Club Callsign: VK3CNE
WEB: 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

VALVE BANK
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:

August 2017:

Thursday 13^th - NERG meeting - 7.45pm-late
NERG Inc Annual General Meeting

Thursday 27^th - 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 25^th - 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.

September 2017:

Thursday 14^th - NERG meeting - 7.45pm-late
Colin VK3VGB will be telling us all about Amateur Satellite operations

Thursday 28^th - 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 26^th - 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.

October 2017:

Thursday 12^th - NERG meeting - 7.45pm-late
TBA

Thursday 26^th - 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 24^th - 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.

November 2017:

Thursday 9^th - NERG meeting - 7.45pm-late
TBA

Thursday 23^rd - 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 28^th - 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.

All other Thursday nights - NERG NET 146.575 MHz FM
8.30pm-9.30pm local time

Radio net for NERG members and visitors run by VK3CNE. Tune in to 146.575MHz FM to share all the news and activities with the NERG.

Calendar

Click on the calendar items below for further event information:

NERG Information, Newsletters, Activities and Services

Join the NERG for only $35/year, simply fill out our NERG membership form and send it in! or bring it to a meeting	Class details - for those interested in getting licensed
Contacting the NERG - send us a query	Radio exams - we have foundation training sessions and run exams for all amateur licenses
Latest NERG Newsletter - August 2017 edition and the NERG NEWS newsletter archives	Transmitter hunting- What's it all about? "Fox"-hunts, ARDF, Radio-O & Radio Orienteering events
Web-mail log-in for members - 'userid' is your complete e-mail address. Click here for notes on using NERG e-mail	Australian Transmitter Foxhunt Championships held annually at Mount Gambier on Queens Birthday weekends.
The John Moyle Field Day contest - 2009 and 2007 stations.	2015 Victorian Foxhunt Championships report
VK3RMH repeaters and beacons - NOTE: Our beacons, Repeaters, and Packet systems are currently off-air, awaiting relocation to a new site. IRLP node 6350, Echolink node 140587 & VK3CNE the NERG packet node.	ARDF Events - Amateur Radio Direction Finding events
Slides from VT's short DX presentation at the Nov. 2011 meeting. The Solar power comparison spreadsheet - from Greg VK3VT's talk on solar power in November 2009..	Software Library YagiCAD6 Antenna Designer, EPROMs for programming RT85A and FM92 / FM900 radios to the ham bands, etc..
MEMBER LINKS - look at our member's home pages	Interesting web links page

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

VK3RMH goes QRT:

The VK3RMH beacons and Repeaters are off-air due to relocation activities.
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

Last Updated 15 August 2017 - VT
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