Author: Carl Makin

Canberra Region Amateur Radio Club

CRARC has a new membership system!

  CRARC has a new membership system!   For the past few years CRARC has been searching for an online way to manage our membership, including renewals and new members.…
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CRARC Committee update – July 2023 edition #Committee_update

  The CRARC committee meets on-line on the second Wednesday of the month, to discuss the running of CRARC. This email is an outline of items covered and other topics…
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CRARC Meeting Tonight: Introduction to Vector Network Analysers

A reminder there will be a presentation this evening. The topic is an introduction to Vector Network Analysers.     The talk and demonstration will be centred around the nanoVNA.…
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Isaacs DMR operational again

Phil, VK2PL ascended Isaacs Ridge on Saturday, rebooted the DMR mmdvm pi and the repeater is back online again. Despite some work recently to make this repeater more resilient, it’s…
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Isaacs Ridge DMR offline again.

Unfortunately it looks like something bad has happened to the Isaacs Ridge DMR repeater again. The repeater is unresponsive, both on air and via the network. Its unknown at this…
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VK1RBM DMR Operational again

The VK1 DMR repeater on Isaacs Ridge is back on the hill and operational. Thanks to Phil, VK1PL for reworking the power cabling for the repeater and case for the…
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Isaacs Ridge Repeater Update

Isaacs Ridge Repeater Update A visit to the Isaacs Ridge repeater site on Friday revealed the DMR repeater had suffered some sort of hardware failure of the radio side, as…
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DMR Network Changes

The VK DMR network is undergoing some major TG changes over the next couple of months.  This will affect anyone using the CRARC DMR Repeater on Isaacs Ridge. If you…
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Dale, VK1DSH’s meeting presentation now on Youtube.

Dale, VK1DSH’s presentation on the 26th October about the current status of the ACMA push to transition the Australian Amateur Service to a class licence is now available on the…
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Isaacs Ridge DMR Repeater Operational

The DMR Repeater on Isaacs Ridge is back up and fully operational. The original and failing DR3000 repeater has been replaced with a Tait TB8100 repeater and MMDVM modem. After the installation…
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