The West Australian VHF Group was formed in 1955 with a core focus on very-high and ultra-high frequency radio communication such as: satellite, Earth-Moon-Earth and other applications of the frequencies above 30MHz. However, member interest extends from LF (longwave) through EHF (microwave) and the technology to utilise those frequencies. The club has been based at Wireless Hill (Noongar: Yagan Mia), in Ardross since 1972 with the generous support of the City of Melville.
Anyone with an interest in amateur communication is welcome at our activities and meetings.
We have regular meetings online, but sometimes in the Operators Cottage at Wireless Hill in Ardross, just south of Perth (see map). 7:30 pm (local / West Australian Time) on the fourth Monday of the month (except December). We also have activity days, usually on the 1st Saturday of each month (except January), and on 3rd Saturday of each month – 12 noon (local time), till about 4:30 pm.
Other information sites
We have a FaceBook page, and new information usually appears there first. [This is being phased out in favour of a FaceBook Group – see below].
Announce and Discussion email list:
We operate an email announcement and discussion list: email wa-vhf-announce@googlegroups.com (this replaces the [Announce] and [Discussion] groups that used to operate from the old website. The list is supported by Google Groups.
We have a FaceBook Group which is open: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wavhf
Coming up:
- Next group activity day: 4th October 2025 at Wireless Hill, from noon till about 3pm
… then 18th October 2025. - Next monthly meeting: Monday 27th October 2025, 7 pm – conducted online via Google Chat – link sent out on the Announce and Discussion email list a day or two before the meeting – this month is the Annual General Meeting
Interested in joining?
Membership is $35 per year. Click here for the membership form.
Subscription Renewals:
Payment ($35) can be made to WA VHF Group: BSB: 126-541, account: 23444951 – put your CallSign and name in message text.
Beacons:
WA VHF Group maintains radio beacons. See our Beacon page.
To contact West Australian VHF Group, please contact one of the current committee:
(for phone contact within Australia, change the +61 with 0 in the phone numbers below)
- David Emrich, VK6KV- President, email: vk6kv@daves-domain.com, phone: +61 419 908 271
- Alasdair Taylor, VK6ATX – Vice-president, email: vk6kif@bigpond.com, phone: +61 416 195 540.
- Mark Dixon, VK6EZ / KK6EZ – Secretary, email: vk6ez@dixemail.com, phone: +61 413 820 071
- Stephen Cordell, VK6BBM – Treasurer, email: sccba@yahoo.com.au, phone: +61 401 884 439
See the VHF Group Team over the years.
Updates (March 2024):
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