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P25 Emergency Services Network Build

September Presentation Night The first Wednesday night of September it was standing room only in the REAST COVID-Safe clubrooms for a presentation on how to build a statewide P25 based Emergency Services radio network given by Andrew Johns VK7AJ. Andrew … Continue reading

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REAST Virtual Club Gathering – DMR

  Our second whole of club virtual gathering was a focus on Digital Mobile Radio with Scott VK7HSE.   Scott focused on the Radioddity GD77 handheld which is very popular in Southern Tasmania. Scott started with a short recap on … Continue reading

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New Digital Repeater To Increase Digital Coverage

On Wednesday, REAST repeater officer Damien Styles VK7SD commissioned the new Yaesu DR-1X digital repeater much to the excitement of the gathering of people at the Wednesday evening experimenters group. While the repeater was purchased some time ago, it has … Continue reading

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Interest in Satellites is Blasting Off!

In recent months an interesting phenomena has been occurring on Wednesday evenings at the REAST clubrooms. More and more you see one or more members huddled around a radios while pointing Yagi antennas at the sky and gently bobbing the … Continue reading

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REAST Visits the ABC!

Thursday night saw a good group at the front door of the ABC next to the Railway Roundabout and we were welcomed by Damien VK7SD and Alan VK7KAD who were our fantastic and very knowable hosts for the night. We … Continue reading

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