This Easter we have an something to get you all on air. The Easter Activity! The idea is, you dust of your radio(s) and put them to use, and make as many contacts as you can with other club members. This runs from Friday the 1st of April 2022 to Saturday 30th April 2022. All …
The day has finally come, and the mast has been installed. Gary and his son turned up 1st thing Monday morning, and by lunchtine it was all completed. A couple of days to make sure all has set, and we will be able to put it to the test. Don’t worry, it is straight, I …
At the meeting last night, there was some discussion regarding the frailty of infrastructure. Mike G6PTY brought to our attentiuon, a link setup between two UK 70cms repeaters which is not using the internet. South Hampshire Repeater link This is using a point to point Wi-Fi link between Southampton and Portsmouth (13 miles), and can …
The 2020 Christmas Natter and Nibbles was a little different, being held over Zoom… but it was well attended by many menbers of both the GDRS and the Wey Valley Amateur Radio Group. We especially delighted that a few of our distant members were able to join in.
The VHF/UHF DX Book is now available as a free download, from the website of the copyright owners TRPublishing. http://www.trpub.net/html/dx_book.htm
Just issued, William has 2E0RWR Now all he needs to do, is build his Hardrock 50…..
Today 26th Sept 2020 William passed his intermediate exam. This was done online and he achieved 42/46 in 40 mins. Quite why you are given 90 mins is a mystery! the new online examination system works well, so come on those of you who want to either get your first license, or upgrade. All 3 …
The Radio Society of Harrow has produced a set of twelve videos for the current (July 2020) syllabus. Topics covered are: 1. Introduction 2. Licence Regulations 3. Technical Aspects 4. Receivers 5. Transmitters 6. Antennas & Feeders 7. Propagation 8. EMC 9. Operating 10. Safety 11. …
As demonstrated by Andy G4XYW last Friday night, below is the link to the 10m pole that he has acquired. Simon G7HHI has suggested that if we wanted to buy about 10 for members of the club then he would try and organise a trade deal for the 10 using his company for purchase. Consequently, …
William passed his foundation exam on the 24th August, and has just recieved his foundation license. His new call sign is M7WER – and he has alerady been on the Monday night club net, with his new FT-817nd. The first QSO in his log book was with our club president, Clive M0IAM Rob