Tech Night / Open Shack
2023-04-19 19:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
Tech nights are back! At this stage we will probably hold these activities 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.
The main aim of the April meeting is to provide a platform for Members to gather and discuss technical matters of interest. There will be no presentation and it will be conducted quite informally to encourage participation of all attendees. It has been suggested that a discussion on DMR Code Plugs and Programming should be the main focus. For those that wish a “Hands On” approach please bring your DMR radios, programming cables and, if possible, your laptop with your specific Code Plug programming software. This topic will no doubt continue over subsequent Tech Nights.
Additional subjects for future nights will be sought and planned for.

Monthly General Meeting
2023-04-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
On the 4th Wednesday of each month, CRARC holds a General Meeting for members and visitors.

The April meeting will be an opportunity for members to show off antennas to others.
Whilst we imagine that most antennas displayed on the night would be of the home brew variety, if you have any weird, unusual or just really useful antennas that you think others would be interested in seeing, please consider bringing them along and let other members see what is available to either make or purchase.
Obviously space is not unlimited, so please no full size 3 element 80m yagis, but please have a think about what antennas you have that others may be interested in and if sufficiently portable bring them along and be prepared to show them off and discuss the reasons you use it.
As a follow on to this meeting, we are intending to hold a number of antenna construction nights over the coming months general meetings. At these meetings, we intend supporting antenna construction sessions for relatively simple antennas that are nonetheless very handy to have in your arsenal of antennas. These sessions will include the “flowerpot” 2m vertical 1/2 wave Coaxial Dipole (either with a radome or as a rollup construct), portable multiband “linked dipoles” and small portable 2m or 70cm yagis. If there is sufficient interest, further antenna construction projects may be adopted and run over additional general meetings or tech nights. Further information to be provided once details have been worked out.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2023-05-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-07-19 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-08-16 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-09-20 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-10-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-11-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
Tech nights are back! 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.
The main aim of the meeting is to provide a platform for Members to gather and discuss technical matters of interest. There will be no presentation and it will be conducted quite informally to encourage participation of all attendees. Suggestions for specific topics are welcomed.

BMSC "Horizon Apartments Narooma Forest Rally"
2023-05-19 06:00 - 2023-05-21 18:00 | ACT
BMSC “Horizon Apartments Narooma Forest Rally” – run in the forests around Narooma, Equipment loan and possibly some people assisting. POC VK1PL

Foundation Licence Course
2023-05-20 08:00 - 2023-05-21 17:00, 2023-07-15 08:00 - 2023-07-16 17:00, 2023-09-16 08:00 - 2023-09-17 17:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
Information on our courses can be found on https://www.crarc.org.au/education/

Monthly General Meeting
2023-05-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
On the 4th Wednesday of each month, CRARC hold a General Meeting for members and visitors.

The May meeting is planned to provide an opportunity to construct an antenna – at this stage we anticipate it will be the “flowerpot” 2m vertical 1/2 wave Coaxial Dipole (either with a radome or as a rollup construct).
CRARC will supply cable, connectors and any other materials for the construction of ‘flower pot’ 2m antennas for those who pre-register for the night (further information to follow including details on registration). There will be a nominal charge (to be determined) to cover this cost of materials and we will ask attendees to RSVP nearer the date so we can plan accordingly. Some specialised tools such as crimp tools and hot air guns will also be available for use on the night, but basic tools (side cutters etc) should be brought along by attendees. Test equipment such as a VSWR meter or network analyser will also be available for use at the construction nights to check the new builds.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2023-06-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
Fellow Members
Just a reminder that the Club Rooms will be open from 1930hrs on Wednesday Night (21/06) for anyone to pop in and undertake anything “Ham”. If you have any questions or problems you may even find somebody there that can give an answer. If you have a particular request you may care to give us a heads up by email and we will do our best to accommodate you. See you there!
Regards
Graeme VK1IO

Monthly General Meeting
2023-06-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-07-26 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-08-23 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-09-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
On the 4th Wednesday of each month, CRARC hold a General Meeting for members and visitors.

The main part of the meeting will be a presentation on a topic of interest and it’s also an opportunity for local Amateurs to get to know each other.

