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Callsign:
VK3CNEWEB: www.nerg.asn.au Email: contact (at) nerg.asn.au Postal: Box 270, Greensborough, Victoria, 3088, AUSTRALIA |
| Incorporated
1985, Reg No
A0006776V, Affiliated with the Wireless
Institute of Australia.
Meetings:
Briar Hill
Community Hall, 126
Mountain
View Rd,
Briar
Hill, Victoria, AUSTRALIA (Melway map 21-C3) |
The
NERG
is an amateur
radio
club operating in the North East Suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria,
Australia.
The club runs a number of activities for prospective and practicing
radio
amateurs including:
social and technical meetings, classes and license exams, field days,
contests, radio direction finding, fox hunts, and more!
Meetings are generally held on the second
Thursday of each month from 7:45 PM, with coffee shop nights on the
fourth
Thursday.
Previous News
We have a number of valves donated and we have tested them and make them available to members
the list is available here
Club
meetings & events:
October 2017:
Thursday 12th - NERG meeting - 7.45pm-lateKevin VK3AKC will be telling us about YAESU's FT991 particularly using it on C4FM digital and how it can be used on our new repeater. There may be demonstrations on other YAESU radios and C4FM.
Thursday 26th - NERG Coffee Shop night 7.30pm-10.30pm (approximately)
Drop in for an informal meeting of club members and enjoy a cuppa.
Show off your latest toys and home brew creations, or get advice on something that needs fixing.
Or maybe you'd like to play with the radios and make some DX contacts, or simply enquire into
how to become a licensed amateur radio operator.
Tuesday 24th - Tuesday Lunch Group:
The next gainfully unemployed group meeting at the Greensborough RSL 11:00 am for coffee and tea, lunch around 12:15 in the Bistro. Please let Jim VK3KE know if you are attending.
Every Thursday Afternoon 2:00pm - 5:30 - Radio Cafe:
Come along and have a chat, operate the club station or show off your latest construction project. And of course have a cuppa.
November 2017:
Thursday 9th - NERG meeting - 7.45pm-lateTBA
Thursday 23rd - NERG Coffee Shop night 7.30pm-10.30pm (approximately)
Drop in for an informal meeting of club members and enjoy a cuppa.
Show off your latest toys and home brew creations, or get advice on something that needs fixing.
Or maybe you'd like to play with the radios and make some DX contacts, or simply enquire into
how to become a licensed amateur radio operator.
Tuesday 28th - Tuesday Lunch Group:
The next gainfully unemployed group meeting at the Greensborough RSL 11:00 am for coffee and tea, lunch around 12:15 in the Bistro. Please let Jim VK3KE know if you are attending.
Every Thursday Afternoon 2:00pm - 5:30 - Radio Cafe:
Come along and have a chat, operate the club station or show off your latest construction project. And of course have a cuppa.
December 2017:
Thursday 14th - NERG Christmas Party 6:30pm-lateAt the home of Greg VK3VT
No other meetings in December
January 2018:
No Normal meetingsTuesday 23rd - NERG Traditional Yum Cha Lunch
At the Dragon Boat Palace
February 2018:
Thursday 8th - NERG meeting - 7.45pm-lateTBA
Thursday 22nd - NERG Coffee Shop night 7.30pm-10.30pm (approximately)
Drop in for an informal meeting of club members and enjoy a cuppa.
Show off your latest toys and home brew creations, or get advice on something that needs fixing.
Or maybe you'd like to play with the radios and make some DX contacts, or simply enquire into
how to become a licensed amateur radio operator.
Tuesday 27th - Tuesday Lunch Group:
The next gainfully unemployed group meeting at the Greensborough RSL 11:00 am for coffee and tea, lunch around 12:15 in the Bistro. Please let Jim VK3KE know if you are attending.
Every Thursday Afternoon 2:00pm - 5:30 - Radio Cafe:
Come along and have a chat, operate the club station or show off your latest construction project. And of course have a cuppa.
All other Thursday nights - NERG NET 146.575 MHz FM
8.30pm-9.30pm local time
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NERG Information,
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Transmitter hunting-
What's it all about?
"Fox"-hunts, ARDF, Radio-O & Radio
Orienteering events |
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Software
Library YagiCAD6 Antenna Designer, EPROMs for
programming RT85A and
FM92 / FM900
radios to the ham bands,
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Meeting Location
The NERG meets at the Briar Hill Community Centre.
The
Banyule Council has
generously made this hall
available to the NERG for regular meetings and provides NERG with a
room
dedicated to amateur
radio education and communications activities. The large
hall
and surrounding grounds open up a range of activities
including radio classes,
promotion of amateur radio, and collaboration with the
community.
The NERG joins the Banyule Emergency Response
team for Communications as part of the tenure.This is one of Banyule Council's halls with a large seating capacity, a modern kitchen with catering facilities, and new gas heating and evaporative cooling systems. A level car park without steps eases disabled access from the 126 Mountain View Road car park. Additional parking is available in Campbell Road behind the hall. The hall is located on top of the Mountain View Road ridge with excellent VHF/UHF outlook.
Briar
Hill Community Hall,
126 Mountain View Road (off Sherbourne Rd.),
Briar Hill.
Melway 21-C3
Click here
for a location map
Previous News
The VK3RMH beacons and repeaters, and the Scouts 2m VK3RSR repeater were shut down and removed from the Wattle Glen tower due to
ever increasing electricity bills and tower lease costs consuming more than half the club’s annual income, even with the generous support
from PWB-Anchor.
VK3RMH was the first 6 metre repeater in Victoria and one of the first in Australia. It ran at another site in Hurstbridge for a few years
before moving to Wattle Glen where it operated for 24 years. A 70cm repeater was added later, and was an early node in the IRLP and
EchoLink networks. About 13 years ago, the 10 metre beacon was installed. Later a 6 metre beacon was added. Both beacons received
good reports from around the world whenever propagation was open.
NERG hopes to relocate the beacons and repeaters to a new (cheaper) location within the club’s geographical area in the near future.
Software Define Digital Radio on a shoestring:
At the December NERG meeting Peter VK3TBN gave a great overview and demonstration of SDR using a cheap USB Digital TV tuner dongle for receiving and analysing radio signals covering the HF, VHF & UHF bands. Using readily available software, you can not only listen in on all the usual modes such as AM, FM, SSB, CW, but also many of the digital text and voice modes including APCO P25.
The slides from Peters presentation are available here and make a good resource for anyone wanting to experiment with digital radio:
SDR talk VK3TBN 2012.pdf
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