HADARC - Hornsby & Districts Amateur Radio Club - VK2MA

Another series of antenna ideas: Patents!
www.aktuellum.com/notable-pate...
#HamRadio #HF #Zepp

World Radio Day 2026 13 February

13 February (Friday) is UNESCO's World Radio Day www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...
HADARC is holding an informal dinner at Magpies club in Alexandria Parade, Waitara, NSW, opposite Waitara Station a few days early, this TUESDAY (10th) at 6:00 pm.
#HamRadio #Ham #AmaterRadio #Radio #VK2MA

An interesting omnidirectional antenna for 2 metres SSB, CW, and "weak signal" modes: dcarc.club/presentation...

HADARC is running a BBQ at the Hornsby Manly Riffle Club at 66 Rosamond St, Hornsby this Tuesday (13 Jan) at 18:00. Please indicate attendance using the President option at:
www.hadarc.org.au/cgi-bin/hada...
Bring a few dollars (coins / notes) for costs, and to buy drinks from the host club.

Still on post-Christmas leave? Retired and wanting a summer / big wet or winter project?
www.hadarc.org.au/QUA-excerpts/

HOA page - Legislative Help Pass The HOA Legislation To Eliminate HOA Prohibitions on Amateur Radio Antennas!!! Free The Antenna!!! HOW CAN I HELP? By sending a letter to each of your Congressional Representatives and your ...

Help US hams operate from home using effective antennas:
send-a-letter.org/hoa/

High Gain Collinear Antenna for 145 MHz and 433 MHz Bands High-gain collinear antenna for 145 MHz and 433 MHz with 0.64λ elements and 0.25λ phasing for strong omnidirectional VHF/UHF performance

2m or 70 cm antenna: vu3dxr.in/high-gain-co...

DIY Wideband CMC Choke Using Steel Wool and RG-213 Build a highly effective, wideband Common-Mode Current CMC choke using steel wool , RG-213 coax and a PVC tube. Learn how this resistive–absorptive choke

A great and easy DIY project for a Wideband CMC Choke...
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HADARC's next in-person event is a BBQ on the evening of 13 January at the Hornsby Manly Rifle Club rooms in Rosamond St, Hornsby. #NSW #HamRadio

You should be welcoming kids booted off X by the government in Australia - you are ***NOT*** on the banned list. It applies only to the 10 listed systems.

Hey @bsky.app you are ***NOT*** on the list of companies which the (un)Australian government requires age verification. And we are a radio club, not a person.

Our friends at the BLUE MOUNTAINS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC are holding its annual Trash and Treasure Day (Winter Hamfest) at their Clubrooms: The Old Scout Hall, 4 Moore Street, GLENBROOK. Gates open at 0830am.
A sausage sizzle will be available for lunch
See: bmarc.org

Aldi in VK has an autoranging CAT III 600V multimeter for $17.99, and a VDE screwdriver set for $12.99, from Saturday 2nd. And sewing stuff from today (Wed 30th), including cutting mats and tools.

Apollo 11.
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!

HADARC's next meeting is Tuesday night 22/7 at 8:00 pm at the Mt Colah Community Centre in Pierre Close, and opposite Mt Colah Station. Talks are by Walter VK2XWB on repairing & upgrading power supplies used in Ham Radio and how they work; while Rod VK2DAY is showing a homebrew PSU from 40+ yrs ago.

Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽

Assuming this URL posts in a sensible manner, you can paste it into your calendar app to view club events:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Clicking it in a browser signed into your google account *may* also allow you to add it.

The next HADARC meeting is this Tuesday (24 June) at the Mt Colah Community Centre at 8:00 pm.
Presentations will be:
Chris VK2YMW on his portable antenna and mast combo.
Rob VK2DIO will share the latest on Reticulum / Meshtastic, a messaging and data transfer system based on LoRa.
#Sydney #HamRadio

HADARC - VK2MA (@vk2ma@mastodon.radio) 10 Posts, 246 Following, 35 Followers · The Hornsby & Districts Amateur Radio Club, Inc. in northern Sydney, NSW, Australia, on Terramerragal land. We meet at Mt Colah Community Centre in Pierre Close...

We are on Mastodon / Fediverse too now, via one of the Ham radio servers:
mastodon.radio/@vk2ma

Northern Lights Forecast: ‘Minor’ Geomagnetic Storms May Pull Aurora Borealis To These States Tonight Some “minor” or greater geomagnetic storms are “likely” to disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, forecasters said.

Some “minor” or greater geomagnetic storms are “likely” to disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, forecasters said.

You are welcome to dial into VK2RNS 8 pm Mondays via EchoLink or Allstar, or the HF nets HADARC runs.

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
📍Portland, Oregon 🇺🇲

The journey begins for team VP2VI

www.dx-world.net/vp2vi-britis...

- pic by DL8LAS @ Frankfurt Intl Airport

The Club's next meeting is tonight (Tuesday) at 8:00pm at the Hornsby Many Rifle Club rooms at Hornsby Rifle Range, in Rosamond Street. It is the informal gathering. #HamRadio #Hornsby #Radio #Hobbies #HADARC

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) recognized 128 new moons in orbit around Saturn, discovered by astronomers from Taiwan, Canada, the United States and France. Saturn’s new grand total of 274 moons is almost twice as many as all the rest of the moons in our solar system combined

Based on the 2025 budget, what could Australia buy for $46bn instead of one nuclear submarine? Boosting nurses wages, increasing school funding or more tax cuts – here’s what a different fiscal approach could look like

The budget in one BIG chart

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Meeting tonight at Mt Colah Co0mmunity Centre, 8pm. The talk is by David VK2CZ, on hard core contesting. #HamRadio

Official IMD Stations 2025 - Official IMD Stations 2025 International Marconi Day 26th April 2025 – registration is now OPEN REGISTRATION FOR 2025 IS NOW OPEN This is the only list of official IMD 2025 stations. If the station yo...

The UTC day of 26 April 2025, being the Saturday closest to the 25th is International Marconi Day. Listen for VK2IMD on a range of bands, operating from Wahroonga (northern Sydney), NSW. For locals it is 10:00 am eastern time.
The station list for 2025 is: gx4crc.com/imd/official...
#hamradio #imd

The Northern Lights create an incredible spectacle!

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#northernlights #adventure #scenery #travelphoto #bucketlist
#europe #northamerica

DO NOT BUY 1% Resistors from Amazon. I REGRET IT. YouTube video by DENKI OTAKU

Amazon "Metal Film" resistors? No, they are carbon film, as the resistance falls instead of rising when heated!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMAU...