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2019 | Contents |
April 2020 | Special report: New Ellecraft K5 Trasceiver announced; Operating at Radio Australia; General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
March 2020 | 2M Yagi for Field Day - Paul VK3DIP; General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
February 2020 | Baofeng UV9R Dual Band Hand Held - Paul VK3DIP; General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
2019 | Contents |
December 2019 | Advanced Mobile Location Service David VK3UQ, General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
November 2019 | Yet another VNA review (Part 3) Paul VK3DIP; General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
October 2019 | Yet another VNA review (Part 2) Paul VK3DIP; Spit Roast Dinner; General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
September 2019 | Yet another VNA review (Part 1) Paul VK3DIP; Building the CRKits HT-1A 5W QRP Transceiver - Tony VK3TP; General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
August 2019 | General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
July 2019 | General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
June 2019 | Construction Day Rotator repair report |
May 2019 | General news, contests DXPeditions etc. |
April 2019 | Field Day report from Paul VK3DIP |
March 2019 | More JMMFD Plans and all the usual Contest and DXpedition Notes |
February 2019 | JMMFD Plans and Some FT8 operating notes. |
2018 | Contents |
December 2018 | Whats on over Christmas? |
November 2018 | Report on the October Construction day; Raising Towers and New Licencees |
October 2018 | RD Contest results and How to be a "LID" |
September 2018 | “MORTTY” - CW and FSK RTTY Keying
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August 2018 | One way to make PCBs |
July 2018 | Network Line Technology |
June 2018 | Visit to Bletchly park, VK3KE shack clear out |
May 2018 | JMMFD Results, Gippsland parks Activation
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April 2018 | JMMFD Report, Jilpanger Nature Conservation Reserve WWFF Activation
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March 2018 | JMMFD planning |
February 2018 | Mt Hotham SOTA and Alpine National Park VKFF Activation, Antenna parties @ VK3CAB's and VK3AKC's
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2017 | Contents |
December 2017 | Christmas Party details, operating SOTA on Mount Arapiles |
November 2017 | An Op-Amp Field Strength Meter, 2017 RSGB UK National Hamfest |
October 2017 | Tower Moving, SDR radios. |
September 2017 | More on a Linked Inverted V Dipole |
August 2017 | A 4nec2 Model for a Linked Inverted V Dipole |
July 2017 | Report on Australian Fox hunt Championshhips, General News |
June 2017 | Learning CW, NERGs place in competitions |
May 2017 | Portable antennas - 40M Vertical |
April 2017 | Re-introduction of Morse Code for HF Licences, Linked dipole for 15M, 20M and 40M |
March 2017 | LNA Sequencer, Magnetic loops, Report on Coffee shop WIA candidates meeting. |
February 2017 | Masthead Diplexer and LNA pre-amp for 2M & 70cM |
2016 | Contents |
December Special | WIA News and RTTY Contesting invitation |
December 2016 | General news - DXpeditions and Contests details of Christmas Party |
November 2016 | General news - Notice of Foundation Training |
October 2016 | An Accurate Digital SWR & Power Meter |
September 2016 | 1296 Skew Planar Omnidirectional Antenna |
August 2016 | Rebuilding and improving old CB SWR Meters, Tale of Three 49ers - lessons in homebrew |
July 2016 | Stop Windows 10, DX Alerting |
June 2016 | Normal issue - Contest & DX news etc |
Mayl 2016 | Simple Normal issue - Contest & DX news etc |
April 2016 | EFHW for QRP Portable HF Antenna; Report on the JMMFD |
March 2016 | Portable transverter and CAT interface for YAESU FT8X7 Rigs; Using the NERG Remote |
February 2016 | RTTY Pt 2; Mini VSWR for QRP or portable |
2015 | Contents |
December 2015 | RTTY; Christmas function |
November 2015 | Club Discounts; NERG antenna; Melbourne Uni Space project |
October 2015 | More Tony is back; NERGs at the Region 3 ARDF Championships |
September 2015 | AGM Outcomes, just a bit of news |
August 2015 | VK3CNE Station plans, Setting up for the RD Contest usimg VKCL, VoiceKeyer and a script. |
July 2015 | Australian Fox Hunt Champs report; DXPeditions and Contest |
