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Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club Inc. |
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Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club Inc. |
| 17th |
Monthly Meeting. Topic
WSPR Watch
Location Castlemaine 16 Reckleben St Castlemaine VIC 3450 Melways: 509 D7 7:30pm WSPR (pronounced "whisper") is an acronym for Weak Signal Propagation Reporter. It is a protocol, implemented in software, used for weak-signal radio communication between amateur radio operators. WSPR Watch is an iOS app available for iPhone and iPad via the Apple App Store. The primary purpose is to pull data from WSPRnet.org and display it in various useful ways. Peter Marks, developer of the WSPR Watch app, will provide us with an interesting presentation on its development, software changes, analysis and data sources, WSPR applications and future plans for WSPR Watch. |
26th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 15th | NO Monthly Meeting this month. |
| 17th | Christmas Party. Marong Family Hotel 12:30pm
The BAREC 2023 Christmas function will be held on Sunday December 17th, 12.30 pm at the Marong Family Hotel. Please pay for your own meals and drinks. Please RSVP by 5 pm, Friday December 8th to secretary@barec.net.au. |
| 1st-31st |
Ross Hull Memorial VHF/UHF Contest |
| 19th 7:30pm |
Monthly Meeting. Pizza Night Location: BAREC club room, Bendigo East Hall, 35 Lansell St, East Bendigo, VIC 3550 |
26th |
Australia Day Contest |
| 28th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 16th |
AGM and Monthly Meeting. Zoom Meeting To vote you need to be a financial member |
| 25th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 15th 7:30pm |
Monthly Meeting.
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| 31st | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 18th |
World Amateur Radio Day. World Amateur Radio Day is celebrated every year on this day. |
| 19th | Monthly Meeting. Activity TBA |
| 28th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 6th |
Harry Angel Memorial 80m Sprint. 10:00 - 11:46 UTC (8pm
to 9:46pm). This contest is structured to suit both seasoned contesters and operators new to contesting. The Harry Angel Sprint is an annual 80m contest event, to commemorate the life of Harry Angel VK4HA who at the time of his becoming a Silent Key was the oldest licensed amateur in Australia. The duration of the contest is 106 minutes, one minute for each year of Harry's life. The contest is open to all grades of licence holder. There is also a section for Short Wave listeners to enter. Place winners in the Harry Angel Contest are eligible to claim points for the WIA Contest Champion (Peter Brown) Trophy Contest details here |
| 17th | Monthly Meeting. Activity TBA |
| 26th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 21st | Monthly Meeting. Activity TBA |
| 30th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 19th | Monthly Meeting. Activity TBA |
| 20th |
Trans Tasman Contest The contest has aims to encourage Low Band activity Trans-Tasman amateur activity. That is between VK and ZL Bands 160, 80 and 40M Modes : SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY OR PSK) Contest details here |
28th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 16th | Monthly Meeting. Activity: TBA | 25th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 20th | Monthly Meeting.Activity: TBA | 29th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
| 5th-6th | Oceania DX Contest Phone
The Contest info is here 06:00 UTC (16:00 EST) Saturday 7th October to 06:00 UTC (17:00 DST) Sunday 8th October 2023 (Daylight saving starts Sunday, 1 October 2023, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour) Bands 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M and 10M (no WARC bands) THE AIM of the contest is to promote HF contacts with stations in the Oceania region, i.e., 9M6, DU, KH6, VK, ZL, YB, Pacific Islands and all other Oceania entities identified in the ARRL list of DXCC entities OCDX promotes HF contacts with stations in the Oceania region. Oceania transmitting entrants contact as many stations as possible, anywhere in the world. DX transmitting entrants contact as many Oceania stations as possible. Oceania SWLs copy and log as many contest stations as possible, anywhere in the world. DX SWLs copy and log as many contest stations in Oceania as possible. |
| 12th-13th | Oceania DX Contest CW 06:00 UTC (17:00 DST) Saturday 14th October to 06:00 UTC (17:00 DST) Sunday 15th October 2023 Bands 160M, 80M, 40M, 20M, 15M and 10M (no WARC bands) THE AIM of the contest is to promote HF contacts with stations in the Oceania region, i.e., 9M6, DU, KH6, VK, ZL, YB, Pacific Islands and all other Oceania entities identified in the ARRL list of DXCC entities The Contest info and a link to the 2023 rules are here. |
| 18th | Monthly Meeting. 7:30 pm Topic: TBD |
| 27th | Coffee Morning in Castlemaine 10 am Castlemaine Community House, 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Enter at the front door on Templeton St, and we are in room 1 which is second on the left and down some stairs. Ramp access is through rear door of building. There are several cafes nearby, including Togs on Lyttleton St for takeaway. BYO all refreshments. All welcome! Thanks to Tony VK3KKP for organising the venue |
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