The newly formed Training and Assessment team would like to announce that we will be running an assessment day on Sunday 27th July from 10am at the Bunbury Mens Shed.
Any person wishing to undertake an assessment for any qualification is encouraged to contact the club by email at vk6brc@gmail.com so we can prepare your assessment.
After the assessments are complete, we will be holding our AGM and everyone is encouraged to stay and participate or observe.
This years AGM will be held on Sunday 27th July from 2pm at the Bunbury Mens Shed.
All members are requested to attend and visitors welcome.
All executive committee meetings will be vacated and an election will be held.
Bunbury Radio club is holding a Fox hunt on 3rd May 2025.
We will kick off from Hay Park (northern Cricket Oval) at 10am. (see maps below)
The Fox will be hidden somewhere in the greater Bunbury area, within 10km of the starting point.
Our foxes work the 2m band so make sure you pack the appropriate gear.
We will monitor the 2m calling frequency (145.500) and all the VK6RBY 2m Repeater before and during the event.
Depending on the time taken for all participants to find the fox, we may get time to reset the fox and have another go.
Bring a packed lunch or buy something from the local takeaways to eat together after the hunt and share some social time with us.
For more information, contact the club by email vk6brc@gmail.com or text/call 0417945025
Check back here for updates as we get closer to the event.
the Bunbury Radio Club will be attending the Northern Corridors Radio Group’s Hamfest on the 25th August 2024
The Club will have a table for members to sell some gear or demonstrate something new.
There will also be a couple of car-pools heading up for the day.
We encourage all our members to attend the NCRG HamFest 2024
Bunbury Radio Club has another successful assessment day on May 25.
There was 4 Foundation candidates, 1 Standard upgrade and 1 Advanced Upgrade.
With a 100% pass rate, the day was a smashing success.
Many thanks to the Assessment Team, Norman (VK6GOM), Bob (VK6ZGN) and Branko (VK6AYT)
We look forward to hearing 4 new callsigns on the Thursday Net 🙂
Bunbury Radio Club invites you to attend the Great Bunbury Fox Hunt 2024.
Take a trip to Bunbury and enjoy some social time with other Amateurs.
Date: Saturday 13th April 2024
Where: Hay Park, Bunbury
When: Hunting starts at 10am and 1pm, arrive a little early for registration.
There will be 2 sessions run thoughout the day. At 10am we will kick off the morning session with 2 hunts, 1 vehicle based and 1 pedestrian based. Enjoy one or complete them both.
We will repeat the sessions again at 1pm after relocating the foxes.
Our foxes run on 2m (FM) so bring your 2m RDF gear and join in the fun.
We will coordinate the event on the Bunbury Repeater on 146.650
To register your interest or for further information, please email vk6brc@gmail.com
It’s been a while coming, but the VK6RBY 2M Repeater is now back on the air.
The repeater output is 146.650 and and input is 146.050 and there is no CTCSS tone.
The repeater is also attached to an Allstar node and will be linked to the VK6Allstar network.
There have been good signal reports from as far north as Mandurah and even Melville with calls from Busselton in the South. Email your signal reports to vk6brc@gmail.com
Thanks must go to all those involved in rectifying the problems with the antenna. Well done team.
Last weekend, while in Perth for a working bee at the OM’s place, I managed to make my first entry into Amateur Radio Contesting.
The Remembrance Day Contest for 2023. From the WIA website.,
Continue reading“This contest commemorates the Amateurs who died during World War II and is designed to encourage friendly participation and help improve the operating skills of participants. It is held on the weekend closest to the 15th August, the date on which hostilities ceased in the southwest Pacific area. “
The next club meeting will be held on the 27th August at the Bunbury Mens Shed. This meeting will be a tech talk meeting.
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Sunday saw the members finally get out there and have a go at Fox Hunting after several attempts to get out there deferred by the weather.
For most members it was their first attempt at radio direction finding. Two foxes were deployed in parkland near to the Bunbury Mens Shed and after a bit of testing of the gear, we jumped in the cars for the short drive.
Once at the park, the Bunnings yagi’s were deployed and everyone wandered off to see if they could find a fox.
Brian VK6TGQ and Bob VK6ZGN must have had some experience as they headed off in the correct direction with Bob just beating Brian to locate the first fox built and hidden by Richard VK6PZT.
The other fox was a bit illusive as it was relatively close to the car park and distinguishing its location was quite difficult for the inexperienced members of the group.
With a little bit of trial and error the remaining members finally began to get a handle on the equipment and techniques required to locate their target,
The general consensus was that Fox Hunting was fun and we can’t wait to try it again.
Watch this space for our next ARDF event.
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