June 2015 | Tony is Back!! Vic Foxhhunt Champs report |
May 2015 | Dual band 2m 70cm Antenna; DX news and Contest news |
April 2015 | New callsigns on the air, Advanced course announced, DX news and Contest news |
Feb-Mar 2015 | Sorry, No NERG News these months |
2014 | Contents |
November 2014 | 2M J-pole from 300 ohm ribbon, Simple co-ax dipole for 2M |
October 2014 | New mast installed at the hall, Talk from David Kerr |
September 2014 | NERGs at World ARDF Kazakstan, Upcoming Hamfests, NEVARC, All-band portable HF vertical |
August 2014 | A foldup J-pole for 2-metres, news and events |
July 2014 | DX awards all around, Vacuum Channel Transistors |
May/June 2014 | Cool Valves; Mt Gambier fox hunting 2014; YagiCAD and Antenna Noise Temperature |
April 2014 | VK5 National Parks & World Wide Flora and Fauna Awards, NERG's QSL bureau, Lightening strick damage to rotator controller, Drop test for flat batteries. |
March 2014 | Radio QRV Amateur Radio Promo Video, Tracking Space Junk, QSL card printer, Log4OM logging program, Drop test for flat batteries. |
February 2014 | More on WIA awards scheme; 2300Mhz band reallocation; Links to radio invention podcast and Channel 7 Transmitter tour videos. |
2013 | Contents |
December 2013 | Melbourne Analog TV switch off , DAB coverage improvements, Audiosonic DAB radio review |
November 2013 | Various contest notices |
October 2013 | news and upcoming events |
September 2013 | AGM summary, news and upcoming events |
August 2013 | Show'n'Tell summary; AVR-Transistortester notes(VK3DIP); News |
May-July 2013 | Meeting reports: Spread spectrum, Restoring the Marconi Mark VIII Colour TV camera; News |
April 2013 | Panadaptors, John Moyle Field Day report, News |
March 2013 | Getting best performance from W3NQN band pass filters, Illegal Mobile Phone Repeaters, News |
February 2013 | EMR Audits, JMFD, Striped Capacitors (non-polarised), Adhesive copper tape. |
2012 | Contents |
December 2012 | Notes from the November SDR Talk, Christmas BBQ, Kynton Hamfest, Ross Hull and Summer Field Day |
November 2012 | Notes from the October microwave talk, VK3RMH goes QRT, NERG construction projects - Bandpass filters & 6:2 antenna switch. |
October 2012 | Radio displays at Bandiana ARMY museum, 10GHz mobile records, news. |
September 2012 | Radio display at the Puckupunyal Tank Museum, Life Membership for John VK3XD, Mystery Photo, Local news |
August 2012 | AGM, Morse code footprints in the Mars dust, Windows XP speedup, news |
July 2012 | Litium Polymer Batteries for Amateur Radio, news |
June 2012 | No newsletter |
May 2012 | 73 magazine now online, news |
April 2012 | No newsletter |
March 2012 | News, Hybrid PA module repairs, VK3JNH featured in Radcom, ARVic repeater update |
February 2012 | News, VK3VT receives Australia Day Volunteer Award, Chirp and Whisper Beacons, Portable Loop Antennas, Rex's 10GHz record interview |
2011 | Contents |
December 2011 | UTC & GMT time standards, repairing ceramic reasonators in the ICOM IC-621F, vintage amateur promo film, local news. |
November 2011 | News, Booting up an updated Windows XP PC, A dual band vertical open sleeve antenna for 10m & 6m, |
October 2011 | News, Digital ATV QSO party, New developers for Ham Radio Deluxe, Heathkit kits return. |
Sept 2001 | No newsletter published for September |
August 2011 | News, AGM Announcement, ARISSAT-1 report, R3 ARDF Champs |
July 2011 | News and activities |
June 2011 | No newsletter published for June |
May 2011 | News and activities |
April 2011 | John Moyle field day reports and News |
March 2011 | News |
February 2011 | News, S-meter Inaccuracies |
2010 | Contents |
December 2010 | Multi-band trapped dipole antenna special edition |
November 2010 | Building and using the K1EL WinKeyer-USB for CW, 2 Metre FM frequency list, Electrophone mystery object, ACMA news on 700MHz band changes, Waether Balloon Interference, and a Quiet Radio Zone for the SKA. |
October 2010 | Brief news and activities |
September 2010 | News and activities |
August 2010 | A trip to Gippstech, upcoming activities and news. |
July 2010 | Number Stations, Mt Gambier convention report, events calendar. |
June 2010 | Coax Cables for VHF & UHF, events calendar. |
May 2010 | Parachute Mobile, John Moyle results, VK3JMB gets his 300th DXCC country, Events calendar. |
April 2010 | Report on the JMFD, YagiCAD update and Corner Reflector antenna design, 2m foxhunt report, upcoming Contests and ARDF events calendar. |
