CRARC will be holding an online club meeting this month. The presentation will be on “An overview and practical usage of JS8Call”. It will be a little different in that it will be both online and on-a

The DMR repeater on Isaacs Ridge appears to have suffered another PA failure of some sort and now doesn’t appear to be putting out the 5 watts that it was a few weeks ago. Rather than cobble this thin

CRARC May Monthly Meeting Since the risks to our members from Covid19 are high at a face-to-face meeting the committee has opted to postpone them until Covid19 (and other contagions) have subsided eno

Good evening, the following information is provided to update you all on what the CRARC Committee is doing - the intention is to send this monthly, or at least as close to this as possible. Matt VK1MA

Sent on behalf of Amanda VK1WX -------------------------------------------------------- On the weekend of the 14/15th May the club ran a scheduled Foundation licence course. The education team are ple

Thanks to all who have responded to my earlier email, I am slowly working through creating a roster. We are however still quite short of volunteers for both the field stations and HQ Net Control stati

Happy New Year everyone (yeah, I know it’s almost 2 months late !). The first WICEN activity is now just some 5weeks off and so we need to get things moving for the 2022 Netier National Capital Rally

Good afternoon all, CRARC held its AGM on Wednesday 23 Feb 2022. This year we took the unusual step of holding the meeting online to minimise the risks associated with covid and this proved to work ou

**** CRARC News, tonight I have emailed the following to the financial members of the club, happy to share them with you also - less the financial reports as is standard practice *** Good evening CRAR

Notice of AGM 23 Feb 2022 The committee met tonight with the sole focus on planning for the AGM. With the current OMICRON variant ripping through the ACT like wildfire we discussed the logistics of th

WICEN EVENTS FOR 2022 Below is a list of known activities that we have dates for that will be supported in some facet by VK1 WICEN this year. There are some events traditionally supported that have ce

Our first Foundation Course for 2022 is scheduled for next weekend 15/16th January. We have 8 available positions. You can enroll via the CRARC websitehttps://www.crarc.org.au/education/ under "Founda

Good morning all, I received a phone call from Bob Ecclestone VK2ZRE (formerly VK1ZRE) informing me of the passing of Lyle Carpenter VK2ZCC who lived out the Bywong area. Lyle passed on 7th December a

2022 Foundation Course We are pleased to announce that registrations reopen at 2400 this evening (22 Dec 2021) on our website using Eventbrite. It appears the logging issues have been resolved. Time f

Fellow amateurs, As manger of the local WIA NEWS broadcast the time has come to seek a new member or additional member. There are two options, a member who is able to down load the broadcast from the

The VK1 D-Star repeater on Isaacs Ridge, VK1RWN, is back on air. It was taken down so WICEN could support the Fitz’s Challenge cycling event. Thanks to Matt, VK1MA and Phil, VK1PL for their hard work.

G'day all, All 10 our candidates passed their assessments for a foundation licence. Our eldest candidate was in his eighties and youngest in their late teens. The pass marks for the theory ranged from

For the WIA Broadcast tomorrow morning (Sunday 12 December), please see below for a message from the CRARC Broadcast manager. WICEN ACT is supporting the Fitz's Challenge bike ride by providing commun

Hi Everyone, As of tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday 7th Dec.) the D-Star repeater, VK1RWN will be unavailable for a week, returning to service either Monday or Tuesday next week. The DMR repeater, VK1RBM,

CRARC issued with its 2x1 contest callsign! VK1C The committee was able to snap up a 2x1 call for the club's use during contesting, VK1C will be on air in no time with AMC advising it is active! Keep