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/
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.
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.
See this website for further details.
Have you wondered how to get your picture, your avatar, shown alongside your replies to news posts in our News section? Well, you need to create a Gravitar (A Globally Recognised Avatar).
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The Gravitar website explains it like this:
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Andrew
G0RVM
Whilst on holiday to the west coast of Wales I set aside some time to visit the Museum of internal fire; from our participation in the Museums On The Air event earlier in the year I knew they had set up a radio station as they had hosted the museums event on their servers and taken part in the event from the museum. The exhibits are quite incredible featuring enormous engines restored to full working order and running! Exhibits including a 3 mega watt power station driven by a jet engine and donated by Rolls Royce in Bristol.
The radio Station is set up in a wooden Shack surrounded by Antennas put up by the local amateur radio community and I was invited by Lloyd (2W0LLT) to operate the Rohde & Schwarz XK2100L; after some time listening on the 40m band we achieved a QSO with G0VTG near London. The museum website: http://www.internalfire.com.
Radio station details can be found on QRZ.com, search for GB2MOP.
Museum of Fire Radio Shack
The radio Shack also contains some Marconi Racal equipment which they are hoping to restore and work in the coming months. Well worth a visit.
John
M0HFH
VP8CES, Halley 5 QSL Card
This coming Wednesday I will be doing a presentation about my trip to the bottom of our little planet in 1991 when I had the opportunity to create some really big pile-ups as VP8CES at Halley research station!
The presentation will tell my story from boarding the RRS Bransfield in Rio, through the year on the ice and the return back to Montevideo via the Falklands.
So your task before the presentation is to familiarise yourself with the geography of the South, including the Falklands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, the Brunt Ice Shelf not to mention the various types of whale, seal, birds etc
Talk starts at 20:00hrs; See you Wednesday.
Andrew
G0RVM
Detail of the TSGARC and GARES sponsored 1st Wotton Scout Group JOTA 2014 event has been added to the TSGARC program here.
Paul
M0ZMB
There is a good introductory segment by Gordon West, WB6NOA to the dipole antenna, the benefits of a resonant vs non-resonant antenna and a discussion of other simple wire antenna’s near the start of the the latest Ham Nation episode. We have a link to all episodes under ‘H’ on our Links page but for convenience you can also find it here: http://twit.tv/show/ham-nation/162
Ham Nation is in its 162 weekly episode and since the very first episode they have covered a wealth of subjects core to amateur radio. Memorable episodes for me are Bob’s introduction to microphones, audio processing and the importance of good audio to working DX, coaxial dipoles, the station ground (RF vs DC) including ground loops plus some of the kits George has built on the show, but there are many more.
If you don’t know about Ham Nation, I can certainly recommend viewing. It’s an all American production by Bob Heil (K9EID) [Of microphone fame], Gordon West (WB6NOA), George Thomas (W5JDX) and Dale Puckett (K0HYD) and episodes often contain contributions from the UK. Its very good and has quite a worldwide following.
Andrew
G0RVM
The club net will be on Friday @ 20:00hrs local. Starting on the FM calling channel (145.500MHz) then moving to a free channel.
All members are reminded to re-validate their Amateur Radio Licence at the OFCOM website before OFCOM starts to remove licences. Roger M6BUQ will be arranging an evening to assist members with this task. Please bring with you any logon details you have for the OFCOM website.
Paul Smart
M0ZMB