
For more information: Check out the Facebook Group for any updates; Listen to the VK6ARN Weekly NEWSWEST; and of course, WARG’s own Sunday on-air Tech&Gen Net 1030AM (local) on Perth Repeater Ch.3 that’s VK6RLM 146.750MHz. (We *MAY* even to be found on WAHAMS.)
