Members are advised that the Direction Finding talk by Graham G4DPH has been moved to 8th March 2017. The 10 minute shack talks originally scheduled for that date have been brought forward to 8th February 2017. Volunteers for the shack talk…
The Vision, Mission and Values statement (VMVS) for the TSGARC has been published here. It can be accessed by anyone visiting the TSGARC website and is to be found on the About menu. The VMVS provides the ‘rudder’ that guides the…
It was recently put to me that the club was not value for money and I thought I’d take a few moments to reply. First and foremost the TSGARC is a club; it is a group of people connected by common interests…
Over the last few months the committee have authored Terms of Reference or ToRs for their roles. These record the responsibilities of members who undertake committee roles both currently and into the future on behalf of the TSGARC. A little terminology: A…
Our TSGARC Christmas meal was at the Anchor in Thornbury this year. It was well attended and everyone had a good evening. The food was great. I particularly liked the roast beef 🙂 Yum. Big thanks to Stan, G0RYM for making it…
For some time I’ve been thinking about replacing the IC-706Mk2g in my pickup with a newer radio. The obvious choice was a IC-7100 as it has all the same connectors, including that for the AH-4 auto-coupler. As a bonus the radio…
After last nights excellent and informative talk by Gary on Network systems in which a 5G was mentioned, there is a talk at the RSGB meeting in Redland on Monday 28th November by Prof Andrew Nix (University of Bristol) on…
Well Wedensday 23rd November was a suprising talk by Garry (G7NVZ) on Networking because it should have happened next Wedensday 30th November. Thanks Peter (M6KVA) for pointing it out. Shame he left it until after the talk to let me …
Just wanted to post this piece regarding how heartened I was to see so many old Amateurs returning to the hobby. In the past 3 weeks I guess I must have seen at least two or three per week (two…
So, most members should be aware by now that the old 40m dipole has been removed and replaced with a new 40m dipole! The feedpoint 1:1 balun was also changed for good measure and sealed thoroughly for the winter. But this is…