Rex G4RAE is in the chair tonight for the net. At the moment there is only Roger M6BUQ and Garry G7NVZ as well.
2M Club Net
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BristolBright
This event takes place at the Watershed & @Bristol. Celebrating Bristol’s place as a home for cutting-edge research. There are free events and activities to get involved with.
Below is the link to the Bristol Bright event on Friday 26th September:
http://www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-nature/bristol-bright-night-overview/
Reprap talk & demo 24/9/14
Paul has had to postpone tonight’s talk and demonstration on his reprap 3d printer. So tonight will be an on air / project night.
Linear loaded 40m dipole
Whilst investigating options for a new 20m/40m antenna at my station I came across a QST magazine article by Lew Gordon, K4VX about a linear loaded dipole for 40m. It’s not dual band, but it did catch my eye due to the well written article and also because of its shorter, than a full size dipole, top length.
I’m posting it here just in-case it’s useful to someone.
Andrew
G0RVM
VHF Managers Handboook
In rummaging around the Internet this weekend I came across version 6.14, dated 8 September 2014, of the VHF Managers Handbook.
The title is a little misleading as it contains information relevant to all amateurs and its not just about VHF but also for UHF, SHF and EHF.
Contents
- IARU Informaiton
- Recommendations
- Frequency Allocations, Bandplanning
- IARU Region 1 VHF/UHF/Microwaves Bandplans
- ARU Region 1 50MHZ / 145MHZ / UHF AND Microwaves Contents
- Propagation Research by Amateurs
- Operating Procedures
- Technical Recommendations of IARU Region 1
- Amateur Satellites
- Repeaters
- Beacons
- VHF/UHF/Microwaves Records
- IARU Region 1 Certificates and Medals
Andrew
G0RVM
CW
With Paul not being here morse class is very quiet.
Encryption by Radio Amateurs
Found this link about proposed changes to the radio spectrum and license conditions, the article has an overview of the changes proposed.
www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/15/radio_hams_can_encrypt_in_emergencies_says_ofcom
The below link goes direct to the Ofcom page about the consultation.
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/amateur-radio-licence/
Project Night
Tonight’s project night has lots of different things going. There is a group doing Morse, another wielding soldering irons, others are doing some training for the license and me updating the blog.
CW on 2m & 70cms
On Saturday the 27th of September 2014 a German CW activity group have organised a very short cw contest on 2m and 70cms, ideal for beginners, straight key only with no computer decoding devices.
Note:- Probably Horizontal polarisation.
- from 1400 to 1700 UTC on 2 m
- from 1700 to 1800 UTC on 70 cms.
See this website for further details.
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Andrew
G0RVM