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 Meet Noel VK2ZNS our club life member.

If your in Taree or passing through, give Noel a call on the 2 metre repeater 146.675mhz he likes to have a chat.

These are front & back images of some of Noels QSL cards

 

Club members setting up for the annual lighthouse weekend at Crowdy Head Lighthouse.

This is a non competition event where clubs set up at lighthouses and make contacts with other lighthouses on various amateur bands.

Lighthouse Weekend

 

Not all the weekend is spent talking, Crowdy Bay has some of the best seafood on the mid north coast just ask John VK2SWR on left & John VK2ZJB

 

VK2DVZ  23cm Dish

VK2DVZ 2 Metre  Antenna System

Meet Ross VK2DVZ

Ross is a keen amateur, constructing & using some of his own equipment to operate in the demanding 23cm band.

Ross has achieved 2 WIA distance records in this band.

1240 to 1300MHZ  VK1DO To Ross VK2DVZ on the 15/1/93 a distance of 542.8km

1240 to 1300MHZ  RexVK7MO to Ross VK2DVZ on the 15/1/07 a distance of 1308.2km

Great result Ross & the 12cm band may be next

 

 

 

Club members participated in the 2007 John Moyle contest weekend from Blue Knob located in the Dingo Tops national park west of Taree.

Although the weekend was wet brave members had some good DX results.

 

View John Moyle Contest 2007

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