We would like to welcome the WARG Committee for 2022-2023, and thank the outgoing committee for their service.
President Anthony VK6AXB
Vice President – Barry VK6SP
Secretary Ray TBA
Treasurer and Membership Officer Carsten VK6PCB and John VK6JAH
Tech Officer Colin VK6ACT
Webmaster Carsten VK6PCB
Councillors:
Trevor VK6MS
Matt VK6ML
Bob VK6ZGN
Mitch VK6XB
Peter VK6PM
Martin VK6ZMS
Mark VK6FIVE
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 1st May 2023 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.
This is a Annual General Meeting followed by a General Meeting.
Pelican Point Sea Scout Hall Click here for the Google Maps Link.
Online Meeting details are on the Members Website https://members.warg.org.au/
To all members of the West Australian Repeater Group Inc.
Thank you very much for your continued support over the last year.
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 2023/2024 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
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 3rd April 2023 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.
Pelican Point Sea Scout Hall Click here for the Google Maps Link.
Online Meeting details are on the Members Website https://members.warg.org.au/
Hi all,
Files for Adam VK6XR’s D-Star presentation are available from the WARG SharePoint via the below link. There is a PDF and a PPS (PowerPoint) file to download and watch while Adam does his presentation via Skype –
Adam has extensive knowledge on the topic and has recently completed a long-term project of back-end work on the VK6RWN D-Star system, in the process upgrading the Server and network gateway to allow access to the full range of current D-Star features. (With the system back in more regular use, we have found a couple of hiccups on the RF side affecting the 2m performance – these are being investigated right now, and hopefully resolved soon…)
Adam’s presentation will cover relevant history and how the D-Star system works, main technical features and the practical side of getting on air – registration, setting up radios and hotspots, and much more.
The meeting format will be altered accordingly – instead of the usual business, there will be a short welcome and introduction, followed by the D-Star presentation, and questions / discussion afterwards. Once the presentation is concluded, we will have a short tea break, and reconvene for a shortened meeting focused on more urgent matters for discussion / decision.
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 13th March 2023 (Due to 6th March being a public holiday) 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.
Pelican Point Sea Scout Hall Click here for the Google Maps Link.
Skype Link details here – https://www.warg.org.au/2022/04/warg-skype-link/
Password protected (Same password as the meeting minutes)
Greetings WARG members,
Our first meeting for 2023 is this coming Monday, 6th February, at the 1st Pelican Point sea scouts venue, 12 Australia II Drive in Crawley, opposite UWA. We aim to get the doors open at 7 for a 7:30pm start, with the usual tea, coffee and Tim Tams etc available for a gold coin donation.
On behalf of the Committee, I would like to thank all WARG members who assisted in any way during 2022, from keeping the admin side going to attending site working bees, updating and fixing back-end systems, and everything in between. A few bits & pieces happened over the Christmas / New Year period, but my impression is that many of us took the opportunity to have a good break, after a long year – I hope this was a good time for all, and that everyone is surviving the hot weather these past couple of weeks!
Now that January is behind us, it’s time to look forward again and see what we can achieve for the year ahead. I am finalising an Agenda and will circulate in the next day or so.
FYI, other scheduled WARG meeting dates for 2023 are as follows:
Monday, March 13th (the first Monday 6th is a public holiday);
Monday, April 3rd – start of a new “WARG” financial year, membership subscriptions will be due;
Monday, May 1st – this one is WARG’s Annual General Meeting and election of a new Committee for 2023-24;
Monday, June 12th (again, the first Monday 5th is a public holiday);
Monday, July 3rd;
Monday, August 7th;
Monday, September 4th;
Monday, October 2nd;
Monday, November 6th; and
Monday, December 4th. (WARG do not schedule a January meeting, the next would be Monday 5th February 2024)
WARG meetings are held 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. This is the final WARG meeting of the year, so hope you can all attend.
Pelican Point Sea Scout Hall Click here for the Google Maps Link.
Skype Link details here – https://www.warg.org.au/2022/04/warg-skype-link/
Password protected (Same password as the meeting minutes).
Regards & 73,
Anthony VK6AXB
President, WARG
Christine VK6ZLZ brought in 2 laminated WARG newsletters from 1992/93 and 1993/94 to show off and has generously allowed us to scan and upload them to share.
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 5th December 2022 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. This is the final WARG meeting of the year, so hope you can all attend. In addition to the usual tea/coffee and biccies, we plan to have some more Christmasy food on offer (gold coin donation encouraged).
If you would like to bring a plate of food with you, please do so.
Pelican Point Sea Scout Hall Click here for the Google Maps Link.
Skype Link details here – https://www.warg.org.au/2022/04/warg-skype-link/
Password protected (Same password as the meeting minutes).
The next WARG meeting is to be held Monday 7th November 2022 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.
Pelican Point Sea Scout Hall Click here for the Google Maps Link.
Skype Link details here – https://www.warg.org.au/2022/04/warg-skype-link/
Password protected (Same password as the meeting minutes)
WARG membership renewals for 2022-23 are also now overdue. Thank you to the many members who have already renewed. Subs are still only $25 per year which is 1st April until 31st March each year.
If you are not sure whether you are financial or not, you can check via the Membership page – https://www.warg.org.au/member-services/membership/
Please ensure you are not already financial to avoid paying too far in advance.
You will find a link to the Google Sheets 2022/2023 Subs list.