Interested in obtaining an Amateur Radio licence?Courses and assessment are provided by the Hornsby & Districts Amateur Radio Club in the northern suburbs of Sydney. You'll find more information at the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA).Hornsby AR Club Field Day ActivityPhotos taken at the 2009 John Moyle Field Day."Morning Tea with HADARC" - A Weekly Radio Netat 9 am (local time) each Friday on 7.104 MH. All are welcome to join this net.
Photos of our lunch on Friday 11th July 2008 at the Upper Crust in Thornleigh.Antenna ConstructionVK2ZOI's simple-to-make Flower Pot antennas including the popular dual-band 2m/70cm version. Some Freeware & Info I find UsefulAntenna DesignA great way to learn how antennas work...MMANA-GAL - based on MININEC code. 4NEC2 - based on NEC2 code. TLdetails - transmission line calculator. EMR Safety CalculationsJust how safe is your antenna setup? You owe it to yourself to check your EMR exposure... A useful ACMA booklet on human EMR exposure assessment guidelines. Look for a document called amateur radio.doc under the heading "Self-asessment supplements", subheading "amateur radio". The tables show just how close to your antennas you can safely be. VK3UM EMR calculator for 50 MHz to 48 GHz
HF Propagation PredictionVOAProp - nice graphical view giving an overall impression of where the "skip is running". Uses expected seasonal solar changes etc. W6ELProp - gives more detailed data for the propagation between two nominated locations. Uses current sunspot data. Want to understand what the solar indices (ie flux, A & K) are telling you? Download this short article from QST September 2002, Understanding Solar Indices by Ian Poole G3YWX (PDF). | Design & Print Your Own QSL Card with this MS Word template (right click!). Just add your own photo or artwork. Or try out the free QSL card maker by WB8RCR . Radio Clubs & Societies
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