{"id":18,"date":"2016-05-06T22:25:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T12:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barg-new.au\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:14:21","slug":"home-page__trashed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our home page<\/h3>\n
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Welcome to the web presence of the Ballarat Amateur Radio Group.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Want to attend a Dining Night?<\/p><\/div>\n

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email contact via<\/h3>\n

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Click here to see the 2025-2026 Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The BARG sponsored repeater VK3RBT is back on air and serving Ballarat and environs. 146.650, -0.6MHz offset 91.5Hz tone. Hop on and give a shout out. We've already had access\u00a0 from the Stawell area.<\/h1>\n
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BARG Thursday 80m HF Net Control Station Roster is available <\/strong><\/span>here.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

( If you would like to experiment\u00a0 with a new mode of speech, FREEDV, then hang around after the 80m net)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BARG Weekly Tuesday 2m CatchUP net via VK3RBA is available here<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

( 6m Net afterwards, details below)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0GENERAL meetings - All welcome to come along ( Next Meeting Saturday 2nd May 2026 11:00 )<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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

These are usually followed by an opportunity for a chin wag over a couple of Snags 'n Sauce in bread. (\u00a0 Gold coins\u00a0 donation please<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

During \"Daylight Saving Time\/ Eastern Daylight Saving Time\", general meetings are held 7:30PM\u00a0 in the evening of the Friday before<\/strong> the last Saturday of the month ( except December).<\/p>\n

We are aiming for more technical presentations.\u00a0 Have an idea for something? Contact secretary, Peter\/VK3APW via barg (at)\u00a0 barg.org.au Previous Technical Presentations can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

25 Boomerang Rd, Mitchell Park VIC 3355\u00a0 <\/a>( Google Maps knows about the new road access now)<\/em><\/p>\n

If you arrive early you will\u00a0 find the doors open about 30 minutes earlier.<\/p>\n

Technical Presentations<\/p>\n

Committee meetings\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Held online via WEBEX on the Monday evenings before the General Meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Construction Meetings<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

if organised<\/strong>, will usually 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. Please check before hand.<\/p>\n

Coffee Meetings<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Until further notice the Club rooms will be open on Thursday morning and used for these quick social catchup events. You wont be stuck at the end of a long table; use the space available to wander around and catch up with others. We will also use these to draw on expertise to attend to various tasks around the rooms. Visitors very welcome. Send and email to Barg ( at) Barg\u00a0 .\u00a0 org . au if you have any questions.<\/p>\n

Check the calendar<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n

We obviously prefer face to face meetings, however where circumstances dictate we will hold meetings ONLINE via\u00a0 Webex. Details are emailed prior to the meeting. Guests are still welcome. Contact us to get the meeting details.<\/p>\n

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.
\nTimes and dates of nets as per below<\/span><\/p>\n

Club Nets:<\/strong><\/span> VHF NET:<\/span><\/strong> Every Tuesday Night at 8 pm on 146.750 MHz - VK3RBA-2m\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the period of the net on Tuesday VK3RWA (Ben Nevis) is linked to VK3RBA 2 metres\u00a0 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.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

HF NET:<\/span><\/strong> Every Thursday Night at 8 pm on 3.608 MHz +\/- QRM\u00a0 (VK3BML Callsign in use)
\n<\/span>6m NET:<\/span><\/strong> Every Tuesday Night at 8:30 pm on 53.650Mhz RX \/ 52.650Mhz TX - FM with a 91.5 tone - VK3RWU
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LINKED REPEATERS<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> The local VK3RBA-70cm repeater on Mt Buninyong\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> is part of a network of linked repeaters <\/span><\/span><\/em>covering<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span> North-Western Victoria.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Access details for this repeater have recently changed.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For full details of this linked network and access details see <\/span><\/em> https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/lookup\/vk3rba<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

You can listen to the system live <\/span><\/span><\/em>http:\/\/vk3rba.dyndns.org:441\/<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This linked system <\/span><\/span><\/em>may<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> be accessed via IRLP node 9503.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Did you participate at the <\/strong>2026 BARG Hamvention?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Can you spare a couple of minutes to let us know your thoughts and suggestions? \u00a0Thanks in anticipation.<\/a>
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Here's a summary of the 2025 day ( 2026 coming soon) <\/a><\/p>\n

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Use these links to see the rosters<\/a><\/p>\n

80m Thursday Roster - scheduler access<\/a><\/h2>\n

2m Tuesday Roster - scheduler access<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Welcome to the web presence of the Ballarat Amateur Radio Group. —-oooOOOooo—- email contact via Click here to see the 2025-2026 Committee. —-oooOOOooo—- The BARG sponsored repeater VK3RBT is back on air and serving Ballarat and environs. 146.650, -0.6MHz offset 91.5Hz tone. Hop on and give a shout out. We’ve already had access\u00a0 from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"home-panels.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5446,"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/5446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barg.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}