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Latest News, Thursday 11th June, 2009.

PW 144MHz QRP Contest - 14/06/2009

The Sunday, 14th June, the PW 144MHz QRP Contest is taking place between 0900 and 1600UTC. The Club will be running the contest station G1WOR from Chantry Post above Storrington. All Members are encouraged to support this contest, either by lending help or by giving points to G1WOR!

Next Club Meeting - 17/06/2009 - Introduction to Data Modes

On Wednesday 17th. June, Dave M0VBY will give a talk entitled An Introduction to Data Modes.

The meeting will start at 20:00 local time and all are welcome. Details and map of where to find the Club Room can be found on the Contact Us page.

Details of future Club meetings and events can be found on the Event Diary page.

WADARC Logo Clothing Order

Andre M0RAV is organising an order of WADARC clothing with the Club Logo and personalised name and callsign for Members, to be placed soon. Orders should be placed by completing the form which is available HERE. Orders will only be accepted with payment, (either cash or cheque made payable to WADARC.)

The range of clothing available includes:

  • Polo Shirt
  • Sweatshirt
  • Full-zip Fleece
  • Hi-viz Vest
  • Long and Short-sleeve Shirts
  • Baseball Cap
All items can be ordered in various sizes.

WADARC Receives Lottery Funding

On Monday 14th July, it was announce that the Club has been awarded over £9000 in Lottery funding towards HF and VHF/UHF radio equipment, which will serve a large area of Sussex.

The Club was successful in its application for funding from Awards for All for its project to install VHF and UHF D-Star digital repeaters in the Worthing area. The repeaters will allow digital communications both locally and worldwide using radio and Internet technologies, and will be situated in the Worthing Borough Council buildings serving the area.

The funding will also allow the Club to upgrade its current radio equipment, antennas and other associated items, with new state-of-the-art equipment.

A copy of the press release issued today can be seen here.

Further information about the D-Star project and the lottery funding will be made available in the coming days.

Awards for All

WADARC Committee accepts Award

"The support and assistance of Worthing Borough Council on this project is gratefully acknowledged."

The WADARC Mailing List

The new WADARC Mailing List is now live. This mailing list is hosted by QTH.NET has been set up in response to members that have experienced problems the yahoogroups mailing list where posts have gone missing.

Full information about how to subscribe, how to post to it, and what facilities are available it on the Information page.

Members Area Registration

In order to register for the Members Area, click the following link: Members Area Registration.

Full details are available by clicking the Members Only Area link.

Update of the Events Diary Page

The Diary of Club Meetings & Events page has been has been updated with details of meetings, Contests and Special Event Stations, up to July 2009.

RSS Radio Newsfeed

We have been offered a Radio newsfeed as above, supplied by the Southgate Club (http://www.southgatearc.org/, webmaster Richard Brunton) and several other clubs are now using it. Thanks to Matt and Trevor M5AKA for the information.

Members Ads. Page

Within the Members Area, a Members Classified Adverts page is available. However, currently there are no items posted. Any Member who would advertise items For Sale or Wanted should email the Adverts.

Please contact the Webmaster if you spot any broken links.

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Contact Information
For contact details and details of how to find the Club Room, please see Contact Us
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The Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain.

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Updated - 11/06/2009