WARG Subscriptions are now due for 2022/2023
To all members of the West Australian Repeater Group Inc.
Thank you very much for your continued support over the last year. With
COVID-19 impacting our meetings so much, it has definitely been a
difficult year for all of us. With your subscriptions, you have kept WARG
on air for another year, and helped improve our network of repeaters in VK6.
The time has come for subscriptions to be paid for the 2022/2023 period.
WARG Annual Subscriptions are still only $25 per year. One of the cheapest clubs in VK6.
Subscriptions can be paid by bank transfer as usual to the following account:
BSB 633 000 Account No. 144144953 at Bendigo Bank.
Remember to identify yourself with your call sign when transferring funds
so we know who it is from.
Electronic funds transfer is preferred, but we still take cheques to PO
Box 2513 Mt. Claremont 6010 or cash at meetings and events.
For any membership enquiries, please email membership@warg.org.au
Membership Status
The following Spreadsheet is the subscription status of all current WARG members for the 2022/2023 period:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OPTFXqen0OZNajUQD_mdgOlkAJm8S35jT9OJCMmqpYs/edit?usp=sharing
Update your details
After sending your Subs, can all members please fill out the membership
form at https://forms.gle/s8RK6mhZPWg7sRMz6
or fill out the PDF form on the website
(https://www.warg.org.au/member-services/membership/)
If you wish to join WARG, please also use the above methods.
Regards,
Carsten VK6PCB
WARG Treasurer and Membership Officer.
Cheap Solar Panels
Hi all,
Steve Kennedy (VK6SJ) has kindly donated some solar panels to anybody that makes a donation to WARG ($10 per panel). They are 270W 35VDC panels and Steve has 10 left at this stage. (As of Sunday morning)
If you would like to make a donation and score a free solar panel in the process, please contact Steve – steve@kennedy-sj.com.au
Donations can be sent to:
WA Repeater Group, Bendigo Bank.
BSB 633 000
Account No. 144144953
Comment: Your callsign or name, and “SOLAR PANELS” or “DONATION”.
Email evidence of the donation to Steve.
Subject to availability. Please contact Steve to ensure there are still panels left.
Next WARG Meeting 7th February 2022 – Remote
Hello All,
Apologies for the late notice, but the next WARG meeting this Monday 7th February will not be an in-person gathering, but take place remotely, via a Skype link.
The link has been set up courtesy of Matt VK6ML, It will be opened up at 7pm on Monday 7/2/2022, and stay open for the duration of the meeting.
For visitors and others wishing to join the meeting, please ask them to contact myself, WARG Secretary VK6AXB via secretary@warg.org.au , I will contact them and email the link to them directly.
WARG Committee has decided not to proceed with a face-to-face meeting this Monday for two main reasons – firstly, the uncertainty about Covid cases circulating in the metro area, and also because several key members can’t attend in person on Monday night (myself included), but are OK with remote attendance.
I am finalising documents for the meeting and these will be sent tomorrow….
73, and Best Regards,
Anthony VK6AXB
Secretary, WARG
Next WARG meeting 7th February 2022
WARG’s first meeting for 2022 is this Monday, 7th February. The meeting was to be Face to Face gathering at the usual venue, but may change to be an online or remote format. This is because a number of key members are unable to travel to Perth, plus the current COVID situation is also a factor.
Exact meeting details are being circulated by email to members prior to the meeting and publicised online where possible, eg: WA Hams. WARG apologises for any inconvenience caused, we are trying to keep up…!
Stay tuned to this channel for further updates.
Next WARG meeting 1st November 2021
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 1st November 2021 at the 1st Pelican Point Sea Scout Group, 12 Australia II Drive Crawley. (Down the end past the yacht club) Doors open at 19:00 for a 19:30 start. Tea and coffee are available. All are welcome.
We will also be holding another Working Bee, building 2/70 POGO Stick Antennas for anybody that is interested.
Pogo Stick Antenna Build night
At the General Meeting last night, we also held a Pogo Stick Antenna build night.
Most of the night was spent testing different lengths of cable to get the perfect SWR for the antenna. As is the case with R&D it always takes the majority of time…..
Finally we were able to get a good SWR for 146MHz or 1.1:1
Big thanks to Craig for fetching supplies, Anthony, Trevor, Mark, John, Bob, Ray, Trevor and Christine for attending and helping in one way or another.
1st November will be the next WARG General Meeting, and we will be building even more antennas on the night.
Pogostick antennas are available from WARG Shop. They can usually be bought at Swap meets that we attend.
Next WARG meeting 4th October 2021
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 4th October 2021 at the 1st Pelican Point Sea Scout Group, 12 Australia II Drive Crawley. (Down the end past the yacht club) Doors open at 19:00 for a 19:30 start. Tea and coffee are available. All are welcome.
We will also be holding a Working Bee, building 2/70 POGO Stick Antennas for anybody that is interested.
Next WARG meeting 6th September 2021
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 6th September 2021 at the 1st Pelican Point Sea Scout Group, 12 Australia II Drive Crawley. (Down the end past the yacht club) Doors open at 19:00 for a 19:30 start. Tea and coffee are available. All are welcome.
WARG and WIA Members survey
Hi all,
To keep our records up to date, I need to submit for insurance purposes, how many WARG members are also members of the WIA.
Can all members please visit this survey page submit your details. It’s very quick, takes less time than a 59 plus on a contest call.
https://tinyurl.com/warg-wia-2021
Cheers and 73
Regards,
Carsten Bauer VK6PCB
Membership Officer
West Australian Repeater Group