| Friday 7th June 2002 TR007 R.I.P. Members are advised that 43 TR007 Ted passed away in the early hours of Friday morning at home. As yet we do not know why but a post mortem will be held on Mon/Tues and the funeral will be later next week. A wreath and card will be sent on behalf of the members of Tweed Radio and myself and several members will attend the funeral.Ted, a committee member, lived in Kerang Victoria and was aged 60. Our condolences to his family. 43 TR001 John Friday 10th May 2002 Latest Member List Update Australian new members 43TR049 ROBERT BUNBURY WA 43TR666 WAYNE/JOY KIRWAN Nth QLD Overseas new members 44TR068 LEON Rep Sth Africa 44TR133 ANDREW Rep Sth Africa 23rd April 2002 Easter DX Contest Results Results of the DX contest held over the weekend 28/3 - 1/4/02. Winner; 43TR126 Cameron, logged contacts, 110, points scored, 243, wins the digital desk clock. (world time, calculator and calendar). Runner-up, 43TR318 Thomas, logged contacts, 49. points scored, 109. wins 20 QSL cards. Congratulations to both Cameron and Thomas, also to all those that took part and sent in log sheets. The turn out was very good with a lot of fun had by many. Member Updates Change of number 43TR105 JOHN / LEE to 43TR005. Renewed Members 43TR087 BILL KIAMA NSW. 43TR332 CLAIRE TENTERFIELD NSW 43TR333 JACK TENTERFIELD NSW. 43TR158 LINDA MURWILLUMBAH NSW. New Members 43TR023 CAMERON BALGA WA. 43TR084 BRANKO/CATHY BALGA WA. 43TR127 GLENN BALGA WA. 43TR160 VINCE/DOREEN PALMYRA WA. 43TR199 LORRAINE MIRRABOOKA WA. 43TR302 KEVIN WONGAN HILLS WA. 43TR460 SHERIE WONGAN HILLS WA. 43TR500 CLYDE BENALLA VIC. Welcome to you all! 25th March 2002 Fund Raiser Result To all those who took part in our Fund Raiser, we wish to advise that the draw has taken place and the winning ticket No. Red 91 with the lucky new owner of an MJF Signal Enhancer being 43TR239 John from Bundaberg Qld. Congratulations John - your prize is in the mail. Thank you to all those who took part and also to 43TR067 Richard from Enhanced Radio who donated the prize. 7th March 2002 Life and Honorary Membership Notice To all Tweed Radio Members! In the last Newsletter dated Feb/2002 that most of you have read by now, there were two items listed on page two, being Life Memberships and Honorary Memberships. A letter has been sent from 43TR159 Carole to the committee listing comments in relation to the Life Memberships. Carole has also asked for her letter to be sent out to the members with the next newsletter. Please note that the two items listed on page two of the Feb/2002 newsletter being Life Memberships and Honorary Memberships will now be Stood Aside until further notice! The next newsletter will be sent out in early May. At that time a copy of the letter from Carole will be included and responded to. Thank You, 43TR001 John. 5th March 2002 Fundraiser Tickets for our fundraiser mentioned earlier are still available. Draw date will be Sunday 24th March, the winner notified and the result posted here shortly after! 27th February 2002 Easter Dx Contest A Dx contest is to be held over the Easter weekend. Start from midnight (your local time) Thursday 28-3-02 till midnight Monday 1-4-02! The aim of the contest is to make contact with as many Tweed Radio members here and overseas as possible. For more details see Feb 2002 newsletter or contact 43TR001 John. 3rd February 2002 Directory 2002 Members please note that the new 2002 directory, along with the newsletter, is expected to be posted in mid to late February. We decided to delay production so that late member renewals could be included. Overseas members - send US$10 to cover cost of directory and postage. Minor Change to Callsign Numbers Notice to all divisions of the changes in member callsign numbers (i.e.) 001/010.....010/099.....100 on. If your call sign was 01 it will now be shown as 001. If your callsign was 68 it will now be shown as 068. By making these changes it will bring our Directory into line with the rest of the world! New QSL Cards As mentioned in the last newsletter (Nov 2001) a new QSL card is in the pipeline. It will be available for previewing on this site soon! A generic style QSL card for overseas member use is also being developed. Fundraiser Tickets are still available for $1 each. Prize is an MFJ Signal Enhancer model MFJ752b complete with speaker and power supply/transformer and is in VGC, value approx $150 (donated by 43TR067 Richard of Enhanced Radio Communications). Raffle to be drawn during March 2002. