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Students at Doncaster Primary School in Melbourne’s north-east are scheduled to talk to astronauts on the International Space Station.

The Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group held a special event station on February 7 to recognise the efforts of Amateur Radio operators and others in providing service during the February 7th 2009 Victori

Held on Sunday 14 February at the Kyneton racecourse it was successful in more ways than one.

From time to time we hear about the funding difficulties experienced by clubs who run a repeater, often not for the benefit of their members but for the wider amateur radio community.

The RMIT University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is again the custodian of the VK3MT amateur radio callsign.

Four members of the Scout Radio & Electronics Service Unit have announced their plan to hike French Island 65km south-east of Melbourne and activate the National Park for the Keith Roget Memorial Nati

On the anniversary of Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires, the Yarra Valley Amateur Radio Group will be setting up a field station VI3KIAH at Kinglake, one of the worst affected areas in the bushfires

Good pubblicity was achieved by Phil Maskrey VK3HBR of the East Gippsland Amateur Radio Club who was interviewed on ABC radio by presenter Gerard Callinan.

The program is coming together nicely. The following traders are confirmed: Strictly Ham, Vertex Standard Australia, G&C Communications, PK Loops, Rippletech Electronics, TTS Systems, Hamak Electrical Industries and NBS Antennas & Masts.

Following on what it did 12 months ago, the Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club is to run a Foundation Licence training course on Tuesday 29 December.