Monthly General Meeting
2025-07-23 18:30 - 21:00, 2025-08-27 18:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Sydney) | 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 open at 6:30pm for a start shortly thereafter.
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. More details for this meeting will be posted closer to the date.

Tech Night / Open Shack
2025-08-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-10-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-19 18:30 - 20:30 | 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.
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
2025-09-17 18:30 - 20:30 | 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.
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.

Foundation Qualification Course
2025-09-20 08:00 - 2025-09-21 17:00, 2025-11-08 08:00 - 2025-11-09 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
2025-09-24 18:30 - 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. Doors open at 6:30pm for a start shortly thereafter.
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.
This will be a flowerpot building session. We will be building the 2m “flowerpot” coaxial dipole antennas (in a rollup configuration for portable operations. This is a very compact yet good performing antenna that significantly improves 2m performance over the HT antennas and can still be used with other radios including mobile rigs.
Sufficient materials have been obtained to manufacture approximately 30 antennas and these will be available on a cost recovery basis – $15 for club members and $20 for non members. Payment for materials will be on the night (prior to commencing construction) and will be accepted by either cash or paypal.
We will also have tools and test gear for the construction activity, but if you have them handy, it would be useful to bring along a small sharp knife (i.e. a utility knife/stanley knife) and some snippers/scissors (suitable for cutting the coax braid) as participants will likely outnumber the tools we will have available on the night.
IMPORTANT: we need prior confirmation to ensure that we have enough materials available. If you are intending to participate in an antenna build at the meeting, please visit http://thq.fyi/se/oFRzaxw to confirm you wish to attend. Note there are options to select that you want to pay on the night or alternatively pay online prior to the meeting. We anticipate having a small number of components for additional attendees but don’t count on this, quantities of additional components will be limited – please let us know if you want to participate in the antenna build night to lock in component availability.

Brookvale Horse Endurance Ride
2025-10-19 06:00 - 19:00 | Brookvale Ride HQ
The Brookvale Horse Endurance event that was scheduled for the 19th and 20th of October 2025 has been cancelled by the ACT Endurance Riders Association.
No further assistance for the event is required.

Monthly General Meeting
2025-10-22 18:30 - 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. Doors open at 6:30pm for a start shortly thereafter.
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.
This month will have a presentation by Ian VK1DI on the VKFF scheme – the Australian arm of the World Wide Flora & Fauna in amateur radio, abbreviated as WWFF which is an international amateur radio program, the purpose of which is to: draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora and fauna, and to encourage the development of radio skills, especially in portable operations. This is timely given the 2025 VKFF National Get Together is being held in Canberra on Friday 24th, Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th, & Monday 27th October 2025 (the weekend after our meeting).

Monthly General Meeting
2025-11-26 18:30 - 21:00 | Mt Mugga Scout Hall, 17 Astrolabe St, Red Hill, ACT, 2603, Australia
The November meeting is our last scheduled monthly general meeting for the year and run an end of year function to end out the year. Further details to come closer to the date.
