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5th July 2010
On the 29th of June, the GCEGinc Club was represented at the "Tracy II" communications exercise by Bob VK4MR, Erik VK4AES and Roger VK4BNQ. We were supported by Noel VK4NL and Warwick VK4NW from the Sunshine Coast Club who very generously towed their Wicen Van Comms Centre all the way up from Peregian Beach . Several Council reps and many emergency and support services were present to give a presentation so that we could all learn how each group worked and improve communications between us all.
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5th June 2010
The Group has now moved its meeting place to the old Church building within the grounds of the Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum, many thanks to Paul VK4YPM for the use of his basement at Leading Edge Electronics for the previous years.
The date for the Annual General Meeting is Thursday the 6th August 2010, to all members please make sure you pay Barry VK4KKN the $25.00 membership fee before this meeting.
The VK100WIA callsign will be used by our club members on the 7th, 8th, 9th July 2010, a roster of operators will be done up shortly and posted on this webpage.
The Tracy 2 exercise is on the 29th July 2010 at Tin Can Bay, please contact the secretary if you are interested in attending, all assistance will be gratefully appreciated.
31st May 2010
The 2 meter repeater VK4RCM is still running on test at Chatsworth and now with a new solar panel array and over 200 AH of battery power. An APRS system was added to report the battery voltage, shack temperature and of course mark the repeater's position on the map. The IRLP system is being purchased from Jason, VK4MIH and is also running well at the same location. It is planned to move the repeater up to the Club's Mt. Boulder site as soon as the WIA and ACMA paperwork is processed and the license site address updated. We anticipate this to be some time in July.
28th February 2010
The Mt Corella repeater VK4RCM was decommissioned as planned on the 27th Feb and has now been purchased by the Gympie group. The repeater has been set up at Chatsworth for testing and is now operational on the same frequency. It is planned to move the repeater up to the clubs Mt Boulder site in the coming months.
21st February 2010
The local 2 meter repeater VK4RCM owned by Jason VK4MIH is due to be decommissioned on the 27th February 2010, the group thanks Jason for the use of his repeater over the previous years. The group is in the process of purchasing some of the equipment from Jason and will be relocating the Gympie repeater to Mt Boulder in the near future. Till that happens we have the local 70cm repeater which can be accessed on 439.950
20th December 2009
The Gympie Communications & Electronics Group has been successful in obtaining a grant of over $3000 from the Volunteer Grant 2009. The grant money will go towards buying equipment for the club. Trevor Taege VK4BAT has been appointed publicity officer for GCEG and you will be able to hear Trevor on Q-News broadcasted every Sunday on local repeaters around Queensland.
24th October 2009
Things are progressing slowly in regards to moving into our new home at the old Qld Rail buildings, negotiations with Qld Rail are still taking place, more news in the coming weeks. The 70cm repeater is up and running for testing on 439.950. It's due to be moved to a higher location in the near future, thanks to Paul VK4YPM & Roger VK4BNQ for their assistance in getting the repeater up and running.
6th September 2009
VK4YPM is working on the 70cm repeater, everything is going well. The format for the club meetings has now changed with every second meeting now being free of official club business and a chance to listen to guest speakers or club members talk on a variety of subjects.
8th August 2009
The AGM took place on the 6th of August with the previous committee being voted in for a second term. The digital SSTV EasyPal repeater project is now completed and working well, the next project will be to get the local 70cm repeater operational and this should happen within the next few months.
1st August 2009
Group members attended the Wide Bay Mini Hamfest at Gootchie recently, many items were purchased and sold and there was a good turnout from hams in the local area. Queensland Rail has come back with a positive response to our submission, more news in the coming weeks
5th June 2009
Following the groups June meeting a survey form has been sent out to all member, this will help the WIA make decisions that affect our hobby. To download a copy of the survey form please click on the link below.
4th May 2009
Jeff Johnson will be attending the next club meeting on Thursday the 7th of May, signed books of his gulf to gulf trip will be on sale.
Greg VK4FGDW has returned from Germany after conducting a memorial service for RAAF Halifax bomber MZ-467. Greg has done a page up showing some photos from his trip, please click on the link below to see the photos.
www.nikylasmith.com/germanyphotos.htm
14th March 2009
5th March 2009
At the last group meeting on Thursday the 5th March we were thrilled to have Jeff Johnson VK4XJJ give us a presentation on his recent epic adventure where he walked from the Spencer Gulf to the Gulf of Carpentaria raising funds and awareness for the Deaf & Blind Association (NSW)
Below is some information from Jeff's website: www.gulf2gulf.org/