What have we been up to?
RECENT ACTIVITIES
Firstly, we acknowledged the untimely passing of our dear friend Reg, VK2MNM. Reg is no stranger to the club and he has been the morning Net Operator's manager for sometime. Without his commitment,  the morning Net would not have been the success it is today. RIP Reg. Today at 10:30am about [...]
We had approximately 175 attendees. The stall holders and exihibters were very happy with the turn out. The coffee kiosk could hardly keep up with orders and the ladies cooking were flat out! The club was able to sell quite a bit of items and some members did well selling [...]
The past two Saturdays have been a beehive of activity at the club. First, the items meant to be sold at this year's HAMFEST needed to be taken from the shipping containers and sorted as either saleable or non-saleable. There were many radios, power supplies, SWR meters, antennas and test [...]
On 18 October 2025 GCARS hosted a JOTA event for the Girl Guides from the Gold Coast. There were 17 Guides and 7 leaders. The programme included learning how to solder, put together an electronic kit plus getting on air and making a QSO in order to earn a badge. [...]
11-10-25 Today at the club the YAGI was taken from the ground and put back up where it belongs. Thanks to Aidan VK4APM, Craig VK4AHC and Ken VK2KEN. It was team work! The YAGI is on the tower, wired and standing tall! The rotor still needs to be wired-in which [...]
Sixteen Years of Effort to Build a Club House The memorial plaque pays tribute to Ken Ayes, VK4KD for his dedication in establishing the Gold Coast Amateur Radio Club to cover the Gold Coast area in 1970 when he was a member of the small Southport Radio Club. This new club absorbed the [...]
There were 15 attendees at today's club meeting. We were pleased to have Ron Bertrand wow us with his in-depth knowledge on subjects today which included antennas: impedance vs capacitance, the Omega system: low frequency used to contact submarines whilst submerged, Joseph Fourier, the mathematician and scientist and his contribution [...]
Turn the power on, and turn the computer on (the power switch is directly below the Acer logo), turn the rotator and usb controller on, and finally the IC-9100. Login to the computer. There are three icons on the desktop, each of these will need to be opened: RIGCTLD, ROTCLD, [...]
The Memorial Service on June 11th 2025 for GCARS Life Member Peter Stevens, known to many as VK4BT, also as VK4KTX. Peter went Silent Key (passed away) a few weeks back after a short period in ICU. It was a well attended funeral service with around 90 people in the [...]
We had a discussion at our meetings of how to solve this, currently, cables are just run through the roof which means adding new wires isn't easy. It was suggested to run conduit through the roof from the radio room so we can easily push through new cables as we [...]
