HADARC Open Night Jan 1998

The club opened its doors to the public to display the many aspects of amateur radio .. .

... photos by Tony Farrow

WICEN's Dave Horsfall, reminding us how radio amateurs help with emergency communications during civil emergencies .. eg storms, earthquakes, floods and bushfires.	Dorothy vk2ddb talks about ALARA, the Ladies Amateur Radio Association.
Ian vk2mw demonstrates how to make contacts by short wave (HF) radio.
The short wave DX crew show off their rigs and QSL cards from all around the world ... David vk2bzm, Ralph vk2irp and John vk2dej.	Ian O'Toole shows off some of his military radios. Note the orange emergency radio rig complete with box-kite antenna.
Neale vk2cni demonstrates a lovingly restored crystal radio.
Murray vk2kgm shows a young visitor some radio-frequency measurement techniques.	Club members Barry vk2aab (left) and Sean vk2tht enjoying the challenge of working on 50 MHz.
Amateur TV ... chatting on a two-way (full duplex) very clear TV link to a member's station at Berowra.
	Harry Bolton vk2bol demonstrates how he can receive morse code via amateur television!