THE PAST WEEK
Vic, G8MUQ gave a most interesting talk accompanying a DVD about Gerry Wells, his life (especially as a child) and his Dulwich Radio Museum. You could tell that there was a lot of interest, as we were all watching the credits at the end of the DVD, in the hope that there might be further snippets. Vic knew Gerry very well and was happy to answer questions about him. Thanks Vic.
The Club’s new HF Linear Amplifier, an Elecraft KPA500, has been ordered and is on its way. Hopefully it will be with us by Tuesday. We are designating one or more club nights to building the kit, as a communal effort.
Jonathan, G1EXG will be giving a talk next Tuesday (see below) and guests will be welcome.
CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS
- Buckminsterfullerene & the carbon revolution – Jonathan, G1EXG – Tuesday 25th February – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- Sunday Breakfast – Sunday 1st March – 9.00am-10.00am – Morrisons, Worthing
- Tea and Chat Night – Tuesday 3rd March – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- Construction Night – Building Elecraft KPA500 Kit – Tuesday 10th March – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
For further information as it occurs, please visit the WADARC website: http://www.wadarc.org.uk
NETS
Monday – 2 metres 145.425 MHz, FM, 7.30pm (local)
Thursday – 40 metres 7.106 MHz +- QRM, SSB, 11.00am (local)
Saturday – 70cms on GB3WO, 7.00pm (local)
Sunday – 80 metres 3.712 MHz +- QRM, SSB, 7.30am – 8.00am (local)
RALLIES
Local, national and some international rallies can be found by visiting this excellent website: http://www.g4rga.org.uk/All.html
RAGCHEW
Winter 2019/2020 edition published – http://www.wadarc.org.uk/ragchew/winter-2019-2020
PROPAGATION
HF and VHF
RSGB propagation information can be found by following this link: https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2020/02/21/propagation-news-23-february-2020/
BEACONS
VHF:
GB3WSX – IO80QW – 70.007 MHz
GB3BAA – IO91PS – 70.016 MHz
F1ZXK – JN18KF – 144.438 MHz
F5ZSF – IN88GS – 144.409 MHz
GB3VHF – JO01EH – 144.430 MHz
ON0VHF – JO20HP – 144.418 MHz
UHF:
F5XBA – JN18KF – 432.830 MHz
GB3UHF – JO01EH – 432.430 MHz
ON0UHF – JO20ET – 432.567 MHz
DX NEWS
HF:
WADARC members (and others) can subscribe to the DX News service without joining ARRL.
Send an email to this address: w1aw-list-request@arrl.org
In the subject line put the word Subscribe followed by your email address
ARRL will send an acknowledgement and you will receive the weekly DX News as an email, usually on a Friday
VHF/UHF:
The RSGB VHF/UHF Contest and Activity calendar is available via this link: https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/readcal.pl?year=2020
FINALÉ
We had some biscuits donated last week (thanks Roger, G4TNT) but we could do with some more and they will be much appreciated from any of our members.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
