The course is scheduled for a Saturday with examinations on the Sunday to be held in March at our clubrooms in Burwood.

Due to COVID restrictions, this course is limited to 8 candidates.

To see the course details, have a look at the Foundation Licence Courses page. If you would like more information or are interested in attending the Foundation Course, please contact the club’s learning team to book a spot.

The club has a number of accredited examiners as members, who are always available to run examinations. Standard and Advanced exams can be arranged on Sunday, if you are interested, please contact the club’s learning team to book your spot.

“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry”

And so it is with the 2021 Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club Hamfest.

With ongoing COVID restrictions in Melbourne and some specific event requirements surrounding our chosen school hall venue.

EMDRC has decided it best to cancel our Sunday March 28th 2021 Hamfest.

The club wishes to thank everyone who has supported our events in the past and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon. Once we all get through this challenge.

Keep an eye on the EMDRC club website and our social media channels with planning already underway for our next event.

Thanks.

Committee
The Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club Inc

The VK3ER Team is off to McLaughlin’s Lookout QF22dm for the JMMFD Field Day.

Contest starts at 12.00 pm (local) Saturday 20 March to 12.00pm Sunday 21 March. Members are encouraged to get involved in the JMMFD Field Day and make contact with the many field and home stations on air.

Members are encouraged to get involved in the John Moyle Memorial Field Day and make contact with as many field and home stations as possible.

A good contest logging program to use for the John Moyle Memorial Field Day is VKCL http://www.mnds.com.au/vkcl/ written by club member Mike VK3AVV and used by most of the participants. More details on the John Moyle Memorial Field Day can be found on the WIA website http://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/johnmoyle/

To view the current EMDRC Property COVID Safe Plan 3 February 2021

For up to date COVID information head over to the

COVIDSafe Summer | Coronavirus Victoria

Victorian Health and Human Services COVID Page

Club Nets

• Thursday Club Rooms, morning at 10:00 also on Zoom.
• EMDRC Calling Frequencies – 7.120 SSB and 147.175 (REC). Members might keep a listening watch on these frequencies for Club members then QSY as agreed.

Amateur Radio Licenses Courses
Foundation course and assessments will be held weekend 13-14 March. To register your interest in the next course Link
The next Standard and Advanced licenses course will start after Easter. To register your interest in this course Link

2021 Hamfest – Cancelled
The club wishes to thank everyone who has supported our events in the past and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon. Once we all get through this challenge.

John Moyle Memorial Field Day 20-21 March
Keep an ear out for the Club Stations, VK3ER. We are expecting to be active during this field day event and look forward to hearing members out and about, working from your favorite spot or even working from home. For more details

QTC Magazine, new E-magazine for Amateur Radio operators in Australia. To logon into the QTC FlipBook on your PC or iPad QTCmag.com

Welcome to Amateur Radio guidebook provides an introduction to our hobby for newly licenced Foundation class amateurs. The book is published digitally.  It contains many hotlinks to external websites with useful information. It is available as an Acrobat pdf file suitable for reading on a PC or tablet.  It can be printed if required.  Link

QRM.guru has been developed to assist radio hams in dealing with RF noise. This is an educational and reference resource. The information provided on these pages is not unique or regarded as a new discovery. Read the article in The Radio Bulletin – QRM Loop Antenna.

Every Sunday morning at 10:00 am and Wednesday evening at 8:30 pm.

Please join us for the club nets immediately following the WIA National News on Sunday morning at 10:00 am and/or Wednesday evening at 8:30 pm, On VK3REC 147.175 Mhz FM.

All Club members and Guests are welcome.

Ralph VK3LL takes us through the station setup of the VK3KQ Contest Station. VK3KQ and VK3LL are always coming up with and experimenting with station add-ons like the True North Electronic Compass Controller and the Raspberry Pi Station Controller. Both these add-ons are the creation of Ralph VK3LL and Damian VK3KQ. Video by VK3PZ.