July club meet

From club secretary Steve. Please remember we are NOT at The Hut on the 13th as there is a Centenary Cricket Match so we WILL be at The Hut on the 20th of July instead.

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Club BBQ

From club secretary Steve. Annual club BBQ is on Saturday 10th August, normal club meeting date, 13:00 to 18:30, bring your own food and drink, coffee and tea provided. Gas BBQ on site.

CHOTA 2019

From club secretary Steve. On Saturday 14th September we are at Andrews Church, Fairlight for CHOTA Operating from 10.00 till 16.00. We will be setting up a G5RV and a vertical and hopefully Shane’s trailer with spider beam. We will be inside near the kitchen and there is plenty of room. Call sign for the…

A few photos for those of you just getting into Data modes

There is a link that I have already put on the web site so you can hear the signals but I thought it would be a good idea to show you a few – courtesy of THE Russian Data modes club. There are variants of above signals in speed and width ie’ BPSK63 is wider…

Inexpensive thermostatic soldering station

Some time ago my Aouye decided to completely pack up, the hot air side having died a long time before. The lack of a circuit diagram or manual with at least some service info was going to make trying to repair it too time consuming and I replaced it short term with a Maplin badged…

RSGB Amateur Radio Survey 2015

As part of a review of its strategic goals the RSGB is undertaking a survey of the amateur radio community. This was last carried out five years ago. Please take the time to fill in the online questionnaire as this is your chance to have your say. The questionnaire can be found here:- http://rsgb.org/main/rsgb-consultations/active-consultations/amateur-radio-survey-2015-2/ Martin…

New DMR Repeater at Folkestone

DMR repeater GB7CK came on the air last Saturday. According to the keeper Matt M1CMN it is performing better than the DStar repeater GB7FK-B that it has replaced, using the same antenna, feeder and filters. I can now access three DMR repeaters from here at Fairlight, Caterham, Rochester and Folkestone with Folkestone being the strongest.…

Visitor from Cray Valley Radio Society

Today in the Visitor Centre car park at the Country Park, Phil G8OPA, down here from Sidcup and staying in a caravan was operating on 2m with a FT-897. The dual band vertical is on a Clark push up mast. Phil is a member of the Cray Valley Radio Society.