MKARS Projects

MKARS has a number of club projects, some of which take place during shack nights and club workshops and others which are done jointly or individually by members.

The two most famous projects are the 80m QRP MKARS80 (pronounced "em cars 80") transceiver which bares the clubs name and the more advanced Pic-A-Star HF transciever which has been shown to compete, and in many cases better, considerably more expensive commercial transceivers.

MKARS80 Details of the MKARS80 80M SSB transceiver Pic-A-Star Details of the Pic-A-Star HF transceiver

Below are some examples of a completed MKARS80 (M0TIF)
and a completed Pic-A-Star (M1EPM)

Tony's 10-metre band report

Yet again, the weekend (with contest) rules supreme. Loads of DX about

NZART President Roy Symon ZL2KH resigns

Roy Symon ZL2KH resigned as President of New Zealand's national society, NZART, on Monday, February 20

Opera Beacon takes Route 66

Bob running his USA Experimental 500 KHz station WE6XGR in New York, is being decoded regularly by N6RY, just north of San Diego on the WEST coast. And, not only is the Opera beacon reaching coast to coast USA, its also reaching the west coast of England at the same time, with G4WGT, G8HUH and G0KTN as regular customers