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AARC/ZS6TDK.
Welcome to the Official Website of the Alberton Amateur Radio Club (AARC) with the callsign ZS6TDK.
The Alberton Amateur Radio Club also holds the callsign ZS6NOM, the registered license of "Die Nasionale Oorlog Museum" / "National War Museum" which is used at special events.
Albeit that the AARC is not a large club, the active members are more like family and close friends and they have get togethers on a frequent basis.
The club activities are not limited to the members only, but extends to all who is interested. We invite all who wants to join in the fun, to feel free and contact any of us to enquire what and where the next activity is to be held. Kindly note that the AARC is not so much a technical association, as it is a social one. We at AARC do NOT have rigid rules to abide by, but prefer to use a more laid back approach and become friends rather than just club members. Ultimately, we become one BIG family who enjoys each other's company.
We have in fact joined forces on a non-official basis with ERB (The East Rand Branch) as well as KARTS (Kempton Amateur Radio Technical Society) and do certain avtivities in a joint effort.
WHATSUP??
It seems as if conditions are getting a bit better. On Sunday the 40m band was open for the first time in a while.
Now we can start playing radio again. Now is the time to get your stations in tip-top condition.
Something of a bug-bear is the frequent hacking of the web-site. We try to keep it secure but the baddies have ways and means to ultimately get into our web-site and hack it.
If anybody sees that the site has been hacked, please call me at 073-271-9870 so that I can take immediate action.
Repeater link
Many thanks to Koos (ZS6JPY) and Chris (ZS6COG) for their efforts to link the 145.675 MHz repeater, which is located in Brakpan, and the 438.700 MHz, which in turn is located on the hill above Primrose.
This has enlarged the geographical coverage quite extensively. Thus if you cannot reach the 2m repeater in Brakpan, but you can the 70cm one above Primrose, all you need is change frequency, and voila!!!! Obviously the vice versa applies.
Once again thanks guys, well done.
General
Once again, I request that you send me some info and news as I am struggling to get some news for all of you. Please send me something to report on.
From the AARC we would like to congratulate the "new" amateurs on frequency.
I (ZS6OTB) have heard quite a few and made contact with them. Welcome guys and feel part of our large family.
DX'ing and the bands.
Again, HF suprises every day. Don't think because the band is quiet it is closed. Call and find out.
Come people let us get on the bands and do some DX'ing, it is fun.
Block-house project
On 24 September this year's Heritage Day a country wide project is under way, known as the Block-house project. On this day a number of block-houses will be manned by various Amateur Clubs in remembrence of their place in history. We at AARC plan to have a field station at the National War Museum (ZS6NOM) to join in the project. The educational call sign which is also the club callsign (ZS6TDK) will be used for people who wishe to also partake in the wonderful hobby of amateur radio.
Any person who wants to join, please contact Koos (ZS6JPY), Michelle (ZS6TO) or Marcel (ZS6OTB) for further information.
SciBono Centre
A full operating amateur station was installed at SciBono, the science centre in Johannesburg. At this centre learners (school children in the old language) visit to get a look at science and our daily living around it.
There are at this stage something like 4-6 amateur operators at the centre. They are still very shy and have been tasked to use the radios more often to gain confidence.
We call on all of you listening on 145.675 Mhz (mainly) as well as 145.650 and 145.6375 MHz to be patient when they use the frequency. They normally come on air in the mornings and try to make contact with whoever answers. The main callsign is ZS6SCI but the one operator Temba (ZR6TMT) normally makes the first call. If you can all help here, as Lydia (ZS6MTB) and I (Marcel ZS6OTB) trying to help and answer questions every day, are not always available. All that you have to do is answer the questions (normally not more than 5) daily and give the people some guidance on amateur radio. In this way the operators gain confidence as well.
It seems as if conditions are getting a bit better. On Sunday the 40m band was open for the first time in a while.
Now we can start playing radio again. Now is the time to get your stations in tip-top condition.
Something of a bug-bear is the frequent hacking of the web-site. We try to keep it secure but the baddies have ways and means to ultimately get into our web-site and hack it.
If anybody sees that the site has been hacked, please call me at 073-271-9870 so that I can take immediate action.
Repeater link
Many thanks to Koos (ZS6JPY) and Chris (ZS6COG) for their efforts to link the 145.675 MHz repeater, which is located in Brakpan, and the 438.700 MHz, which in turn is located on the hill above Primrose.
This has enlarged the geographical coverage quite extensively. Thus if you cannot reach the 2m repeater in Brakpan, but you can the 70cm one above Primrose, all you need is change frequency, and voila!!!! Obviously the vice versa applies.
Once again thanks guys, well done.
General
Once again, I request that you send me some info and news as I am struggling to get some news for all of you. Please send me something to report on.
From the AARC we would like to congratulate the "new" amateurs on frequency.
I (ZS6OTB) have heard quite a few and made contact with them. Welcome guys and feel part of our large family.
DX'ing and the bands.
Again, HF suprises every day. Don't think because the band is quiet it is closed. Call and find out.
Come people let us get on the bands and do some DX'ing, it is fun.
Block-house project
On 24 September this year's Heritage Day a country wide project is under way, known as the Block-house project. On this day a number of block-houses will be manned by various Amateur Clubs in remembrence of their place in history. We at AARC plan to have a field station at the National War Museum (ZS6NOM) to join in the project. The educational call sign which is also the club callsign (ZS6TDK) will be used for people who wishe to also partake in the wonderful hobby of amateur radio.
Any person who wants to join, please contact Koos (ZS6JPY), Michelle (ZS6TO) or Marcel (ZS6OTB) for further information.
SciBono Centre
A full operating amateur station was installed at SciBono, the science centre in Johannesburg. At this centre learners (school children in the old language) visit to get a look at science and our daily living around it.
There are at this stage something like 4-6 amateur operators at the centre. They are still very shy and have been tasked to use the radios more often to gain confidence.
We call on all of you listening on 145.675 Mhz (mainly) as well as 145.650 and 145.6375 MHz to be patient when they use the frequency. They normally come on air in the mornings and try to make contact with whoever answers. The main callsign is ZS6SCI but the one operator Temba (ZR6TMT) normally makes the first call. If you can all help here, as Lydia (ZS6MTB) and I (Marcel ZS6OTB) trying to help and answer questions every day, are not always available. All that you have to do is answer the questions (normally not more than 5) daily and give the people some guidance on amateur radio. In this way the operators gain confidence as well.
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