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word has it that members are planning a Dxpedition to the Far North Queensland area in the middle of the year! Not sure yet if the radio will have preference over the fishing gear! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Tuesday September 10th 2002 W.A. Members plan BBQ This is a letter to let everyone know that Branko and myself will be having a BBQ at our QTH to welcome all members of Tweed Radio Group W.A. to the Group. Should you have anyone visiting WA in the near future or around the date of the BBQ, please feel free to contact us and join us for a day of social gathering. If we know of anyone visiting WA during the year, we will try and arrange to get the Group together so they can meet other members. We plan to have our first BBQ on 29th September, the last Sunday of the month for lunch. Salads, tea and coffe will be supplied. BYO meat and cool drinks please. During the 1st BBQ we will see how things go and hopefully all those who attend will decide to hold more BBQ's and functions in the near future. We ask our members, if they wish, could they bring along a small prize (no greater in value than $5.00) that can be used in a raffle on the day. Monies raised could go to a social account for future group outings. We will let you know if this works. Please pass on our best wishes to all & especially to the wife of TR007(RIP) Ted's wife. Our thoughts & prayers are still with her. 73's and best wishes, Tweed Radio 084 Branko (WA Vice Pres) & Cathy New Member Update 43TR164 Peter Kilburn S.A. Monday August 26th 2002 New Member Updates 43TR133 KEVIN(GUS) Bedford WA. 43TR189 TONY Geelong VIC. 43TR 433 BILL Orange NSW. 43TR 955 COLIN Sydney NSW. 43TR 165 JOE Orange NSW. O/seas 163TR117 KERRY South Wales. QSL Card Progress We are at the moment making the new QSL cards. Check the pics on the QSL page. We hope they look OK! Monday 24th June 2002 New Member Updates 43TR088 PAUL HAMERSLEY WA 43TR080 MARTIN WESTMINSTER WA |
| Wednesday October 16th 2002 Newsletter Our next newsletter should be in the post early in November. Content will be finalised this Saturday 19th at the committee meeting. Radio Chat Report Sunday 13th October - skip conditions held in well for the session. Members and other stations from W.A., Qld., Victoria and N.T. checked in! Glenn 43TR127 did a great job acting as chat control / host in the absence of 43TR084 Branko. Saturday October 5th 2002 W.A. BBQ A sausage sizzle will be held at the home of 43TR084 Branko / Cathy on Saturday 17/11/02 for lunch. Tea and coffe will be supplied but please bring your own food and cold drinks. All are welcome and it should be a fun day so come along and join in. Radio Chat Starting Sunday 6/10/02 on channel 25 USB between the times of 11AM to 12 midday W.A. time, 43TR084 Branko will host an open chat line for all Tweed Radio and other operators to get together and make contact. So drop on in and say g'day and let us know you're out there. Chat update Sunday - The first chat line seems to have been a success! Branko reports about a dozen members and several other stations checked in. Should be even better next Sunday! New Member Update 43TR350 Trevor Thuringowa QLD 43TR327 Ron Parkes NSW 43TR425 Claud / Carole Mirrabooka WA 43TR024 Bob Capalaba QLD 43TR441 Garry Brisbane QLD 43TR567 Shane /Sandra Ballgura WA 43TR128 Ian Salisbury QLD O/Seas 41TR012 Dave /Harriet Opitki B.O.P. New Zealand |
