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ORARC 47th Annual Field Day Program (2023)

The Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club annual Field Day will be held at the Wauchope Showground hall with all the usual field day activities on Saturday and Sunday the 10th and 11th of June 2023 during the King’s Birthday Long Weekend.  The Field Day dinner will be held at the Port Macquarie Golf Club on the Saturday night.  Mark your calendar now.  The Wauchope Showground permits camping so it is possible to stay on site in your own motor home, caravan or tent with power and amenities.

Click here to download a copy of the Field Day Program (PDF).

Here’s page 3 from the program, the Field Day schedule:

Our continued thanks go to VK2CLL’s daughter Jacqui for her continued fantastic Graphics Design work!   See everyone in June!

6m Repeater On-Air!

The milestones for the new repeater site just keep on getting hit, the 6m repeater is now in service!

Repeater details are as follows:

Repeater Output: 53.800 MHz
Repeater Input: 52.800 MHz (-1MHz Offset)
Mode: Analog FM
No CTCSS required
91.5Hz Tone required as of 21/5/23.
Optional 91.5Hz Output tone for users experiencing random squelch openings. 

Please give it a try at your convenience, noting best results will be achieved with a vertically polarized antenna. Initial test indicate impressive range, as can be expected on the VHF Low Band!

March Oxtales

March is here so it’s time for another Oxtales! Read all about coming events (and there’s a few of them) and the continued work on our new repeater site at Telegraph Point, where more repeaters become live as the team powers onwards. John VK2AYQ, Arthur VK2ATM and all contributors get our usual thanks for a fabulous read!

Members should now have received their copy by email, but website copies of the current and past editions can always be found here.

January Oxtales

Welcome to 2023, and here’s your first Oxtales of the year! We have our fingers crossed for a more ‘normal’ year and lots of events to attend! Our new repeater site is powering along thanks to a massive effort. Thanks as always to everyone who contributes to Oxtales, and to the Oxtales team of John VK2AYQ and Arthur VK2ATM.

Members should now have received their copy by email, but website copies of the current and past editions can always be found here.

VK2RCN DMR Repeater Back Online!

The club is pleased to be able to report that the VK2RCN DMR Radnet repeater went into service on Thursday the 2nd of February at our new repeater site! The intensive working bees are continuing, and the permanent installation of the repeaters and support equipment is well advanced. The site will be formally commissioned early February 2023 when all the VK2RCN repeaters have been tested.

Note that some changes are occurring on the VKDMR Network as detailed here. Some radio re-programming will be required as of the 9th February 2023. ORARC is planning a radio reprogramming clinic to assist members with the changes – stay tuned for further information.