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The Amateur Radio Experimenters Group was formed in July 1998. The members of the Club come from all walks of life and even includes some people who don't work in the electronics industry.

AREG has a practical focus. Members have a strong interest in the technical aspect of our hobby and this is reflected in some of our activities, such as fox hunting ballons, putting together the local D-Star repeater system, playing with software defined radios and assisting other VK5 groups with technical support when requested.

We have built and maintain three of Adelaide's premiere repeaters VK5RSA (438.025) and VK5RSB (439.900) and (53.750), with 439.900 being connected to the internet via IRLP (node 6214) and occasionally Echolink to provide a worldwide FM quality service.

We also use the IRLP link to provide Audio Broadcasts of the NASA Space Shuttle when available. AREG is also the VK5 custodian of the VK5RWN D-Star repeater system.

If you are interested in becoming a member of an active practical club, come along to our next meeting, there is always lots to do and learn at AREG!

Have a look at our Web pages at www.areg.org.au

Meetings

AREG general meetings are the third Friday in each month, except on rare occasions, refer to the calander on our web page for details.

As AREG is a small group, business meetings are kept a minimum usually about 30min in length, and are usually only held four times a year, unless the need arises.

The club rooms are open on the third Friday of each month. Various activities from show and tell about your current projects, question and answers for people studying towards their Standard or Advance amateur licence's, or as advertised, usually an amateur radio related talk will be given on a subject of interest. AREG would like to welcome any one that is interested to come along and find out just what we are about, so consider this to be your invitation to find our more about AREG, your ham radio club in the Western suburbs.

The Reedbeds community hall will be open from 19:45 (7:45pm) on the night. General meeting / advertised presentation will usually start at 20:00 (8:00pm), so please don't be late.

Location

The meetings are generally held at The Reedbeds Community Hall, Phelps Court, Fulham S.A.

AREG requests that members and guests please attend the venue for a prompt meeting start by 20:00 (8:00pm).

Parking is usually not a problem, as the Reedbeds hall has plenty of car parks.

Club Activities & Events

A reminder for you all. The next AREG Meeting is Friday, 17 February 2012, at 8:00pm and it will be at the Reedbeds Community Hall, Phelps Court, Fulham.

Trust you all have a good break, got over Christmas and the silly season etc and made some interesting DX contacts.

This will be the first general business meeting for 2012 and I urge all members to come along so that we can discuss AREG's directions and perhaps set a meeting agenda for the next few months.

Congratulations to Mark, VK5QI, on your license upgrade, the world is now at your feet/hands/what ever you need to make those DX contacts.

News on the IRLP node 6214. All hardware has been collected and I am currently rebuilding the computer. I have fitted a 64GB Patriot solid state hard drive and have successfully loaded the operating system Linux CentOS 4.5. I am now awaiting assistance from the IRLP installs team so that we can reload the 6214 software.

Colin VK5ACE has the 23 cm repeater installed at the Reedbeds Hall and apparently it is going well. Long term plans are for it to be installed at the VK5RSB site.

So come along and visit at an AREG meeting, find out what AREG is up to and participate in an evening with other amateur radio operators.

Coffee, tea, cake will be on for supper along with general rag chewing.

73, Ben VK5BB

Amateur Radio Experimenters Group Location

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Training And Assessment Contact

Learning Organiser

Christopher Platt VK5CP (5-010)
Phone : AH 08 8294 0774
Email :

Club Contact Details

Amateur Radio Experimenters Group
C/- PO Box 1222 Mount Barker S.A. 5251
Club rooms, Phelps Court, Fulham South Australia 5024
http://www.areg.org.au/
Phone : 0416 578 719
Email :