TSAGRC will be running a event along side the 1st Sedbury & Tidenham
Scout Group on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October.
The special event call sign will be GB2SAT. QRZ.com page.
JOTA ID: 5GB71J Maidenhead Locator: IO81QQ Worked All Britain Square: ST59
We will be running HF, VHF stations along with other things to spark an interest in radio and electronics. The activities will be aligned so the Scouts can gain the
Communicator Badge.
Thornbury and South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club were once again allowed to operate for Railways on the Air at the Vale of Berkeley Railway on Saturday 21st September 2019.
Railways on the Air (ROTA) usually takes place on the weekend closest to the 27th September. This date celebrates the anniversary of the first steam powered passenger railway which took place on the 27th September 1825. The first passenger train ran on a line in the North East of England from Darlington to Stockton.
A number of amateur radio stations operate from heritage railways throughout the country with the aim of contacting as many other stations as possible as well as any other radio amateurs who may be interested. TSGARC managed to contact 13 other railway sites from Helston in the south to Dufftown in the north.
We also managed to contact 2 other special event sations. One was celebrating the 100th anniversary of the KLM airline and the other was celebrating the 101st anniversary of the first Marconi wireless message from North Wales to Australia.
In total we managed 69 contacts in 10 countries including Italy and Slovenia. We were very pleased with the results of our day and would like to thank the members and trustees of the railway who put up with us for the day.
See Vale of Berkeley Railway Website for more information on the railway where the special event station was held.
Thanks also to Ron for the information.
The fox hunt on Wednesday evening turned into a damp affair and was attended by Mike g0jmd, Paul m0znb , Garry g7nvz and John m0hfh. Peter Barnes m0swn was the fox who had gone to ground in the Mundy Playing fields accompanied by Brittany M6LVB. First hound to see the fox was John m0hfh using body shielding and a hand held, second was Garry g7nvz and Paul m0znb bringing up the rear. We had a cream cup cakes as our prize and returned to rock street around 9.15, a fun evening.
Members of TSGARC at Vale Of Berkeley Railway. GB4VBR station up and running and abut 30 contacts made by 13:00 local time. These include both HF & VHF bands.
The club will be taking part in Railways on the Air 2019 on Saturday 21st September at the Vale of Berkeley Railway, Sharpness Docks.
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Peter Barnes will be our Fox for this years Pedestrian Fox Hunt.
Starting in the Rock Street car park, Thornbury at 7.30 pm finishing around 9.pm
Exam success
On Tuesday 20th of August we had four club members who successfully passed their Intermediate exam, they were Alan, Ross, Geoff and Dexter.
Congratulations to them all.
To help with construction a Photograph of the Primary and Secondary connection.
If you are using a single connection box keep the primary at one end and the capacitor used in the Tank circuit at the other.
Keep the connecting wires as symmetrical as possible
Boxes suitable for this project Screwfix.com Part no. 33991 and 35121
Today Ross passed his Foundation exam after a short course. Ross completed the exam in about 40 minutes and scored 24 out of 26 questions. He already has a callsign in mind M7RAE. The test was invigilated by Peter G4OST and Paul M0ZMB.
Well done Ross.
Paul
M0ZMB