March 2010 | Anderson, Merit and DIN 12V power plugs,VKCL logging software update, Hamfest reports, Event Calendar. |
February 2010 | DAB+ up and running, A month of Hamfests, upcoming activities and news |
2009 | Contents |
December '09 /January'10 | Airways Museum Open Day, New YAGICAD 6 Antenna Designer released, upcoming activities and news |
November 2009 | Upcoming activities and news |
October 2009 | Troublesome Electrolytic Capacitors, New road rules on use of mobile phones and Visual display units, news & calendar |
September 2009 | Record Sunspot-less period, news & calendar |
August 2009 | Making Printed Circuit Boards at Home, A Fuzzy history of the NERG, news & calendar |
July 2009 | Converting a 3-way splitter to an (SWR) Return Loss Bridge, 2009 Victorian Hidden Transmitter Fox-hunt Championship report. |
June 2009 | PC software and audio interfaces for Digital Modes made easy, DAB+ Digital Broadcasting now on air in Melbourne, VK3RTV conducts DVB-T Digital ATV trials, Monthly 2m SSB scrambles in VK3. |
May 2009 | 60 channels for UHF CB, JMFD results, news & calendar. |
April 2009 | Report on the NERG's John Moyle Field Day weekend, news & calendar. |
March 2009 | News & calendar. |
February 2009 | Resistor colour code rhymes, Bushfire kit, Using VFD tubes in radios, news & calendar.News and activities |
2008 | Contents |
December 2008 | Out with Analog TV - in with Digital, VHF EPRIB beacon system closes, Bridge-T attenuator, Antenna Archives revisited - Trapped dipoles and alternative traps, 2009 hamfest and contest dates. |
November 2008 | VK3RTV goes Digital, Fuse Ratings and Speeds, Zero-ohm resistors, Power versus Frequency. |
October 2008 | Dayligh savings chaos, events list. |
September 2008 | NERG AGM results, The VK3RHF multi-band multi-site repeater, ARDF news, events list. |
August 2008 | VK3RGL goes 91.5Hz, events list. |
July 2008 | NERG Christmas in June report, Marg Baxter awarded life membership, repeaters heard from club rooms. |
June 2008 | The Retro-Turbo Encabulator, Bright lights, Repeater directory update. |
May 2008 | New FM and D-star repeaters from BARG; ACMA reviews and 5 year plans for 70cm and 6m; Power line time and frequency accuracy. |
April 2008 | A simple Quad Turnstile Antenna for 6 metres; Sunpot cycle 23 not finished yet; Morse tutor program; April Fools Day news - autopilot hyjacks plane, solar maxima rescheduled. |
March 2008 | Participating in the John Moyle Field Day contest, Recommended IRLP/Echolink frequencies for Australia, VK5ZAI receives NASA award for ARISS services. Featured WEB sites: TWiAR & WBCQ. |
February 2008 | Revised amateur conditions released by ACMA, 2008 Australian Amateur Events and Contest Calendar, GPS receives Traffic Alerts, Featured WEB site: Installing Mobile Radios. |
2007 | Contents |
December 2007 | NERG Quiz, LENA revealed, Inside a DVB-T set top box, NERG as it was a decade ago, Latest YagiCAD 5.2 Yagi antenna design tool has genetic optimisation, Digital VHF-UHF VSWR/POWER meter reviewed, A simple Antenna Tuner, other news, contests, and events. |
November 2007 | VK3RWM D-STAR repeaters on air, other news and events. |
October 2007 | A simple 2 Meter Antenna built from 50 ohm coax, Solar power and hot water notes from September meeting, The new WIA D-Star bandplan, Amateur D-Star standard uses proprietary voice codec, Emergency equipment check list. |
September 2007 | Photos from NERG christmas in July and RD contest. Featured Web site: Jacks videos on YouTube including WIA history of QSL cards, other news and events. |
August 2007 | A rollup dual band J-Pole antenna for 2m & 70cm, Worlds tallest antenna tower for Tokyo, Coax cable designators, telecom cable thefts, optical nano-tech, other news and events. |
July 2007 | Contesting in Australia, VK5VF beacons relocating, , other news and events. |
June 2007 | Cockatoos damage VK3CNE packet system antenna, Handheld secrets, VK3RMU changes frequency, Commercial Digital Radio trials, other news and events. |
May 2007 | The K0S 'Strange' Antenna challenge, Scarborough reef DXpedition, other news and events. |
April 2007 | Photos of the VK3CNE John Moyle Field Day contest station, VK3RMH 6 meter beacon back on air, April Fools Day news. |
