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Training and Assessment for Amateur Radio Licence 2023

Training and Assessment for Amateur Radio Licence. Obtaining an amateur radio licence is easy with the Foundation entry level accreditation. There is no morse code to learn, you don't need technical qualifications and there are no age limits.

The St George Amateur Radio Society (SGARS) holds weekend amateur radio licence training courses and assessments, within the St George/Sutherland Shire. For dates please refer Upcoming and Recent Events www.sgars.org

Courses and assessments are run in compliance with current public health restrictions and COVIDsafe guidelines.

Foundation licence courses are held over a single weekend (Saturday and Sunday), being review of the Foundation Licence Manual, practical training, followed by assessment in theory, regulations and practical. Candidates will need to have read and be familiar with the contents of Foundation Licence Manual, prior to attending the weekend course.

Standard and Advanced licence assessments are held on Sunday. Candidates will need to have undertaken self study in theory and regulations prior to attending the assessment session.

Thursday Evening FM Voice Net

SGARS conducts a regular club net every Thursday evening, commencing at 8.00 PM local time on the Heathcote repeater VK2RLE, 146.800 MHZ - 600 kHz offset.

This net is conducted by our net controller using the club call sign VK2LE. Everyone is welcome into the net, including foundation licence holders and non members.

The net is also available via Echolink under the callsign of VK2RLE-R (Node 170628)

COVID-19 2022 Update - Return to "in person" gatherings

Following a recent survey of St George Amateur Radio Society (SGARS) members, the committee is pleased to announce a return to "in person" gatherings and meetings, commencing Wednesday 4th May 2022.

All persons attending an SGARS gathering or meeting should;

follow all Public Health Orders or Directives, current at the time, and,
notify the SGARS secretary as soon as possible, if you receive a positive COVID test result within 7 days of attending an SGARS gathering or meeting, and,
respect the decision by others attending the gathering or meeting, to exercise or not, COVID safe precautions, such as wearing a mask, social distancing.

The SGARS committee has imposed a mandatory sign-in policy for all attending. You must ensure that SGARS has your current email address so that you can be notified should the SGARS committee receive advice of a positive COVID-19 case. Visitor contact information will be destroyed 28 days after the gathering or meeting.

Please consider NOT attending and SGARS gathering or meeting, if in the 72 hours (3 days) period prior;

you have been feeling unwell, and / or,
you are or have been a close contact of someone who has been feeling unwell,

irrespective of the result of a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).

SGARS 2023 Executive Committee

At the December 2022 meeting of The St George Amateur Radio Society Inc, members elected an executive committee for 2023, as follows;

Tony Edward VK2ALE - President 

Roland Riede VK2YAD - Vice President

Paul Howarth VK2GX - Secretary 

Peter O'Connell VK2EMU - Treasurer  & Publicity Officer

Wal Pearce VK2ACE - Committee Member

Membership to SGARS

Membership is open to the St George Amateur Radio Society.

Current Membership application forms are available on line by clicking HERE.

If you do not have someone to nominate you, please submit the form anyway and we will try and find someone.

Membership fees are $30.00 per annum. Joining fee of $5.00.

Membership Application Forms can be sent either by;

in person to the Secretary at one of our regular gatherings,
email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,
mail to PO Box 530 Engadine NSW 2233

Upcoming and Recent Events