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Hi SA clubs.

Plans for the Nov 9th event are well under way.
So far we have attending:

Strictly Ham
Yaesu Vertex
Radio Specialists
TET Emtron
Aztronics
Phil Grimshaw

NERC have volunteered to cook a BBQ. Thanks

All other clubs are invited to have a free table (not for selling) to promote their club etc.
(If you have already replied no need to again.) Please let me know soon if your club
wishes to take up this offer. The club promo tables will be in the second hall where
food will be available.

Regards
David Clegg
Secretary Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio society
0403 897 738
08 82788108

holy crap I've been a member for over 2 years
-AND never been on the network.
one of these days ill find $50.
probarbly in 4 years when i get a real job

So its that time of month again ;) Yes the intense radio/puter/geek meeting weeks =) Adelaide Hills Amatuer Radio Society -
VK5BAR are having their monthly meeting on Thursday the 15th, May. I joined up as a member at the AGM in January. I finally received my certificate for my foundation licence last week, so I'm all good to go =)

I have a 10watt radio on loan from Jacqui and I've manged to listen to the WIA broadcast on Sunday morning. Only just mind, there was so much noise it was barely readable. Thats probably a task for this weekend is to get an antenna sorted for the 80 meter band. That was the clearest of all the available repeaters. The 40 meter band seemed pretty empty. The 10 meter band had the faintest of signals and the only thing I could pick up on 80 meters was the WIA broadcast. I had a 40 meter half wave length dipole strung across the front yard, well maybe more like a inverted vee, still need to build a decent balun too. Maybe HAMs don't get out of bed before 10am like other sane people? Maybe they've all been up late working the radio until the wee hours? ;) I need to get a better space for the radio and get an antenna up more permanently.

To provide another opportunity to ask questions outside our regular monthly meetings we are soon to open a public IRC channel via this website each week.

The aim of this project is to allow anyone to ask direct questions in real-time about our community and the technology used. More importantly have these answered by the people who have been building and maintaining it.

To ensure these people are available on the IRC channel we will be only opening the channel on a specific night each week, local time. More information coming soon...

One of the key things about helping at an event like LCA08 is documenting things so that the team won't have to suffer the things you went through!

So begins the process of dumping ones brain to the Wiki...

Hopefully this might help others in their journey into building their networks =)

As some of you are aware the Committee has asked me to head the Amateur Radio sub- committee to help liaise and build relationships with other amateurs clubs groups and individuals. This will help develop a synergy between Air Stream and Amateurs in this state.
Many of the goals and technologies of the 2 communities are similar and the committee hope that this can be an advantageous relationship for all.

Currently I am the only member of this sub committee and I am inviting any interested members to contact the committee or myself if they would like to participate in the Amateur radio sub committee.

You do not need to be an Amateur to help, but be aware you may be bitten by the amateur bug ;)

Local Adelaide mail lists
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ASLAN (Air-Stream LAN) is a lanning event for gaming fun and also to promote the presence of the Air Stream wireless community in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide.

The ASLAN organising committee have been busy planning for 2008 and six ASLAN events will be held and are sure to be a great fun day out.

Please watch the events page for the next ASLAN, places go fast...

More about ASLAN

ASLAN (Air-Stream LAN) is a lanning event for gaming fun and also to promote the presence of the Air Stream wireless community in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide. 6 ASLAN events are planned to be held each calendar year.

Well I've finally landed back home after a little break after the conference. I've also put the slides and other materials up here.