Unfortunately it looks like something bad has happened to the Isaacs Ridge DMR repeater again. The repeater is unresponsive, both on air and via the network. Its unknown at this time when we’ll be abl

Good evening all, as previously advised we will be conducting an antenna building night this Wednesday at the club rooms, doors will open at 7:30pm for an 8pm start. We will be building the 2m “flower

The CRARC committee meets on-line on the second Wednesday of the month, to discuss the running of CRARC. This email is an outline of items covered and other topics potentially of interest to CRARC mem

The VK1 DMR repeater on Isaacs Ridge is back on the hill and operational. Thanks to Phil, VK1PL for reworking the power cabling for the repeater and case for the MMDVM Raspberry Pi and reinstalling it

I was perusing the Defence News cuttings at work today and say the RiotACT's article on Derek VK2DRK. For those who didn't know Derek well it's a good coverage of his early military life and some of h

The CRARC committee meets on-line on the second Wednesday of the month, to discuss the running of CRARC. This email is an outline of items covered and other topics potentially of interest to CRARC mem

Good evening all, this coming monthly general meeting (April 26th) will be an opportunity for members to show off antennas to other members. Andrew VK1AD, a prolific constructor of antennas mainly for

“Good afternoon all, just a quick note to advise that CRARC is intending to run a Technical Night on Wednesday 19th of April. The venue is the Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill and the do

Isaacs Ridge Repeater Update A visit to the Isaacs Ridge repeater site on Friday revealed the DMR repeater had suffered some sort of hardware failure of the radio side, as well as a corrupt SD Card on

Reminder – Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 (yes TONIGHT), the CRARC March general meeting will be held at the club rooms, doors opening 7:30 for an 8pm kickoff. The CRARC committee meets on-line on the second W

Evening all, just a quick headsup that this months general meeting will be a DMR refresher provided by Carl VK1KCM, this coming Wednesday night (22 March 2023), doors open 7:30pm for an 8pm start. Ven

Reminder – Wednesday 22 Feb 2023 (yes this coming Wednesday). the CRARC AGM will be held at the club rooms, doors opening 7:30 for an 8pm kickoff. The CRARC committee meets on-line on the second Wedne

Hi There, My apologies, there were some incorrect dates in the draft rule changes sent in the e mail to CRARC News subscribers yesterday. These errors were in paragraphs 7(3)a and 7(3)b. The text in t

Hi There, On the 22nd of February the Annual General Meeting of the Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club (CRARC) will be held at the CRARC clubrooms, Mt Mugga Scout Hall, Astrolabe Street, Red Hill. Doo

Afternoon all, delighted to advise that the 70cm DMR repeater on Isaacs Ridge has been restored to service today thanks the efforts of Carl VK1KCM and Phil VK1PL. For those who are interested in why,

Reminder #1 – TONIGHT – will be a social meeting at the club rooms doors opening 7:30 for an 8pm kickoff. Reminder #2 – Wednesday 22 Feb 2023 – the CRARC AGM will be held at the club rooms, again door

Good evening all, just a quick note to advise that CRARC is intending to run a social meeting without a presentation for the January meeting – just an opportunity for members to socialise and catch up

The CRARC committee meets on-line on the second Wednesday of the month, to discuss the running of CRARC. This email is an outline of items covered and other topics potentially of interest to CRARC mem

Good afternoon all, please see below some news items from Amanda VK1WX (aka Estate wrangler, Education Officer and WIA Broadcast Officer.) Bob McKinney's Estate On behalf of Janet McKinney thank you f

VK1MCK ESTATE Thank you to all who have purchased item from VK1MCK's estate. Here we have the last of the items including a couple of newly discovered items. All items are open to offers. Please conta