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Minutes from the July Committee Meeting are now available
The minutes from the REAST Committee Meeting held in July are now available. You can find them in the Members Only section of the web site. Thanks, Sean Lincolne (VK7FAZE) President – REAST
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REAST DMR Radio Club Buy Closed – for the moment
The REAST Club Buy of the Radioddity GD-77 DMR handhelds has been a great success, with a total of 20 handhelds sold in this club buy. We’ll be taking a break for a bit to focus on other club activities, … Continue reading
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The REAST Digital Repeater is getting closer
Great News ! The frequency assignment to get another 70cm pair for adding a digital repeater to VK7RAD has been completed, and ACMA has provided the allocation we need to progress with the installation of the Yaesu DR-1X repeater. Further … Continue reading
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REAST Equipment Tender Closed – $1,229.41 raised by Members
A fantastic outcome – the club room cleanup tender has raised a total of $1,229.41, made some space in the Clubroom, and given some members some new treasures for their collections. Thank you everyone for your participation in this cleanup … Continue reading
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August Presentation – The Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy – Wednesday 1 Aug @ 7:30pm at the Club Rooms
This monthly presentation covers aspects of Radio Astronomy ranging from the development of Radio Astronomy (Karl Jansky and Groth Reber) through to the role of microwave mapping in developing theories of the universe and studies into HF planetary radio emissions … Continue reading
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Digital Radio Club Buy (open to non-members as well)
Following a great deal of interest in Digital Radios, repeaters and DMR radios, REAST is arranging for a series of club bulk buys of the Radioddity GD-77 DMR Handhelds. These are available for purchase from the club for $120 each … Continue reading
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REAST Equipment Tender – Now Open
As part of work to clean up the Clubroom, a number of surplus items are being made available for sale by tender to financial REAST members. The catalog of items for tender is available in the members only area of … Continue reading
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Repeater Upgrades Under Way
If you have not been around the Clubroom,or had the chance to use VK7RAD recently you may not be aware that work has started on the upgrade of REAST’s Repeater Infrastructure. Recently Damien Styles (our new Repeater officer) installed a … Continue reading
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Radio Remote Control with Android
REAST member Vince Henderson VK7VH has written in with this excellent article on how he is using Pocket RxTx, an Android application, to remote control his Ts-2000 Radio. A couple of years ago, I looked at the remote radio control … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, Pocket RxTx, Remote Rig, Rig Control, TS-2000, VK7VH
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