Improve your Morse code

There a few club members who know Morse code and would like to improve their skills in one way or another.  Speaking with members, I’ve heard mention of FISTS but never of CWOPS.  I know an amateur who has spent…

TSGARC VHF Coverage Map

Using the excellent Radio Mobile program by Roger VE2DBE, I’ve produced a 144.3MHz coverage map for our current setup at the club-house.  For info about the antenna, losses, power etc see the first page. The report is here. Andrew G0RVM

Field Day Antenna’s

We have erected Two antenna’s and some tuning is underway, The first is a ZL7 2-2m 7 element special Yagi on lone to us by Andy ( G7OPB) from Berkeley; on Sunday we measured the resonant frequency  144.4 to 145…

Visit to Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton

During the summer months I propose a visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton. If you would like to come please let me know your available dates from those listed below. 10th or 11th June 29th or 30th…

RSGB Train the Trainers Course

Folks A quick somewhat belated note. Few weeks back I attended the TtT course organised via CARS. Really good day was had by all. I am now officially a ‘Trainer’. However whilst on the course the trainers realised that I…

TSGARC AR Roadshows

Folks today I secured agreement from Waitrose Chipping Sodbury to host our first AR roadshow. Idea is for us to showcase some technology but more importantly raise awarenss of AR to the local community. This is supurb location, great footfell…

TSGARC embark on ARDF….or do they?

Folks an entertaining and very interesting talk from Graham G4DPH last week.  Given that Graham and fellow Weston Club members have invited TSGARC to their next club ARDF event perhaps we could consider a club based RDF project or system which…

Tracking High Altitude Balloons using SDR

After the talk last night I took a moment to mention my friend Sam Sully, who is running a club at Monmouth School to launch 8 High Altitude Balloon’s (HAB) into the upper atmosphere. The club is involving 42 students from…