March 2007 | Photos from the NERG gliding day, John Moyle Field Day contest plans and how to get to Mount Macedon, Squeezing a PDP-8 computer into a Xilinx FPGA, 2007 ARDF/Foxhunting calendar. |
February 2007 | Morning tea group, Hamfests galore!, Will Solar Sunspot Cycle 24 be the big one?, Shocking ways to check if the power is turned on, Identify that mystery plastic, 2007 ARDF/foxhunt calendar. |
2006 | Contents |
December 2006 | Photos from the Manna Gum Festival., Geocaching, Simple LM567 CTCSS encoder, Strain insulator danger, End of Seaphone in VK, Barbequing sausages in less than 5 seconds. |
November 2006 | Broadcasting, S-O-S, & 500kHz celebrate 100 year history; music video for hams; BPL trial in Mount Beauty strikes trouble. |
October 2006 | VK3 APRS changes frequency, call in to NERG's NET, Spitnik 1's 49th birthday, Voyager still discovering space, Battery recall, VK short listed for Square Kilometer Array radiotelescope |
September 2006 | News and Photos from the NERG christmas in September dinner and the Rememberance Day contest. Updates for VK3RMN, VK3RMU & VK3RPU repeaters. |
August 2006 | Summary of Jack's favourite video editing packages, UWB and under-16's ACMA regulations changes, Lead-free solder, RD contest, International Light House weekend, Aint got no Rythm!, VK3 AML silent key, |
July 2006 | Jaycar supports NERG with equipment for training amateurs, 91.5 Hz CTCSS tone for theAWA RT85, Recognising BPL interference, Web of the month: PropWiz propagation tool & Online circuit libraries. |
June 2006 | Donations and assistance greatfully received from Benelec, Bristols Paints and Rockby Electronics, Foundation class news, Miniature Soviet Valve, Circuit-Doku - a Sudoku style puzzle. |
May 2006 | Report on the MAD bike ride, New Optical Communications distance record, analysis of the NERG John Moyle scores, Web of the Month - amateur software & a foxhunt simulator, ARISS featured on the ABC science show. |
April 2006 | Report
on the John Moyle Field Day, ARISS contact with ISS a great
success, Australian TV manufacturer closes factory,
Hams interfere with own satellites, Radio tower disappears from
Melbourne skyline, Famous Mexican Midnight Soup recipe Mind Control (it was the April issue...), Broadband over sewer pipes. |
March 2006 | WICEN at the 2006 Pajero Challenge, SuitSat expires, ARISS contact, ARDF Porcupine Ridge RadiO report, John Moyle Field Day for beginners, BGP - Broadband over Gas Pipe?, Foundation use of linked repeaters and IRLP, IRLP links visible on Google Earth, Avoiding Phishy scams. |
February 2006 | Foundation Weekend successes, SuitSat-1 overboard, Generator warning, Western Union Telegrams Stop, WICEN at the Kinglake bushfires. |
2005 |
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December 2005 | Frequency Table for new licence classes, Simple Directional Coupler to build, web sites for DX'er. |
New Australian Amateur Licence structure, Manna Gum Festival, Eureka 147 Digital Radio announcement, NERG Open Day report, A BPL poem, Podcasting, Web sites i-Flea, Google Earth, Balloon plans deflated. |
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Open Day, New Regs start this month, Balloon found!, Amazing Rain Sensor, VI5PN success, 3KE breaks 300 DXCC countries, VK3 ARDF starts at Japan, Isn't BPL dead yet?, A mini-what?, 40-years ago - the AM/SSB debate. |
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Sept 2005 | QRP in the Snow, Slow QSL card, Open Day coming soom, Component suppliers on the Internet. |
August 2005 | New versions of RD Contest kit and YagiCAD for windows available, RD contest rules, BPL submissions available, fox-oring reports. |
BPL letters of support, New Rules for RD contest, 6 meters under threat from Digital Audio Broadcasts, Photos from Mt. Gambier Convention and Tx Hunts. |
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Balloon launch success, Digital Voice modes for HF, HamSat OSCAR52 in orbit. |
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CTCSS tone standards; CTCSS for the Philips FM900 & AWA RT85; Macedon Pines ARDF event report; |
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John Moyle Field day: Tiny time standard; Lithium Batteries. |
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433 MHz medical transmitters threaten 70cm; Beacons & propagation web sites; ISS on IRLP & Echolink; Contest Announcements: IOTA VI5PN St Peter Island, 1st IRLP contest, 80/160m VK/TransTasman, CQ repeater; |
