All other Thursday
nights - NERG
NET VK3RMH 438.325Mhz 91.5Hz CTCSS
8.30pm-9.30pm local time
Radio
net for NERG members and visitors run by VK3CNE. Tune in to VK3RMH 438.325Mhz 91.5Hz CTCSS
FM to share all the news and activities with the NERG.
Calendar
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for further event information:
NERG Information,
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Activities and Services
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 11 April 2018 - VT


Don't miss the NERG Nets - every non-meeting
Thursday
night on
VK3RMH 438.325Mhz 91.5Hz CTCSS, 8:30-9:30pm.