Any interest in radio communication?

Hi all,

Thanks to Susan for the invitation to join the blog - my first blogging effort!

The Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club meets at the Hazelwood South Hall on the first Thursday of each month, except January.

We can run training courses leading to people gaining their Foundation amateur radio licence. We will be running a course on Saturday 12 December, with the assessment being done on Sunday morning 13 December. This is probably too close for anyone that is interested but has not yet started studying.

You can find out more about the Foundation licence from the WIA website:
Discover amateur radio
Foundation licence

If any of the Guides are interested, let me or Susan know. We can arrange a talk about what is amateur radio as a starting point. If there is interest, we can start some training sessions if needed.

If you have your own licence, you can communicate via amateur radio with others at any time. At a JOTA event, you can use the radio without supervision (within the terms of your licence).

Some may have some experience with CB radio - amateur radio has some similarities but is very different.

Cheers,

Peter

Jota 2010 new call sign

For 2010 we will have access to a special callsign for Sunday 1100
onwards - VK100WIA. The callsign will probably be sought after overseas, and hopefully international propagation will be starting to pick up by then.

Planning for this event has already started. The radio activities will be running on the Sunday.

International confrence quick report.

Meeting 25th October 2009

Start time 1:30 pm

Things discussed

There was a discussion about JOTA/JOTI weekend forum that was held on 17th and 18th of October with the guides around the world. It is a great opportunity to make new friends for all girl guides around the globe.




The job for post box secretary was discussed; there were suggestions to give it a different name so that girls would be more interested in making pen pals that way.




Things were discussed about the welcome packs for different countries as members of Girl Guides Association regarding the Thinking Day and what needs to be included from the Australian section.





I was told about the Sangam program in India
for supporting girls in different areas and I told that I would like to join in as a volunteer for sometime next year. The Sangam worldwide day next year is 18th October 2010.


There was a general discussion about religion, culture and importance of henna in Muslim culture and why it is used as a body art for celebrations.


I enjoyed myself there, met good people, learnt things and would like to attend more meetings next year on behalf of Baw Baw Region.





May I be appointed as an international representative being a Girl Guide and gain more knowledge towards my OBP.




Samar
Ishaq