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| Calendar - events for 2011 and 2012 |
| Meetings - 3rd Wednesday monthly |
| Project Day - 1st Saturday monthly |
| Club Auction - July |
| Other activities - Mondays & Tuesdays |
| Contests - various dates |
| International Lighthouse W/E - August |
| Amateur Classes & Exams - see calendar |
| JOTA/JOTI - Jamboree of the Air - October |
| Outside visits - occasional |
| President's Reports - annual |
| 2012 | 2011 |
| January 2012 7th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 18th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting - Presentation by Robert Brand VK2URB "High Altitude Balloon Experiment" 26th 09:00 - Buildathon for your unfinished kits at Rose Bay 29th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
January 2011 8th 13:30 - WARS Project Day - Note changed date 19th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 26th 08:00 - WARS goes portable in Centennial Park for Australia Day 30th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
| February 2012 4th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 4th 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 6th 19:30 - WARS Committee Meeting 11/12th Foundation Course & Licence Assessments 15th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 26th 08:30 - Wyong Field Day |
February 2011 5th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 5th 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 7th 19:00 - WARS Committee Meeting 12/13th Foundation Course & Licence Assessments 16th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 27th 08:30 - Wyong Field Day |
| March 2012 3rd 13:30 - WARS Project Day 17/18th 12:00 - John Moyle Field Day at Cataract Scout Camp 21st 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 25th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
March 2011 5th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 16th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 19/20th 12:00 - John Moyle Field Day at Cataract Scout Camp, organiser Allan VK2VEC 27th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
| April 2012 2nd 19:30 - WARS Committee Meeting 7th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 7th 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 18th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting. |
April 2011 2nd 13:30 - WARS Project Day 2nd 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 4th 19:00 - WARS Committee Meeting 20th 19:30 - WARS AGM and presentation "SMD soldering" by Monte Chan, VK2TWO. |
| May 2012 5th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 5th 20:00 - 80m Trans Tasman Contest 12/13th Foundation Course & Licence Assessments 16th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 25/27th - WIA AGM in Mildura 27th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
May 2011 7th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 7th 20:00 - 80m Trans Tasman Contest 14/15th Foundation Course & Licence Assessments 18th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 27/28th - WIA AGM in Darwin 29th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
| June 2012 2nd 13:30 - WARS Project Day 2nd 10:30 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 4th 19:30 - WARS Committee Meeting 20th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting |
June 2011 4th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 2nd 10:30 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 6th 19:00 - WARS Committee Meeting 15th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting - presentation on "Bletchley Park during WWII" by David Searle, VK2DWS |
| July 2012 7th 08:30 WARS Annual Auction 18th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 29th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
July 2011 2nd 13:30 - WARS Project Day 9th 08:30 WARS Annual Auction 20th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 31st 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
| August 2012 4th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 4th 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 6th 19:30 - WARS Committee Meeting 11th 18:00 - Remembrance Day Contest 15th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 18th - International Lighthouse W/E - Macquarie Light |
August 2011 1st 19:00 - WARS Committee Meeting 6th 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 6th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 13th 18:00 - Remembrance Day Contest 17th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting - Presentation on "MicroSat" by Tony Monger, VK2KZ 20th - International Lighthouse W/E - Macquarie Light |
| September 2012 1st 13:30 - WARS Project Day 8/9th Foundation Course & Licence Assessments 19th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 30th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
September 2011 3rd 13:30 - WARS Project Day 11th Licence Assessments 21st 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting - Presentation on "Quick PCB Making" by Ben Buxton, VK2XUF 25th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
| October 2012 1st 19:30 - WARS Committee Meeting 6th 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 6th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 17th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 20/21th 16:30 - WARS hosts JOTA 27/28th - Hawkesbury Canoe Classic |
October 2011 1st 10:00 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 1st 13:30 - WARS Project Day 3rd 19:00 - WARS Committee Meeting 15/16th 16:30 - WARS hosts JOTA 19th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting - Presentation on "Picaxe" by Eric van de Weyer, VK2VE 22/23rd - Hawkesbury Canoe Classic |
| November 2012 3rd 13:30 - WARS Project Day 10/11th Foundation Course & Licence Assessments 21st 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting 25th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
November 2011 5th 13:30 - WARS Project Day 12/13th Foundation Course & Licence Assessments 16th 19:30 - WARS Monthly meeting - talk on "Packet Radio" by Raffy, VK2RF. 27th 10:00 - ARNSW Trash & Treasure, Dural |
| December 2012 1st 13:30 - WARS Project Day 1st 10:30 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 3rd 19:30 - WARS Committee Meeting 19th 19:00 - WARS Xmas party |
December 2011 3rd 13:30 - WARS Project Day 3rd 10:30 - HRSA meeting - Winston Hills 5th 19:30 - WARS Committee Meeting 21st 19:00 - WARS Xmas party - Daikoku Restaurant, Double Bay |
Monthly meetings are held at our clubhouse at 7:30 pm on the 3rd Wednesday of every month, though recently the Annual Xmas dinner has taken the place of the December meeting. The AGM is usually part of our April or May meeting.
