LINKS
resources & stories
Links for Amateurs
We're hopeful these links will assist Amateurs to find useful sites and also showcases our member's projects.
We may provide some commercial links to Companies which have given exemplary service to our Club, or sites which offer genuine resource materials for our members.
Latest link we've uploaded...
May 2022 WICEN was busy
WICEN members went bush to support a local motorcycle club.
Story is on the WICEN News page.
Australian Amateur Radio Links
Wireless Institute of Australia
WIA is our Amateur Radio organisation and would be your first link for official business, training and licencing information
A link to a school we recommend for Amateurs wishing to upgrade their Licences
ACMA Register of Radiocommunications Licences
A link to the Federal Government Radiocommunications website
Club & Club Member's Links
Check the stories and see what we get up to.
The newest articles are at the top and slowly sink down the page.
We maintain a
CLUB NEWS Page
and it is regularly updated.
It's interesting to take a "scroll" down memory lane.
Calendar
Calendar of club events updated periodically by the Management Committee
BARC Committee
Meet our hard working members who volunteer their time to maintain our Club policies and procedures while planning for the future.
WICEN
Emergency Communications group within our club, part of the Bundaberg Regional Council Disaster Management Plan.
WICEN News
WICEN Bundaberg group is very active and we regularly update the news page with images and stories our our training and activations.
IRLP
Club IRLP Node established in 2019
The story of our IRLP Node set up and links to worldwide numbers you'll need to access.
APRS
Club APRS Gateway is in operation
Another story of our achievements in setting up an ARPS gateway to assist Amateurs as they travel through our region.
Contesting
The club fosters friendly competition so we do vie for distance records between club members.
Remembering the Past
Club photos 2020 - current year
These pages are reviewed periodically as we search for past info to fill the gaps since the club formed in 1961.
Wireless internet Yagi
Build a Telstra Bigpond Next G Wireless internet 800mhz Yagi, a DIY you can make from scrap.
TVI Quarter Wave Stub Filter
VK4JRO TVI Quarter Wave Stub Filter
Television Interference article created by Ross with solutions using 50 and 75 Ohm coax... just the thing when you're causing TV interference
Deltahet Project
The Deltahet Project
Built in 1964 by Arch Lewis (SK)
Inspired by an article in a 1963 magazine, Arch built a unit by hand.
Overcharging Gel Batteries
VK4SR Myths about gel batteries
Images & story on the dangers of overcharging Gel Batteries
Wireless Internet
Link to an article written by VK4UD while 'out bush' and needing some better internet speeds.
Past Club Events
Check the webpages to see what the club does and how we work with our community.
ARISS project with Avoca School
We partnered with Avoca State School so that students could speak with Astronaut Colonel Mike Hopkins aboard the International Space Station.
On March 11, 2021 a group of 12 students had two-way Amateur Radio communication with the ISS for over 11 minutes
Students and the entire school were exhilarated by this out of this world experience
The club certainly learned a lot in bringing this project together
Hi Altitude Balloon Project
2016 AND 2017 Hi Altitude Balloon Launches
The group launched and recovered payloads on both balloon launches and learned a massive amount about gps tracking, helium and the upper-atmosphere wind patterns.
Supporting Scouting Australia
Every October we support Scouting Australia at their "Jamboree On The Air" at the Wyper Park scout grounds.
A new storage shed
We needed storage room, and almost ended up with this... until Gary and Stu stepped in and organised the project.
Our 50th Anniversary
2011 was a BIG year and the club celebrated its Golden Jubilee.
Amateurs came from all over Australia to say Happy Birthday
We've since turned 60 and celebrated our Diamond Jubilee!
We Party with Hervey Bay Club
We're great friends with the Hervey Bay club and each year we get together at either Buxton or Woodgate to party by the sea.
Official Opening VK4RBW
2010 we open Mt Watalgan Repeater
When Councils amalgamated we needed a bigger footprint to cover the region during emergencies, so we built our 3rd repeater site on Double Sloping Hummock, better known as Mt Watalgan.
