The rearranged programme has been added to the site. Please be aware that due to ongoing roadworks around Thornbury this may be subject to change.

The club AGM for 2026 will take place at 20:00 on Wednesday 8th of April 2026 at The Chantry.

The AGM has been pushed back a week due to local parking and access issues for the first Wednesday of the month.

Nominations are requested from members for election to the committee. The positions available are:

• Chairman
• Vice-Chairman
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Committee Members

Annual membership fees are due before the AGM.

A couple of prospective new members came to the club and a discussion was had about LoRa WAN. A few club members have now setup a few nodes for LoRa WAN using MeshCore code. Paul (M0ZMB) had been experimenting for a few years, along with all his other projects.

What is LoRAWAN?

LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) is a low-power, wide-area networking protocol designed to wirelessly connect battery-operated “things” to the internet in regional, national, or global networks. It targets key IoT requirements such as secure, bidirectional communication, mobility, and localization services, operating in unlicensed radio spectrums.

LoRaWAN is designed for low-bitrate, sporadic data transmission, making it perfect for sensors that only need to send small amounts of data periodically.

TSGARC is closed until the new year.

We return again on the 7th January 2026.

Due to building works in the Buckingham Room our usual room will not be available on 10th December 2025.

Tonight we will be in the Slymbridge Room which is in the main building on the ground floor.

Tonight 26th November 2025 Rick M0LEP will be giving his rescheduled talk on SOTA

A change to the programme, a night of preparing patch leads for the shack.

MArtyn 2E0VMP & John M0HFH have been maintaining the antennas today. This is a temporary setup to keep the club on air. The antena is 80m EFHW.

Congratulations to Martyn (M7VMT) who has passed his Intermediate since our last club night.

The Morse Phone can be used to get started with the Morse code. You can use him to practice, but you can also pair two or more Morse Phones and send messages to each other.

The Morse Phone is designed by Service Kring for Scouting JOTA & JOTI events.

It is a Morse beep that can be used standalone but also can be linked with other Morse Phones, after all, you communicate together! The Morse Phone is inspired by the Fuller phone, a bit of history.

The Fuller phone is a Morse telegraphy device that has been developed
during the first world war by major A.C. Fuller. In the years after that, the
Fuller phone is further developed and remained in use until after the second
world war. The ideas of A.C. Fuller were not new but he has managed to
make a device that could be applied in war situations and harder to
eavesdrop than the already existing telegraphy equipment.

The Morse Phone can be used in several ways:
Independent, as Morse sounder, the Morse Phone will give a beep if the key is pressed.
Linked to one or more other Morse Phones (or a real Fuller phone).