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2005 ARDF calendar; Field Day checklist; WICEN exercises. |
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2004 |
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VTAC report - changes to VK3 repeater access; VK3RMH repairs; LIPD door locks; Weather web sites; More on BPL; November ARDF event report. |
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The new Amateur Radio Victoria; Silent Key Dr John D Kraus radio astronomer and antenna handbook guru W8JK; Amsat-OSCAR 51 (“Echo" AO51 ) ready for launch; RF-ID tags track your every move; | |
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The new entry level Foundation license for amateur radio; Federal and state WIA division merge into one national WIA; NERG packet node VK3CNE now on air; ARDF news and reports; Dave's favorite radio software; Incentives needed to reduce Hi-tech Trash; The Cold, Balls and Brass Monkeys; | |
Why use Packet Radio?; NERG IRLP has new Internet host; The @ character added to the Morse Code; | |
Low Power Precision Frequency Beacons investigate propagation on HF; New regulations of satellite dishes; Dangers of DHMO contamination; | |
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2003 |
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Steam Cooled Vacuum Tubes, ARDF championships & news, Powerlines Communications (PLC) discussion paper from ACMA. | |
AR at the Great Australian Science Show, Aircraft Maintenance reports, TV and Radio broadcasting in New York two years after 9/11, ACMA to review the Amateur Service. | |
Report on ARDF at Toorourrong Reservoir, The Australian Amateur Travellers' Net , The Father of the Superhet and FM radio, Microwaves and Hot Water. | |
Managerium - The heaviest element known to science. | |
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2002 |
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Christmas Hills ARDF Report, Calculating hole or pipe diameter for muliple coax cables, New 4 digit IRLP numbers, news and coming events. | |
AWA RT85A power control, Intruder watch, Radio receiver designed automatically by genetic algorithms, NERG packet and beacon updates. | |
New NERG Packet BBS VK3CNE, RT85 scanning hints, Reports on GASS exhibition and RD contest, End of Eddystone, Nautical amateur beacon, Fluke multimeter safety notice, USAF adopts HF email system, | |
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PIC based CTCSS tone generator for transceivers, AO-7 satellite lives again!, Packet radio revealed, Powerline communications fact sheet, DTMF keypads for IRLP, radio repair and mods web site, GippsTech report. | |
EMR compliance starts in July, news. | |
Simple UHF antennas (part 2), VK3RMH 10m Beacon heard in Italy, vehicle radar given LIPD rights on amateur 3cm band (76GHz), VK/Trans Tasman contest rules. | |
A Packet Radio Test Tool, Simple UHF antennas (part 1), Radio on Rails event, news. | |
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2001 |
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2001 LEONIDS Meteor Storm, South Foreland Lighthouse, Centenary of the first Transatlantic transmission, AMSAT chief to visit Melbourne, Testing the performance of the NERG dummy load projects. | |
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DX with a handheld 2m box, 2m coax-only portable vertical antenna, Dave's DX notes. | |
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2000 |
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Electro Magnetic Radiation Standards soon to apply to Amateur stations, Iridium still up in the air, My antennas got a bigger "MARINE" than yours!, More Astronomical Net Questions of the Week, Dissimilar Metal Corrosion, with Galvanic Corrosion Table, Big Silicon Chip Plant Opens in Melbourne | |
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1999 |
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1983 - 1999 |
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16 years of newsletters with many subjects. Unfortunately only available only in paper form. | |
1983 | Contents |
First Issue | First ever issue of NERG NEWS - The NERG started over 35 years ago, and to celebrate we've reproduced the first ever issue of NERG NEWS. See how much has changed in that time, and how much hasn't changed at all! |
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