Biography

WARC Home of the VK2 National Outwards Qsl Buro

WARC also runs the Westlakes Cup ( Full details on our web page )

WARC hosted VK100WIA from Fri 29th Oct till Sun 31st Oct 2010

VK4XJJ (Jeff's Walk 2) walk from East to West across Australia http://jeffswalk2.com
Westlakes Amateur Radio Club was established in 1964 by the late Keith Howard VK2AKX and has recently celebrated its 45th Year of operation.

We are the largest Amateur Radio Club in Australia with about 300 members and have our own clubrooms set on an acre of land for members use.

The Club is located just to the Southwest of Newcastle (QF57TA) on the shores of beautiful Lake Macquarie.

Westlakes members are involved in virtually every aspect of Amateur Radio from Digital Modes SSTV, PSK31 etc to Satellite, MF, HF, VHF, UHF and SHF activity and experimentation.

Members are very involved in Contesting both nationally and internationally on all modes.

Westlakes is a proud affiliate of the Wireless Institute of Australia and is very active in the WIA Education Programme training and assessing in the Australian Foundation, Standard and Advanced Licence Programmes.

Westlakes also hosts a number of broadcasts on various frequencies during the week.

WARC President is Geoff Clark VK2EO who is also our Web Master

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