Mars Buttfield-Addison is a UTAS PhD candidate and her speciality is tracking Space Junk and Tasmania has a special role in this endeavour and amateur radio can play a part in this too.

Thanks to Peter Pokorny VK2EMR who will be giving us a humorous presentation about how universal coordinated time (UTC) came into existence and why we need Leap Seconds.

Ever wondered about going portable in the bush and helping out the WICEN crew with radio at Equine Endurance checkpoints? We are holding a special forum on Wednesday 10th April from 7:30pm on everything involved with providing Radio Safety Communications.

REAST’s May presentation night will be a fascinating presentation on a true Tasmanian telegraphy, telephony and wireless pioneer - FW “Pop” Medhurst who started his wireless experimentation at A7AH.

You have seen those operators out in the bush or on top of a mountain with their antennas, batteries and rigs making contacts around the world and thought, I really wish I could do that! The format will be a forum getting everyone together to share their experience, tricks of the trade, epic or not so epic fails and hints and tips of operating portable and mobile.

REAST will be holding a Standard, Advanced Licence & Regulations Assessment Day.

What is a glitch? What is a pulsar? Dr Jim Palfreyman will present the sequel to his 2012 REAST talk. And like Godfather 2 and The Empire Strikes Back, it will be better than the original.

Join us at the REAST Amateur Radio Quiz Night on 3rd July 2024, starting at 7:30pm at the Queens Domain Clubrooms.
REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR DEVICES - Smart Phone Tablet/ etc 

This forum night will focus on amateur radio contesting in all it's forms. It will be held in the Queen's Domain clubrooms from 7:30pm and will be streamed.

REAST will be holding a Standard, Advanced Licence & Regulations Assessment Day. Assessments commence at 10AM.
If you would like to participate in this session then please contact Reg Emmett VK7KK - REAST Learning Organiser on email: [email protected] or mobile: 0417 391 607 at least a week prior to the session.

To coincide with the International Lighthouse and LightShip Weekend (ILLW) - REAST's August Presentation night will be a wonderful wander through the life of Mike Jenner VK7FB and his time with the Lighthouse Service.

This forum night will focus on chasing that DX contact - rare, not-rare or just extending your signal’s distance. Did you know DX literally means “Long Distance” and so bring your experiences, skills and equipment that you use to get your signal even further around the globe.

REAST will be holding a Foundation Training and All Licence Assessment Day. Foundation Licence training commences at 9AM and Assessments commence around 3PM.
If you would like to participate in this session then please contact Reg Emmett VK7KK - REAST Learning Organiser on email: [email protected] or mobile: 0417 391 607 at least a fortnight prior to the session.

The Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania Inc. has been invited to participate in the Australian Antarctic Festival.

The Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania Inc. is joining forces with the Brisbane VHF Group for a special joint presentation night on Optical Communications.

REAST members have been invited to visit the Channel Men's Shed (CMS) at 24 Van Morey Rd  Margate. The CMS is a huge facility filled with metal, wood, plastics, electronics and amateur radio tools. They even have a huge commercial kitchen where they prepare meals for Kingston Helping Hands.

This forum night will focus on the role of amateur radio when the apocalypse hits! How prepared are we as amateur radio operators for when that Extreme Space Weather event - like the 1859 Carrington Event hits, power off for extended periods, HF propagation is poor, EFTPOS doesn't work, internet not available, mobile phones and communications systems fail.

REAST will be holding a Standard, Advanced Licence & Regulations Assessment Day. Assessments commence at 10AM.
If you would like to participate in this session then please contact Reg Emmett VK7KK - REAST Learning Organiser on email: [email protected] or mobile: 0417 391 607 at least a week prior to the session.

Our October presentation night has morphed into a hybrid presentation and forum night. We will be taking people through the production (both professional and hobbyist) from the early 1980s through to the present day off-shore processes.

Our October Forum Night is all about repeaters and beacons relating to the equipment, techniques, hints and tricks, configuration, radios, VOIP, GPS, CTCSS, DMTF, SelCall, Talk Groups and much more

REAST will be holding a Foundation Training and All Licence Assessment Day. Foundation Licence training commences at 9AM and Assessments commence around 3PM.
If you would like to participate in this session then please contact Reg Emmett VK7KK - REAST Learning Organiser on email: [email protected] or mobile: 0417 391 607 at least a fortnight prior to the session.

Australia's preeminent conference is happening again on 1st-3rd of November 2024 at the University of Tasmania.

REAST will be holding a Standard, Advanced Licence & Regulations Assessment Day. Assessments commence at 10AM.
If you would like to participate in this session then please contact Reg Emmett VK7KK - REAST Learning Organiser on email: [email protected] or mobile: 0417 391 607 at least a week prior to the session.