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*IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT*

It has been brought to my attention that the John Moyle Field dates in the March Propagator are incorrect.

Instead of the 15th and 16th March, it should be the 21st-22nd March 2026 and will run from UTC 0100 on the Saturday to 0059 on the Sunday. (24 hours),


Picton Hamfest is now on the 31st of May 2026!

Stay tuned for more info.

Welcome to the

Illawarra Amateur Radio Society

 

We meet at the “Inside Industry” facility just inside the main entrance of Blue Scope on Springhill Road.
This is the BlueScope entrance & the brand new Visitor Centre’s building entrance.
Drive in the BlueScope entrance & turn right (before the security gates) & follow the Visitor Centre signs.
 
Plenty of off-street parking!

Your next IARS meeting is:

 

 

 

Calendar of meeting topics

• September: Project mania with Simon VK2KU

• October: IARS AUCTION !!! Moved from November to avoid clashing with Picton Hamfest On Nov 23

• November: Amateur Radio Trivia with Kahoot – Prize will be a Nano-Vna

Tuesday night Net

Echo Link Net – Every Saturday Morning!

IARS will host an Echo Link Net every Saturday kicking off at 09:30hrs on VK2RMP on 146.850MHz. Why not jump on and join the conversion!

DMR Repeater

Our new VK-DMR repeater is online. It is located at Maddens Plains and the details are as follows :

VK2RMP – 438.725MHz -5000 Tx
Colour Code 1

TS1 – TG5 – VK NETS, TG1910 – Linked ARNSW Repeaters

TS2 TG505 – All VK Repeaters, TG3802 All NSW Repeaters

The Repeater status can be seen here : http://rpt.vkdmr.com/ipsc

Propagator for March 2026