Brookvale Horse Endurance Ride
2023-10-15 06:00 - 18:00 | ACT
The Brookvale Horse Endurance event is currently scheduled for the 14th and 15th of October 2023. This event is usually held in the forests and private property to the North of Uriarra (off to the West of Mountain Creek Road) with horses and their riders completing rides of up to 80km in length. The primary WICEN participation is on the Sunday (15th October) with some setup activity occurring on the Saturday. This is a low key activity that allows you to get out into the bush in parts of our region that are not normally accessible to the average person and has proven to be a favourite activity for WICEN participants.

Monthly General Meeting
2023-10-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
On the 4th Wednesday of each month, CRARC hold a General Meeting for members and visitors.

The meeting will be an informal discussion and interactive display on some of the equipment used for WICEN activities. If you have any queries on what is needed or helpful in participating in WICEN activities, this is a good opportunity to ask those questions.

Bega Valley Rally
2023-10-28 06:00 - 2023-10-29 18:00 | ACT
Bega Valley Rally – assisting South Coast amateurs with communications support to the Bega Valley Rally – moved from the June long weekend. Generally 2-3 WICEN ACT members will head down to support the event – POC VK1PL.

Foundation Licence Course
2023-11-11 08:00 - 2023-11-12 17:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
This course has been brought forward by a week to avoid a clash with National Capital Motor Rally event for which we provide volunteer radio operators for the safety radio network.
If the change prevents you from attending please contact us via our website “get your Licence” web pageEducation Officer contact.
Information on our courses can be found on https://www.crarc.org.au/education/

Tuggeranong Festival "SouthFest"
2023-11-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Tuggeranong Laneways, Anketell St, Greenway, ACT, Australia
CRARC are operating a stall at the Tuggeranong festival on the 11th November. We will be displaying a WICEN trailer and a number of transceivers operating on portable antennas.
Volunteers needed to help with the event.

WICEN - Suburu Canberra Rally Of Canberra
2023-11-17 - 2023-11-19 | ACT
The Suburu Canberra Rally Of Canberra for 2023 will be held in the forests around the ACT. This is the largest event that WICEN ACT supports and needs a large number of WICEN volunteers to provide the necessary assistance. The rally runs on the weekend of 17-19 November, but there will also be significant assistance needed in the weeks prior to setup a number of portable repeaters and other equipment as well as the week following to uninstall it all.

Monthly General Meeting
2023-11-22 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
After a prolonged absence, the CRARC end of year / Christmas function is back again and this year’s function will be held at the club rooms on Wednesday 22 November with doors opening at 7:30 for an 8pm start.
A BBQ dinner and refreshments will be provided by the club – helpers to prepare and assist would be very much welcomed – for those wanting to do so, please email the committee on committee@crarc.org.au and advise of your availability.
QSL Cards – Mike VK1OO is planning to mail off the outwards QSL cards over the Christmas break. Cub members wanting to get their cards included in this mailout can bring them to the meeting and pass to Mike.
As a reminder, we will also be raffling off three of the Retevis RT3S 2/70 DMR/Analogue handheld radio packages (for details please see VK1News email of 27 Sep) at the end of the year function, so yet another great reason to attend on the night. Hope to see everyone there.

Monthly General Meeting
2024-01-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
On the 4th Wednesday of each month, CRARC hold a General Meeting for members and visitors. Doors opening at 7:30 for an 8pm kickoff.

This meeting will be an opportunity to catch up with other members with a trash and treasure session. Please note that if you bring items that are not sold or given to other people, DO NOT leave the items at the club rooms – take them home with you, it is not an opportunity to just dump items you no longer want. We have a number of goodies to clear out of the storeroom and some items courtesy of ACTEWAGL which will be available to members. See you all there.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2024-02-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
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.

Memory Walk - Canberra
2024-02-25 06:00 - 13:30 | ACT
This is a WICEN VK2 covered event and at this stage no there is no requirement for VK1 WICEN participation.

(Annual) Monthly General Meeting
2024-02-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
On the 4th Wednesday of each month, CRARC hold a General Meeting for members and visitors.
This months meeting will be the Annual General Meeting – doors opening at 7:30 for an 8pm kickoff.

Mini Eden rally
2024-03-09 08:00 - 2024-03-10 17:00 | ACT
Assisting South Coast amateurs with communications support to the Rally. Primarily equipment only support, but generally 2-3 WICEN ACT members will also head down to support the event – POC VK1PL
