Broadcast - 28 December 2025
As mentioned last week an E-mail has be sent out to all members regarding membership renewal options. By all means feel free to renew your membership. But importantly if you haven’t received the e-mail and you have checked your Junk folder, then drop an e-mail to the secretary with your preferred e-mail address and I will update any address discrepancies.
The Annual General Meeting of NTARC will take place on Wednesday the 11th February 2026 at the NTARC Club Rooms, Rocherlea Scout Hall, Archer Street Rocherlea commencing at 19:30 hours (7.30 pm). I know it is still only 2025…. well just! …… but please start thinking about who you would like nominated for the new 2026 committee. Club members are reminded that they will need to be 2026 financially current to be able to nominate or vote at the Annual General Meeting. Nomination forms are available from the NTARC website in the member’s area for download. For your convenience the forms will also be available from the NTARC club room from Friday the 9th January 2026, our first day of opening for the coming year.
Well it’s almost the end of another year and certainly a break from club activities. But a few thanks are in order and very much deserved:
Nic VK7WW is taking a well-earned break from the Morse code training and radio tech session that he hosted every Wednesday night throughout the year. On the odd occasions that Nic was unavailable, we have been lucky enough for Phil VK7ZPD and Rick VK7HBR to stand in to fill the rather large boots of Nic as Net controller. Thank you to Phil and Paul VK7KPA for supporting the Discord side of things to compliment these on air Nets. Phil also provides a very useful audio feed of the on air proceedings via the Discord channel, for all logged in.
A big thank you to Roslyn for the opening up and preparing the club rooms every Friday morning for the ever popular and well attended club morning teas. They certainly have proven to be a very important part of the social side of club member’s interactions. Regardless of wide ranging views and ideas the overall friendship of club members certainly shines through.
On a slightly different note, over the years some club members find it hard or impossible, through failing health, to make it to morning teas or technical nights or even be on air. A big thank you must go to Brendan VK7VIP for his “Keeping in touch visits” with a number of these Amateurs on a regular basis. With the recent loss of another club member being no exception.
Hopefully see you all in 2026!
UPCOMING EVENTS
The TestNet and TechNet session - is in recess until Wednesday the 7th January. The Discord channel is still available for chatter and pictures.
The Friday Coffee Morning - is in recess until Friday the 9th January.
The Club Technical night session - is in recess until Wednesday the 21st January.
Finally - All club room events are still in recess, but the broadcast soldiers on, so a reminder to all members that if you have any items of news you would like added to our weekly roundup then please e-mail them to the Secretary at the following addressnews@ntarc.net .
That’s all for this year folks,
73, Stefan VK7ZSB.
