Thanks to Richard VK2CHC for producing our ad, as seen in Amateur Radio Magazine:

FIELD DAY PROGRAMME

SATURDAY 10th June, 2017

0900 * HALL SETUP – Open for REGISTRATIONS from 10:00
1200 * BBQ Lunch Sausage sandwich $2.00 Soft Drinks $1.50
• 1300 * 2 Metre mobile Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
• 1430 * 80 Metre Pedestrian Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
• 1600 * 2 Metre Talk in Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1800 * Field Day Dinner at Port Macquarie Golf Club at menu prices

SUNDAY 11th June, 2017

0830 * REGISTRATION $5.00 (No discounts) Children under 15 Free
0900 * TRADE DISPLAYS and DISPOSALS open. Bacon & Egg Sandwich $2
• 1000 * 80 Metre Pedestrian Fox Hunt Standard Transistor Radio with
No DF Mods or Attachments (Points allocated)
• 1100 * 80 Metre mobile Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1200 * BBQ LUNCH Steak sandwich $4.00 Sausage sandwich $2.00
Fruit salad & ice cream $2.00 Soft Drinks $1 .50
1230 * DRAW Raffles and Competitions
• 1300 * 2 Metre Pedestrian Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
• 1400 * 2 Metre Mobile Fox Hunt (Points allocated)
1500 * Field Day concludes with PRESENTATION of Fox Hunting prizes
and PRESIDENT’S brief Address & Farewell

Prizes awarded for First Place in each Fox Hunt, Fox Hunt Champion,
Runner-Up Fox Hunt Champion, Best Presented Amateur Vehicle, Best Home
Brew display

$5 registration covers both days & includes tea, coffee and biscuits
No charge or commission for DISPOSALS items but are at owner’s risk

A PDF Copy of the information above is available for download here.

The Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club Inc.thanks all our sponsors for their generous support:

Radio Supply Pty Ltd
Jaycar Electronics Port Macquarie
Fettell Communications
ALARA
David Tavener VK4ICE
Roda Antennas

March Oxtales has been released – and it’s huge with 19 pages of content!

Our regular thanks to John VK2AYQ and Trevor VK2TT for another excellent read – and thank you to all contributors.

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

Due to the rather icky combination of continuing horizontal rains, strong winds and expected thunder/lightning, it’s been decided that we have little choice but to call off our outing to Sancrox for the John Moyle Field Day scheduled for tomorrow.

HF is likely to be a write-off with the storm activity, floatation devices have not yet been fitted to the caravan and the BBQ would not light with the strong wind gusts.  I think you’ll all agree that these things would make for a miserable experience (as Henry VK2ZHE pointed out, especially the BBQ).

The Friday Night gathering is still on tonight, so we hope to see you there.

If you have an FT991 with outdated firmware, bring it along!

January Oxtales has been released – and what a bumper edition it is this time around!

Our regular thanks to John VK2AYQ and Trevor VK2TT for another excellent read – and thank you to all contributors.

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

We’re expecting the arrival of our 2017 Callbooks in early January.  Henry VK2ZHE writes:

The Oxley Region Amateur Radio Club expects to have a limited number of the long awaited 2017 WIA Callbooks hot off the press at the Club’s Monthly General Meeting on Saturday the 7^th of January 2017.   Please note that the 2017 Callbook does not include a CD this year but purchasers will be able to download the pdf files.  To secure your copy of the Callbook please email Henry Lundell VK2ZHE at the usual address.   Cost is $28.00 for copies collected from the club. Mailed copies are available from the WIA online Bookshop  at $25.00 plus postage for WIA members and for $30.00 plus postage for non-WIA members.

A single page listing of members and commercial stations was published by the Wireless Institute of NSW in 1912.  The very first Australian Callbook was published by the Wireless Institute of Victoria in August 1913.  The first Australian Callbook by the WIA was produced in 1914.  It was titled ‘Wireless in Australia’.  Ever since those early days the annual publication has become an indispensable resource in most Amateur’s shacks.  The 2017 edition includes a wealth of Amateur Radio related information in addition to the callsign listings.  It has the up to date listings of DXCC entities, Band Plans, Repeater and Beacon listings etc. etc.  In short, all the information the well informed Amateur should have at his or her fingertips.

As usual, limited quantities of the Callbook are available from the club, so don’t dawdle placing your order.  It’s also worth noting that this is likely to be the last edition of the Callbook the WIA will print.