Details of the topic for the month are shown in the calendar above. A number of us have a meal at the bistro in the adjacent RSL Club before meetings (at about 6pm) where the food is good and reasonably priced.
Our premises are at Rose Bay Scout Hall, Vickery Avenue, Rose Bay. See the interactive map showing our location. A frequent bus service from Edgecliff station to Watson's Bay passes the end of the road - ask the driver to drop you off at the Rose Bay RSL Club.
Project days are held on the afternoon of the first Saturday of every month, starting about 1:30 pm. Call up on the Paddington repeater that day to see what is going on. This is a good occasion to help with clubhouse improvements, operate the club station, get advice on faulty rigs and have a ragchew with other members.
Clubhouse improvements include updating equipment, erecting antennas and generally improving club amenities.
The club holds an annual auction on a Saturday morning early in July to coincide with school holidays with items for sale consisting of useful radio and electronic equipment. For full details of the auction, go to the auction web page and save up your surplus gear to bring along and your spare cash to buy.
The club radio net operates every Monday at 8:00 pm on the local Paddington repeater (147.025 MHz+ CTCSS 123 Hz). All welcome to join in.
Most Sundays at 0800 gathering in Centennial Park at the coffee kiosk on Parkes Drive near the Duck Pond - email Brad (vk2lr at vk2bv.org) for details or call on the 2m repeater.
On Tuesdays there is often a working bee at the club during the day from around 10:00-16:00, for details or to check if anyone is there, call on the 2m repeater.
For the past few years the club has had increasing involvement in contests. Some of these involve portable operation including the John Moyle Field Day which takes place during the 3rd full weekend in March and recently the Spring VHF/UHF contest. The Lighthouse weekend is not a contest.
Other contests such as the RD Contests in August, are often run from the club station. See our calendar for details of future contests that the club intends to participate in.
For details of particular contests refer to the contest pages on the WIA website.
Contesting at Waverley is co-ordinated by Laurie VK2GZ.
There are photos of previous events in our photo gallery.
For the past few years the club has taken part in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, which takes place during the 3rd full weekend in August. This is a world-wide event co-inciding with open days for many lighthouses, some with radio amateurs listed on the above site operating portable stations nearby. The club generally operates from the Macquarie Light in Vaucluse and also has operated from the Hornby Light at Sydney Harbour entrance. The Macquarie Light is located on Old South Head Rd opposite the junction with Macquarie Rd. See calendar above for dates. The operation is co-ordinated by Laurie VK2GZ. Visitors are welcome to visit the light and see a ham station in operation.
There are photos of earlier weekends in our photo gallery
The Foundation licence is a quick way to get on air for those without any previous experience in radio or electronics. The club runs training sessions for this licence quarterly subject to demand. Each session occupies a single weekend and results in successfully assessed attendees being able to apply for their licence immediately. Details of this licence can be found on the WIA web site under "Become a Radio Amateur".
See the calendar above for planned dates. For further details, please email us at "education".
We understand that Ron Bertrand, VK2DQ, the presenter of the Gladesville Video Tape Course and a long-time Amateur Radio Instructor, runs a theory class via his web site. For details of the classes, web page and timing, please contact Ron directly.
All levels of amateur assessment can be arranged with us.
Each year on the 3rd full weekend in October, the Scouting movement holds a world-wide "Jamboree of the Air" and "Jamboree of the Internet" where amateur radio clubs provide the facilities for scout and guide groups to get on the air and contact each other.
The Waverley Society is host for scout groups from the surrounding district, with the clubroom usually open from the Saturday afternoon up to midnight. Scouts are given the opportunity to operate our internet and radio equipment to contact other groups and enjoy a variety of activities. Some may stay overnight, sleeping in the Scout Hall.
For further details on the event, which has provided our Society with a number of new members who have gone on to become licensed amateurs, please see the Scout web site for details of this year's event. For a description of an earlier JOTA when the group at Waverley were in contact with the International Space Station click here. Pictures of the 2008 event can be seen in our photo gallery.
From time to time the club arranges visits to places of interest for our members and families, but these may occur at short notice to take advantage when an opportunity arises.
A visit has been made to the MV Cape Don (illustrated), an ex-lighthouse tender being restored in Sydney Harbour by a charitable organisation for humanitarian work. The club has lent the ship a working Marconi Apollo receiver to help restore her radio room to its original 1960s configuration.
The Kurrajong Radio Museum was another popular destination. This recently opened museum, which has been set up by Ian O'Toole VK2ZIO an enthusiastic collector, contains a huge range of radio exhibits, many of them working. Pictures of these locations can be seen in our photo gallery.
Our members often get togther to visit other events of interest to amateurs. These include the annual Wyong Field Day and visits to other club events such as Historical Radio Society meetings and the ARNSW Trash & Treasure sales.
You may view Presidents reports for the following years which give a good idea of the activities undertaken by the society. Note that although the club's year is a calendar year, the Presidents reports cover the 12 months preceding the AGM in April or May. 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010
Page maintained by Simon Buxton. Created: 19/11/95 Updated: 21/11/11