| Sunday December 22nd 2002 New Members Update 43TR1803 STEWART ARMIDALE NSW 43TR2212 KELVIN ARMIDALE NSW 43TR2408 MAREE ARMIDALE NSW 43TR115 JOHN KELSO QLD 43TR138 MARK DORRIGO NSW. Sunday November 24th 2002 W.A. BBQ - See Branko's Report (with Photos) Tweed members and visitors had a good time at the get together last Sunday, hosted by 43TR084 Branko and Kathy. Branko wishes to advise that planning for the next BBQ event is already underway. He says that it is to be held atTomato Lake on Sunday January 19th 2003. Due to succesful local fundraising, all food will be supplied but BYO drinks please. Not sure about the public liability insurance cover out there! New Member Update 43TR055 Tony Orange NSW Monday November 18th 2002 W.A. BBQ Report Early reports indicate that around 24 members and others turned up in good weather conditions to 43TR084 Branko and Kathy's QTH for their get together yesterday. Great to hear from many of them on the station during the chat / talkback session. No doubt we will hear how the event went shortly! Membership Fees Due to a number of enquiries from new members recently, the membership fee payment structure is to be reviewed. As the present system works on a fixed date (1st January) annual renewal basis, it is proposed that members joining during the yea should not be expected to pay the full amount until the following January. Pro-Rata Membership - (AUSTRALIA ONLY ) We the Management Committee have decided to adopt a "Pro-Rata" system for all new Tweed Radio Members who join us at different times of the year. The "Pro Rata" system will now be put in place for this and all future years. The system will be back dated to the 1/01/2002 and allow us to be able to credit new members for that portion of time lost, while still paying a full year's Membership. As Tweed Radio's financial year is from January through to December, this allows us to send out next years' renewals with the October/ November newsletter, saving both time and money! All new memberships will be "Pro Rata" at the time that application is received, for that period of the year. Membership Application forms will clearly show the periods of the year and the percentage of the membership fee payable for those periods. JOINING FEE TO STAY THE SAME, $5.00. Membership Fees/Single/Shared and additional family only are affected by "Pro Rata". Periods, Jan,Feb,March = 100% Apr,May,June =75% Jul,Aug,Sep = 50% Oct,Nov,Dec = 25% |
| Tuesday November 6th 2002 New Member Update 43TR842 Peter & Alma Stratton WA 43TR128 Ian Salisbury QLD 43TR099 Ron & Dot Westminster WA 43TR018 Rosemary Perth WA 43TR218 John & Philippa Cloverdale WA 43TR053 Chris Cagebrook TAS 43TR114 Rob Parkes NSW Tweed Radio Social Day A social day is being planned for the 8/3/2003. Information is in the newsletter. If anyone wants further info on accomodation please contact HQ via mail or e/mail. Fundraiser 2003 Tickets will be available shortly for our fundraiser. The prize is a Messenger M125 Linear Amp +rx amp, polished metal finish, made in U.S.A. and valued at $199 - donated by Enhanced Radio Communications. [Amp pic] Thanks 43TR067 Richard for helping us out. Price - 3 for $5, 6 for $10 or 12 for $20. To be drawn at the Social day in March 2003. QSL Card Progress The new QSL card (the multi-image one) will be sent to the printers early in the new year. View cards |
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Newsletter posted last Thursday 30/6! Tweed Radio welcomes 43TR058 Chris (Brisbane) to the Group! 43TR139 change of number to 43TR193 (Ron) Sunday June 26th 2005 ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL MEMBER LIST For a little project, I am listening out and looking for any of the active TR members outside of Australia! If anyone can help add to the list please let me know, thanks. The list so far:- 19TR383 Wil 6/8/05 155TR101 Tom 91TR102 - signed TR guestbook 21/7/2005 13TR014 ....spotted on Cluster.dk 100TR100 ....spotted on Cluster.dk yesterday 79TR06 Aladin .....signed TR guestbook earlier this year 79TR101 ??? signed TR guestbook Aug 11th 2004 163TR117 Kerry .....signed April 2004 14TR001 Phillipe ....signed 31/3/2004 (unable to use callsign as AT member also) 13TR101 Markus ....signed 19/10/2003 26TR116 Eric ..... signed 17/5/2003 2TR825 Rex ....heard out there not too long ago! 2TR44 Ron 14TR279 Rene 16TR175 Edwin 20TR101 Torgeir 26TR03 Ray 41TR012 Dave 44TR019 Juliet 45TR025 Zoran 91TR157 Agi Have also been in touch with 224TR009 Ritite who informed me that many of the members there no longer use their TR call for local reasons. . ............43TR299 Geoff Saturday March 26th 2005 TWEED RADIO Welcomes these New Members! 