Welcome to the web presence of the Ballarat Amateur Radio Group.

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Click here to see the 2025-2026 Committee.

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Hamvention 2026 Information and Table Booking Form Now Available

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BARG Thursday 80m HF Net Control Station Roster is available here.

BARG Weekly Tuesday 2m CatchUP net via VK3RBA is available here

GENERAL meetings - All welcome to come along ( Next Meeting Friday 24th October 7:30PM)

During "Normal Time/Eastern Standard Time", general meetings are held at 11AM on the last Saturday of the month ( except December).

These are usually followed by an opportunity for a chin wag over a couple of Snags 'n Sauce in bread.

During "Daylight Saving Time/ Eastern Daylight Saving Time", general meetings are held 7:30PM in the evening of the Friday before the last Saturday of the month ( except December).

We are aiming for more technical presentations. Have an idea for something? Contact Peter/VK3APW via barg (at) barg.org.au

25 Boomerang Rd, Mitchell Park VIC 3355 ( Google Maps knows about the new road access now)

If you arrive early you will find the doors open about 30 minutes earlier.

CONSTRUCTION Meetings

if organised, will be held on the first Saturday of the Month at 1 pm. We encourage everyone to take advantage of the Construction gatherings. Keep an eye on our Facebook page, and members email lists for news. Pllease check before hand.

Coffee Meetings

These quick social catchups are usually held every Thursday at 10:00 at Food Seduction on Doveton, 524 Doveton Street North, Ballarat; occasional change of venue is communicated via member mailing lists and Facebook pages

Check the calendar for details.

We obviously prefer face to face meetings, however where circumstances dictate we will hold meetings ONLINE via Webex. Details are emailed prior to the meeting. Guests are still welcome. Contact us to get the meeting details.

All members new and old are quite welcome to come out and join us. We are located at the Ballarat Airport. BARG runs a couple of radio nets on a weekly basis. Everyone is quite welcome to join in our radio nets. So if you have 30 mins to spare, please join in and say hi to a great bunch of people who will make you very welcome.
Times and dates of nets as per below

Club Nets: VHF NET: Every Tuesday Night at 8 pm on 146.750 MHz - VK3RBA-2m

For the period of the net on Tuesday VK3RWA (Ben Nevis) is linked to VK3RBA 2 metres via BARGs AllStar node. Access is also possible via Echolink (VK3BML-R) or AllStar node 487574 if non RF users want to join the net.

HF NET: Every Thursday Night at 8 pm on 3.608 MHz +/- QRM (VK3BML Callsign in use)
6m NET: Every Tuesday Night at 8:30 pm on 53.650Mhz RX / 52.650Mhz TX - FM with a 91.5 tone - VK3RWU

LINKED REPEATERS: The local VK3RBA-70cm repeater on Mt Buninyong is part of a network of linked repeaters covering North-Western Victoria.

Access details for this repeater have recently changed.

For full details of this linked network and access details see https://www.qrz.com/lookup/vk3rba

You can listen to the system live http://vk3rba.dyndns.org:441/

This linked system may be accessed via IRLP node 9503.

Did you participate at the 2025 BARG Hamvention?

Can you spare a couple of minutes to let us know your thoughts and suggestions? Thanks in anticipation.

Here's a summary of the day

Use these links to see the rosters