Look what I found….

Tonight I had the latest edition of the Bradley Stoke and Patchway residents handbook drop through my door.  Under ‘R’ and Radio I found the entry below.   Well done guys 🙂  But should we also have a contact name and telephone…

G4RNK VHF Net

Hi all 😆 I have put up VHF Antenna for Friday night Net, Please can you leave a break to call me i will be also on my phone Tel 07860 600 909 Andy Adams G7OPB  and i think contact…

Museums on the Air

Over the last two weeks the TSGARC has provided Equipment and personnel to put the Thornbury and District Museum on the Air. The event was widely supported by Members, the Museum and even the Press. The Log Sheets can be viewed by…

VHF / UHF Mobile.

As Wednesday 24th June is an on air night an I am going to on the road for at least some off the time of the evening I will put a few calls out via GB3AA when I  get south…

Callsign Wrong for the club (GX4ABC)

Warning As some of you know I have be speaking to Ofcom about the club’s call signs that many of you sometimes use   GX4ABC. &  G4ABC. The callsign G4ABC is OK to use until 2017 when it will need…

Field weekend (3)

This is the third post in a three part series regarding the late May field weekend of the Thornbury and South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club (TSGARC). So Tuesday arrived.  Four days on site had passed very quickly.  The final day…

Field weekend (2)

This is the second post in a three part series regarding the late May field weekend of the Thornbury and South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club (TSGARC). The trouble with camping during May is it gets light early!  Setup had been…

The Hexbeam

Hi Andrew (G0RVM) here…  I really enjoy working HF portable due to a home that’s in a noisy urban conurbation and the joy of being out in the country, often with seriously impressive scenery all-around.  This post is about my recent…

Field weekend (1)

The Thornbury and South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club (TSGARC) held its first ever field weekend over the late May 2015 bank holiday weekend.  This post is the first of three that describes what happened, what went well, not so well and thoughts for…