It is with great sadness that we announce the recent and unexpectedly sudden passing of Steve Stebbing, VK2AAV.

Steve was a committed Amateur and good friend to many. His work in Radio and Electronics spanned many decades. As a long-term member of the Hornsby and Districts Amateur Radio Club, he was a regular presenter, challenging us all to learn and refine our electronics skills. In 2024, he stepped up to become President of HADARC and ran the Club with new and interesting topics.

More recently, Steve applied his passion of engineering to design LORA and Meshtastic networks. In the past year Steve also designed online access to the HADARC Repeater for power management and enjoyed time on 6 meters and 2 Meter bands.

Steve will be dearly missed by many Amateurs.

Funeral Service: Friday 8th August @ 1PM in St. James Church, Turramurra – If attending contact Matt VK2BAI (0401 992 430) to allow for catering requirments. If you can't make it, simply click on the link for live streaming: http://tiny.cc/StephenStebbing

Just a reminder that this year's Christmas in July will be held at Magpies Waitara from 18:00 (6pm) on Tuesday 8th of July 2025 in lieu of the usual mid-monthly meeting.

On Saturday 26th April, HADARC will be operating the special event callsign VK2IMD to celebrate International Marconi Day.

We'll be setting up at our usual place at Golden Jubilee Field in North Wahroona.

We'll be operating on or around 7100kHz starting from 12noon (0200 UTC).

This month’s presentation will be by Matthew Ayres VK2BAI about Radio Repairs, Filters, and How to Cook a Codan. The session will be some lessons, insights and loads of practical help along with Matt’s special spin on things.

This month's presentation is by David Burger VK2CZ who will be delivering an engaging talk on the world of Hardcore Contesting. David will cover various subjects including logging, QSLing, submissions and the "gossip network" - as that is still a mystery for many who do frequent contests!