Event organisation

Whether it be a talk by a member or a larger event such as a field weekend we all enjoy events. Events are core to our club; they bring us together and allow us to share idea’s and information with…

What are IQ signals?

The terms IQ are increasingly commonplace in amateur radio literature.  Open any copy of Radcom or read anything about Software Defined Radio (SDR) and you will see the terms IQ.  But what are they? Since transitioning from a cherished black-box…

The new FT-891

A little news hot off the Dayton press…  Yaesu have a new mobile HF & 6m, 100w transceiver. Looks a little like the latest series of Icom radio’s with its black on white display.  Its also similar to the FT-857…

Field weekend

Friday 29th April saw the start of the TSGARC big Field Weekend. OK, not quite the same as its BBC Radio 1 namesake but just as much fun 🙂  Setup took place on the Friday and was finished by late afternoon –…

Raynet Talk

This Wednesday we received a talk by Mike G0JMD about the formation of Raynet groups and Mike’s experiences in and as the controller of the North Avon Raynet group. We learnt that the idea of Raynet came about after the…

Field Weekend Starts

So, the TSGARC 2016 field weekend starts in glorious sunshine.  John, Derek and Mark with a trailer full of tents, tables etc. Andrew G0RVM

Programme update

Until recently our Programme has contained On-air nights. Before our radio room came into operation last year these where necessary as all activities shared the same room. However, now that we have a separate radio room we no longer need…

International Marconi Day 23rd April

The celebration of the huge part Marconi played in the invention of Radio will be marked by transmission of signals from around the world next Saturday 23rd April. Many special event stations will be in operation. Here’s a link to one…

Service outage

Members may have noticed a problem with the website tonight….. I applied an update which seemed to work ok but which destroyed the formatting of text on our web pages.  After about 1.5hrs of trying to resolve the problem I’ve…