BARC on display
Bundaberg Council lifestyle expo was a perfect place to set up and show what we could do.
Fox Hunting Workshop
Happy hams make Fox Hunting Yagi's
And then go... Fox Hunting.
No real foxes were harmed in the making of these antennas.. we just mangled some aluminium and then put them to the test.
WIA Field Day
The WIA encouraged Amateurs to break out the emergency or field day kit and use the weekend to test and connect.
We set up on a property North of Bundaberg and worked the club's portable equipment.
John 'Rusty' McGrath S.K.
Rusty S.K.
Rusty was a foundation member of BARC in 1961, and served on the committee for many years.
This is a link to his 2010, Bundaberg Senior Citizen of the Year award.
Ron Graham S.K.
Ron VK4BRG
2017 the club lost a good friend in Roh VK4BRG.
Ron was always first to run a workshop or pass on his knowledge and he will be missed.
The eulogy from his service can be found at the link above.
Keith Haverfield S.K.
Keith VK4APQ
2010 we lost our most senior member, Keith VK4APQ. He was an inspirational member who was responsible for design, procurement and build of of the repeater tower on Mt Goonaneman.
General Reference Links
This is a great site to learn just about anything.
Filled with forums and reviews of radio equipment.
It's simple to navigate too.
What's happening in space and how it effects Amateur Radio communications.
What's the rule about extending VHF communications?
Try to pop your signal into a Tropospheric Duct - want to know how to find one?
This is the place to begin.
The brilliant Diana Eng explains radiowaves.
This is her YouTube video with detailed explanation of a Yagi beam.
This Australian Government site shows the actual monthly sunspot count since 2000.
You can see what all the fuss is about when we had a months with NO sunspots.
VK4VOK builds a Zepp VHF and the Double Zepp antenna.
VK4VOK writes excellent antenna design docs for the beginner.
New amateurs should read his documents and visualise how antennas work.
Kudos to this Qld Ham.
Building the Leo Shoemaker G3TXQ Broadband Hex Beam.
This is a magical multi-band antenna.
Welcome to the future, a site that will help you build Arduino kits, Raspberry Pi, Home automation and much more.
The content is completely user generated and might tempt you to make a robot or a weather station!
It may look plain but the reference material and links on this website are amazing.
With 7000 topics, 6000 links and 133 pages... you will find that elusive antenna or radio tidbit.
Build an all-band HF Air Core 1:1 Choke Balun.
THE UGLY BALUN, as the name implies it's not pretty but it works.
This is another basic page with excellent reference links to many aspects of Amateur Radio, antenna design, repeaters and things you didn't know.
Commercial Links
BARC is a non-profit club however we do rely on commercial affiliations. To do our best work, we need the best equipment and service.
These are companies who have assisted the club.
Ventra IP
Ventra IP
Our web and domain hosting partners
They provide our club with excellent hosting at very reasonable pricing. Their Aussie hosted servers and high grade security protocols have served us well.
Luxfield
Luxfield Technology Solutions
An essential part of our Bundaberg team. Luxfield supply our hi-quality Antenna needs, IP solutions for security in remote locations as well as having a team of Riggers who assist with our tower Maintenance.
Jaycar
Jaycar
Our local store is a great asset to the town and to Hams. They provide the club with a discount and help us source what we need for workshops.
Arcom
Arcom Controllers USA
The club purchased 4 RC210 Controllers and they're a great success in our rugged rural repeater sites
Strictly Ham
Strictly Ham genuine Yaesu supplier
They offer genuine products with Australian warranties. The club has 6 Yaesu transceivers (and several ICOMs) from Strictly Ham and we're very happy with the service and pricing.
RandL
R & L USA
Best Buys from the USA. Many members have purchased from them because their prices are excellent and they ship quickly via insured US Postal Service.
Riedon
Riedon in California
Do you need to locate hard-to-find electronic components like surge protected resistors and resistance temperature detectors? Riedon is an amazing respository of all things electronic.
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Club contact
P.O. Box 129 Bundaberg QLD 4670
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