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Next Club Meeting - 21/5/2008 - RAYNET

On Wednesday 21st May, Steve M0ZHX will introduce the Club to RAYNET, the voluntary Radio Amateur Emergency Network, which in an emergency situation, is available to provide communications support to the User Services defined in the Amateur Licence. RAYNET also provides saftey comms cover for local community events such as walks, runs etc.

As Controller of our local RAYNET group, Steve will introduce the Club to South Sussex Raynet and its work.

There will also be opportunity from 19:30, for Members wanting new or renewal of CRB Checks to be processed.

For further information, please contact Eddie G0ECW.

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 can be found on the Event Diary page.

Ragchew Newsletter - March/April 2008 - Available

The Club's Ragchew Newsletter for March/April 2008 is available in printed form at the meetings. Be sure to collect your copy. The online version is also available online on the Members Only area. See below for how to register for the Members Area.

A technical problem has arisen in the publication of the online version of the Ragchew Newsletter November/December 2007. It will be fixed shortly.

WADARC Diamond Jubilee "1948 Net"

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club next year, a number of events will be planned. As a start, a Top Band Net has been started by Phil G4UDU. This net on 1948kHz takes place on Thursday evenings, starting at 1900 hours local time.

Initial response has been very good, with a total of 15 members last week, although some members are experiencing very noisy band conditions at the moment, and others are hampered by not having very efficient aerials. To help in the latter case, Phil has developed a loaded dipole for gardens that are restricted in size and is easy to make. It will be featured in the next Ragchew newsletter.

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 December 2007.

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.

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The Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain.

Updated - 18/05/2008