43 DIVISION 43TR 202 JIM BACCHUS MARSH VIC 43TR 645 JOHN LATHLAIN WA 43TR454 CRAIG PADBURY WA 43TR777 STEPHEN KERANG VIC 43TR025 MARIO LAWTON QLD 43TR059 RALF TARINGA QLD 43TR235 IAN BUNDABERG QLD 43TR062 NEIL / KYLIE MORLEY WA 21 DIVISION 21TR010 CHRIS TOMELILLA SWEDEN QSL Cards are still available from HQ for a very reasonable price of A$20.00 per 50 glossy Australian coloured and $15.00 per 50 Blue world map. Please note that the above prices include postage within Australia, so stock up, send in an order today. (check them out on the QSL Cards page) NEWSLETTER The May/June Newsletter is due to be compiled shortly, so if you wish an item to be included please think about getting it in to us as soon as you can. Items for sale / wanted, collectables, coming events and news items from your area. Annual membership 2005/2006 renewals will be sent out with newsletters (43 division only.) International members are not charged the annual fee. International members requiring directory updates, newsletter etc. please contact HQ. CHANGE OF ADDRESS If any member has an address change can you send us the details so that we can update our records.To those that have updated, thank you! MARKET Any members that have items listed , can you inform us if the item is sold or no longer required as we wish to keep items on the page current! All the best and hope to hear you on air soon ! 43TR001 John Sunday 24th October 2004 W.A. CHRISTMAS PLANS We are coming up to Christmas very fast and it's now time to start thinking about our Christmas BBQ. This year I have decided to put on the Webber BBQ and have a few Roast Meats & Vegetables for our lunch. Salads will be available also. The lunch will be FREE to club members and for non - members a small donation will do just fine. We are still going to have our usual raffle, so please don't forget to bring a small prize for the table. We are also asking that you bring some food items for the Christmas Hamper as well. As you know the money raised at our BBQ's goes towards our free sausage sizzles and towards our next Christmas BBQ. Because a son of ours is getting married, we have had to make the BBQ 1 week earlier than we originally planned. The date and location are now as follows: DATE: Saturday 21st November 2004 WHERE: 3 Stedham Way Balga, Perth W.A 6061 TIME: 10am TELEPHONE: 08 93441832 Please let us know A.S.A.P or by 14th November, if you will be attending, so we can cater for the right amount of people. Tea and coffee will be supplied. Please BYO cool drinks and alcohol if wanted. If you have fold-up chairs, please bring them in case we don't have enough for everyone. Thank you to all members and friends who have supported the group over the years by coming to our BBQ's. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year for 2005. All the best from TWEED RADIO 084 BRANKO & TWEED RADIO 180 KATHY Sunday 17th October 2004 N.E. VICTORIA BBQ A get-together with BBQ and an activation is planned for Saturday 30th October at Huon Hill outside Wodonga starting about 11:03AM. 43TR001 John, 43TR124 Ron and a few others will be in attendance so if you would like to come along feel free to join in. B.Y.O. everything. Our station will be on air on 27.225Mhz (Ch 22) LSB. The fundraiser mentioned in the last newsletter will be drawn during this event. NEW MEMBER UPDATE 43TR2395 SUZANNE Orange NSW Monday 4th October 2004 TR133 R.I.P. - See Photo It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of one of our W.A. members. Tweed Radio 133 Kevin (Gus) passed away in hospital from cancer on Monday 27th September 2004, a few days short of his 72nd birthday. Our condolences go to all of Kevin’s family. Kevin was a valued member of the Tweed Radio Group, and he will be missed by all who have spoken to him on the radio. Kevin’s funeral is on Wednesday 6th October at 3pm, at Karrakatta cemetery. Kevin (Gus) has been operating on