Our upcoming June presentation features Kevin Jardine (VK2KVJ), who will take us on a journey back to 1996. Kevin led a 10-person team to Tokelau—a remote territory in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—to install 4.5m Satellite Earth Stations and communication facilities across three isolated coral atolls.

Come along to hear about the triumphs and challenges of their eight-week expedition, and what it was really like living and working in a remote "tropical paradise."

After his recent talks on Reticulum and APRS over LoRa, Rob Dolphin has produced some excellent "Getting Started" guides:

• Getting started with Reticulum
• Getting started with APRS over LoRa

Other guides will be added over time and will be found at https://vk2ma.github.io/HowTos/

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