Category: News
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Cubical Quad Antenna
A group of antenna builders travelled to Robertson on Saturday 25th February to finish off the installation of the donated cubical quad antenna.These hams were Barrie VK2IBE, Skip VK2ALR, Stephen VK2RH, Raffy VK2RF, Bob VK2NRC and Fred VK2WS. On a previous visit to build and erect this antenna we were forced to stop work as…
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*Webdev progress report*
As of mid January 2023 the basic webdev wordpress site has been setup using the basic so far unmodified “twenty twenty-three” site template. The address which appears to be publicly accessible is https://webdev.vk2rh.org. A number of posts and pages from the existing site at vk2bv.org have been migrated across to the webdev site and a…
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WARS members community service recognised
Members of the Waverley Amateur Radio Society were awarded National Emergency Medals and Long Service Awards on 10th December 2022 for their commitment and service to WICEN and during the recent bushfire emergencies. Edwin VK2VEL, Eric VK2VE, Doug VK2DCR, Megan VK2KUR, Sam VK2HAU and Alex VK2PSF. The NSW Premier’s Bushfire Emergency CitationThe Premier of New…
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Welcome to VK2BV webdev site!
If you’re looking for up-to-date detailed information about the Waverley Amateur Radio Society you’ll discover much more at vk2bv.org. For information about how the website rework is proceeding and the thinking behind it, read ‘The Makeover‘ and subsequent pages. In brief the process is to The priority at this stage (in mid-January 2023) is to…
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CQ WW CW Contest 2022
An intrepid band of CW contesters competed in the 48 hour 2022 CQ WW CW Contest over the weekend. We used the WARS contesting callsign VK2W.The contest began at 1100 (local time) on Saturday the 26th of November and went until 1100 on Monday the 28th. The previous weekend had seen some extremely strong westerly…