the CB radio for around 15 years and he was a very respected member of the CB community. Kevin’s family are trying to sell a RANGER RCI 2950. This radio was one of many that Kevin had operated on, and is in beautiful condition and works well. If anyone is interested, they can contact Branko (Tweed Radio 084) on 0893441832 or by e-mail tr084@aapt.net.au Sunday June 6th 2004 Life Membership At the committee meeting last weekend a few changes have been proposed. Life memberships will no longer be a part of Tweed Radio. Instead, an award certificate that will let us recognise those for their efforts more freely, without the ongoing cost, can be awarded at any time. The 2 current life members have been informed by letter. Membership Renewals Memberships ( Australia only) renewal dates will change from the 1st day of January to the 1st day of July each year. The next renewal date will be 1/7/05 . The time difference will be given to all financial members. Membership Applications, New application forms will be updated to show new PRO- RATA periods. Newsletters Newsletters and directory updates will now be sent out twice a year instead of the current three per year. i.e. May/June.....&.....October/November South East QLD Director 43TR441Garry has agreed to become the director for the South East QLD area for the next twelve months. We wish him well in his endeavours. Sunday 4th April 2004 Dx Contest Results Several members forwarded log sheets for the contest held 5th-7th December. The results were:- 1st (Digital world clock) 43TR299 Geoff 37 points 2nd (20 colour QSL cards) 43TR139 Ron 18 points Dx Activations Feb 2004 Nothing heard from the activators. Guess that means the propagation was not good. Saturday December 20th 2003 W.A. Christmas BBQ Report The Christmas BBQ went really well - 33 people attended. Sunny day with a light sea breeze. A large Xmas hamper raffle was won by TR425 Claude and Carole. The New Year BBQ is to be held on the last Sunday in January 2004, when the possibility of starting up a quiz night for members will be discussed. Wishing all members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all W.A. members. TR084 Branko & Kathy. Friday December 5th 2003 Dx Contest A Dx Contest will be held over this weekend 5th -7th December. QSL confirmation will not be necessary. Due to a lack of propagation the contest in September was declared a non - event. Saturday August 30th 2003 New Members 43TR565 Sandy Wubin WA 43TR929 Peter Morphett Vale SA Sunday August 24th 2003 W.A. Events * The next radio operators' (CB and amateur) will be held on Sunday 26th October at Wireless Hill from 10A.M. to 3P.M. All operators are welcome to attend this fantastic day. More than 95 ( plus kids) attended the last open day. Wireless Hill contains a park, playground etc. Thank you to TR099 Ron and TR425 Claude for organising this great day. * The 2003 'Hamfest' is to be held on the 2nd of November at the Cyril Jackson Hall in Fisher St Ashfield. Come and see all of the different types of radio equipment available to buy sell or swap. this will be a great opportunity to learn about different types of radio. Everyone welcome. * Our next Tweed Radio BBQ will be held on Saturday September 21st at TR 084 Branko and Kathy's QTH in Balga. This BBQ is B.Y.O. so please bring enough meat and salad, drinks etc. for the day All welcome. TR084 Branko and TR023 Cameron Thursday August 15th 2003 New Members 43TR454 Shane Geelong Vic 43TR550 Gary Geelong Vic Wednesday August 6th 2003 New Members 43TR021 John/Brenda Geelong Vic 43TR175 Darryl/Nikki Ayr Qld Saturday June 28th 2003 New QSL Cards Our new QSL cards are now available for purchase at 50 cards for $20.00 including postage. Please contact 43TR001 John to order. Friday May 30th 2003 QLD Members Provide Help Tweed Radio Extending The Hand Of Friendship. On Sunday 27th April, at approximately 4.25 PM e.s.t. TR024 Rob and TR005 John while having a local chat on 27.225 l.s.b, received a breaker QSK from a fellow radio operator who was in trouble on the access track. which runs beside the Trans-continental railway in WA. A quick acknowledgement