Tech Night / Open Shack
2024-05-15 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-06-19 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-07-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-08-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-09-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-10-16 19:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
At this stage tech nights are intended to be held once a month (every third Wednesday of the month) with the potential to add the first Wednesday of the month if there is sufficient demand and capacity to support an additional night.
Tech Night is about members coming together informally to discuss subjects and projects relevant to AR and assist members in practical advice and assistance with technical issues that they may have. During the evening the Radio Room will be operational for all members to utilise.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2024-11-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-19 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-16 19:30 - 21:00
Tech Night is about members coming together informally to discuss subjects and projects relevant to AR and assist members in practical advice and assistance with technical issues that they may have. During the evening the Radio Room will be operational for all members to utilise.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2025-01-15 19:30 - 21:30
Just a reminder that Wednesday 15th of January 2025 is our first Technight for the year and as normal the doors at Mt Mugga Scout Hall will be open at 1930hrs. Tea, Coffee and Biscuits will be available.
This weeks discussion theme will be Digital Communications such as Echolink, Allstar, DMR, DStar, IRLP etc. Many of us have heard about them and some of us use them but I am sure that most of us wouldn’t have a clue as to the services they provide.
So, if you are interested in learning more about them or if you can teach the rest of us, please come along for some practical sessions and discussions. We hope to gather enough information and knowledge to give a Presentation on the subject the following week at the General Meeting.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2025-03-19 19:30 - 21:00
A presentation (in the main hall on the screen) will be given on the DigiPi Project. This is a separate project from the Allstar project that Graeme gave a brief introduction on last tech night.

Like the Allstar project, it is built on Raspberry Pi hardware (and can be a low cost Pi Zero 2w). The DigiPi project provides data Modes ( for both Mobile and Base Radios (HF and VHF/UHF), as well Handy talkies using a variety of audio/ptt interfaces including USB Radios, so if you have been wanting to dip your toes into the data modes, such as APRS Digipeater, APRS Packet radio, APRS Webchat, JS8Call, FT8, SSTV, ARDOP, FLDigi, Winlink Email, and other packet modes.

Not just for home, but perfect for SOTAs/POTAs as it instantly reverts to a Hotspot (when the normal network is not available) that you can connect a tablet to, as almost everything runs in a Browser Window (that’s right FT8/JS8Call,APRS web chat).

Anyway, you can learn more at this tech-night, but if you have no interest, Graeme will be available in the normal Tech Night room, working on preparing radios and I am sure he would love a hand.

There will also be a demonstration of a working AllStar Node for those interested.

As always there will be Tea, Coffee and Biscuits.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2025-05-21 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-16 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-08-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-19 18:30 - 20:30
Tech Night is about members coming together informally to discuss subjects and projects relevant to AR and assist members in practical advice and assistance with technical issues that they may have. During the evening the Radio Room will be operational for all members to utilise.
Please note the earlier start time of 6:30pm which is consistent with new timings also being trialed for the monthly general meetings.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2025-06-18 18:30 - 20:30
Technight is upon us again this Wednesday at the Mt Mugga Scout Hall at 1830hrs.
The subject for general discussion is Computer Aided Antenna Modelling. So if you are keen to attempt this activity, bring your laptop and we will supply some software that will possibly confuse you as much as it has us.
We believe that knowing how to use these programs, even at a basic level, will be of great benefit to most if not all Hams. Malcolm (VK1MAL) will be imparting his considerable knowledge whilst the rest of us will hopefully learn.
If there are any other members who have some knowledge on the subject please turn up and join in.
As it has been in the past, Pizza, Coffee, Tea and biscuits will be available.
All we ask is a donation of $5.00/head to cover the cost of the Pizzas.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2025-09-17 18:30 - 20:30
Tech Night is about members coming together informally to discuss subjects and projects relevant to AR and assist members in practical advice and assistance with technical issues that they may have. During the evening the Radio Room will be operational for all members to utilise.
Please note the earlier start time of 6:30pm which is consistent with new timings also being trialed for the monthly general meetings.
Pizza, Coffee, Tea and Biscuits will be available. For those who wish to partake in the Pizza just a $5.00 donation is requested.

Now, as to the subjects that may be discussed we have a number ranging from Working Bees, SouthFest, Club Promotion and more.
On the technical side, Greg VK1ZO is providing some basic electronic kits for people to assemble (solder) and have some fun.
We will also have some familiarisation exercises with the TB8100 repeaters that we have obtained for Club use.
I also noted on the Reflector that a Member was having some issues programming a Baofeng DMR radio so if anyone has similar issues, bring your radios along and we will see if we can assist.

Tech Night
2025-12-17 18:30 - 21:00
The last Technight for 2025 will be held next Wednesday 17/12/2025 at the Mt Mugga Scout Hall at 1830hrs.
Our subject for the night will be the Tait TB8100 UHF Repeaters. We will be discussing the equipment required and the software necessary for the task. Our friendly neighbour Hams in the Griffith ARC have been spending some frustrating, yet rewarding, days attempting configure one of the units we donated to them with great success. They now have an operational UHF repeater, well done! So, in the interest of assisting us they have agreed to join us on Technight via a Teleconference. This will be, I believe, the first time this has been undertaken and hopefully not the last.
As usual, Pizza, Coffee, Tea and biscuits will be available.
The usual $5.00 per slice of Pizza is requested to cover costs. There will be a Vegetarian option for those that prefer it.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2026-01-21 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-18 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-03-18 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-05-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-17 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-08-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-09-16 18:30 - 20:30 and 1 more date
Tech Night is about members coming together informally to discuss subjects and projects relevant to AR and assist members in practical advice and assistance with technical issues that they may have. During the evening the Radio Room will be operational for all members to utilise.
Doors open at 6:30pm

Monthly General Meeting
2026-01-28 18:30 - 20:30
On the 4th Wednesday of each month, CRARC holds a General Meeting for members and visitors. Doors open at 6:30pm for a start shortly thereafter.
The meeting will be a low profile get together for members to meetup and interact after the holiday period. Intention is that we will also be running a trash and treasure evening where members can bring along items they wish to sell off as well as a cleanout of some items from the store room and some items from SK estate disposals.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2026-04-15 18:30 - 20:30
Tech Night is about members coming together informally to discuss subjects and projects relevant to AR and assist members in practical advice and assistance with technical issues that they may have. During the evening the Radio Room will be operational for all members to utilise.
This coming Wednesday Night’s Tech Night Presentations and discussion subjects are OpenHamClock (light overview), Linux, Allstar, Repeater Linking, Radio Programming, and anything you would like to discuss (within reason).
As per usual, Pizza, Coffee, Tea and biscuits will be available.
A slight change to our normal procedures will be the introduction of a sign-in sheet so please help us by checking in upon arrival
Doors open at 6:30pm
