Author Archives: Ben Short
Everybody Loves Wednesday Nights @ The Club Rooms!
Don’t think that because the Amateur TV experimenters group is having a break while waiting for a new studio to become available that things on a Wednesday night have slowed down. This past Wednesday saw a cracking display of activity … Continue reading
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Tagged Beacon, Clubrooms, Electronics, Filter, Radio, Satellite, SatNOGs, Wednesday Night
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REAST AGM and 2017 Committee
Last Sunday REAST held it’s AGM. A modest number of members attended and reports from President, Secretary and Treasurer followed by reports from Ex-Officio officers. Members heard that the Association is currently started a path of change with an increase … Continue reading
From Maxwell to Marconi – A History of Electrical Radio
Last week REAST held it’s first major presentation for the year with Mike Groth VK7MJ taking the audience through a history of radio from Maxwell up until the time of Marconi, where signals were largely generated in the form of … Continue reading
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Tagged Marconi, Maxwell, Mike Groth, Presentation, Spark Gap, VK7MJ
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NBN to Improve Member Services
For those visiting the REAST Clubrooms in the last couple of weeks, you may have noticed that there have been some rather significant trenches being dug outside and down the hill. This has been to install the conduit for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Clubrooms, Internet, Members Benefit, NBN
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Saying Adieu to DATV Studio
Last Wednesday evening a small group of members gathered at the REAST club rooms to disassemble the DATV studio, in preparation for the rear shed being redeveloped by Tasmanian Maritime Radio (TMR) to move their operations hub into. Amateur Television … Continue reading
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AMSAT-VK National Net December 2016
The last AMSAT-VK national radio net was held tonight with VK7LXX and VK7BEN participating via Echolink. They were greeted by regulars Judy VK2TJU, Bob VK2AOR and George VK2WEL. Tonight’s net saw discussion about the new Chinese satellite being launched on … Continue reading
Interest in Satellites is Blasting Off!
In recent months an interesting phenomena has been occurring on Wednesday evenings at the REAST clubrooms. More and more you see one or more members huddled around a radios while pointing Yagi antennas at the sky and gently bobbing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur Radio, AMSAT, REAST, Satellites, Tasmania
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Saturday Member Day 8/10
We had another fantastic Saturday member day up at the clubrooms! Martin VK7MA was quick to show off his CW skills that he has been working on along with his Morse key using the club radio and was quick to … Continue reading
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Tagged CQWW, RTL-SDR, Ruxcon, Saturday Member Day, SDR SIG
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Antennas on the Move
There is currently a lot of activity going on around the back of the club rooms as the garage continues to be cleaned up. Over the last week Barry VK7TBM and Dave VK7DM have been working on establishing a new tower … Continue reading
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