and QRZ was sent by TR024 and a weak signal was received from Whiskey Alpha 4345 Mark who was l00kms east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and was returning from a weekend mustering 380klms east of present location when disaster struck. While towing a caravan the front drivers side wheel studs sheared off which caused him to crash his Toyota 4x4 off the road. After establishing what type of situation we were dealing with, two mobile phone numbers were obtained and calls were made to Mark’s family and a relay of information was set up from the accident location. This action we are sure brought great relief to Mark and his family to know that help was on the way, it sure was a great buzz for TR024 Bob and myself to know we were able to help by providing a communications link and at the same time stretch out the hand of friendship through radio. In closing I would like to say that. W.A. 4345 Mark made phone contact to both Tweed Radio operators to say thanks for the help given and make known they arrived home safe and sound later that evening. 73s from TR005 John& TR024 Bob “Extending the hand of friendship’ 2003 DX Contest Our DX contest will be held over the weekend 12-14th September. As usual. QSL confirmation will not be necessary. For more details see the June newsletter or contact 43TR001 John. W.A. May BBQ A good number of members and visitors turned up for the free BBQ on Sunday May 18th. Due to weather problems they decided to shift camp from the outdoor park to a more sheltered venue. No photos supplied from this event! Their next free sausage sizzle is planned for Sunday 20th July. Tuesday March 24th 2003 W.A. March BBQ See Branko's Report More than 20 members and friends attended the BBQ last Sunday 16th March at 43TR084 Branko and Kathy's QTH. Thanks 43TR023 Cameron for the photos. Due to good fundraising their next sausage sizzle will be free. Depending on the weather conditions it will be held at either Kane Place in Balga or at Branko's on Sunday 18th May. Radio Chat Change Please note the change of frequency for the weekly Call Back. Due to QRM problems it has been decided to use Channel 22LSB instead of 25USB, starting from this Sunday March 30th. Saturday March 8th 2003 Social Day BBQ The Social day BBQ was held today with members from QLD, NSW, and Victoria. Although not a big turnout, a good time was had by all who attended. The winner of the fundraiser was 43TR084 Branko from WA. A smaller raffle was held on the day with 6 prizes won by various members. A donation of $20.00 was given to the Royal Childrens Hospital and members present also donated to the the appeal via a collection tin. A great venue, weather, food and company. Thanks must go out to Enhanced Radio Communications and 43TR067 Richard for supporting us with the Fundraiser prize ( Messenger 125 watt amp). It was well supported. Wednesday February 26th 2003 Tweed Radio Social Day BBQ Will be held at the Kerang Caravan & Tourist Park on Saturday 8th March 2003 with a 10.00am start. The change of venue was bought about due to the impact of the drought and bush fires! Tickets are still available for the fundraiser which will be drawn during the day. New Members 43TR301 John/Loretta Sth East QLD 43TR614 John QLD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certain Victorian members are planning to depart early in June to far North Queensland for a dxpedition and fishing activities. Last year's trip failed to eventuate! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday January 26th 2003 TR955 R.I.P. Members are advised of the passing of 43TR955 Colin from Sydney on Friday 6th December. Our condolences to Colin's family. Tuesday January 21st 2003 W.A Members January BBQ More than 20 members, families and friends gathered at Tomato Lake in Perth last Sunday January19th for an afternoon of food and fun hosted by 43TR084 Branko and Kathy. See Branko's report on this event. Photos supplied by 43TR023 Cameron. Their next BBQ is to beld at Kathy & Branko's on Saturday March 16th 2003. Click on the pic for a larger view! |
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