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REAST @ the Australian Antarctic Festival
The Australian Antarctic Festival rolls around every two years and in 2024 REAST was asked if it would like to participate with a focus on radio in Antarctica. https://www.mawsons-huts.org.au/2024-festival-program/ We jumped at the chance and thanks to Kim Briggs VK7KB … Continue reading
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P25 Emergency Services Network Build
September Presentation Night The first Wednesday night of September it was standing room only in the REAST COVID-Safe clubrooms for a presentation on how to build a statewide P25 based Emergency Services radio network given by Andrew Johns VK7AJ. Andrew … Continue reading
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REAST Virtual Club Gathering – DMR
Our second whole of club virtual gathering was a focus on Digital Mobile Radio with Scott VK7HSE. Scott focused on the Radioddity GD77 handheld which is very popular in Southern Tasmania. Scott started with a short recap 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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REAST Visits the ABC!
Thursday night saw a good group at the front door of the ABC next to the Railway Roundabout and we were welcomed by Damien VK7SD and Alan VK7KAD who were our fantastic and very knowable hosts for the night. We … Continue reading