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GCARS 85 Harper Street, Molendinar, QLD Dear Members, Please accept this email as the official notice of the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Society Inc. which will be held on Saturday 6 of May 2023. The venue will be the clubs rooms which is located [...]
Good morning all, A reminder that this Saturday (July 31st) at GCARS, starting at 11 am, a presentation on Amateur Radio Microwave. Of course, this may change in the unlikely event of Q-Health restrictions changing, so I will notify everyone ASAP. Scott VK4CZ and Kevin VK4UH, both from Brisbane and [...]
GCARS 2021 AGMSaturday 24 April 2021– 10:00am 85 Harper Street, Molendinar Please take the time to read through the resolutions so that you are clear on what is being proposed. Email me if you have any questions about the resolutions or the process. I look forward to seeing you at [...]
I've recently been experimenting with YSF and my new MMDVM hotspot to explore what is possible. There has been a few members who expressed interest in creating a Gold Coast relevant room for YSF (and others via MMDVM or Droidstar) which I thought would be a good idea. How it's [...]
Update on GCARS repeaters - I had reports yesterday that the Wongawallan (Nth Gold Coast) DMR repeater is not connected to the Network (failed a few days ago). I’m endeavouring to figure if the issue is at our end, at Telstra, or the DMR ISPC server. Hopefully another update tonight. [...]
Jeff Johnson VK4XJJ's presentation at the WIA AGM dinner, talking about his use of Amateur Radio while walking.
Max (VK4QLD), one of GCARS new members identified an opportunity to donate a complete solar system with installation to GCARS for the benefit of all club members. GCARS is currently in a growth phase with a number of Radio and Building improvements underway, so it was much appreciated to [...]
We couldn't help ourselves. Jamie VK4XD, Aidan VK4APM, his son Oscar and myself Gab VK4GAB headed down to the club for round 2. It all started with a plan to pressure wash the concrete outside the club and paint the radio room to freshen it up. It turned out to [...]
It was planned, announced and warned that things would be thrown out! A plead was made to all to come to protect the club! But nothing could save the mess and years of clutter that laid dormant at the clubhouse. A special thank you to those who turned up and [...]
Roger Crofts VK4YB's talk at the 2018 WIA AGM about DX'ing. Please click on the link below to view the video: https://youtu.be/1OJ-zgfLeGw?list=PLExeHxFL_QuGn668hOyLGKOs6qWKUpU58
