WADARC meets at – Lions Hall, 21 Roberts Road, Lancing. BN15 8AR.
THE PAST WEEK
Wednesday evening’s barbecue at Goring Gap seems to have gone well and was popular with those who managed to attend. Unfortunately 2 members had to drop out at short notice due to health issues and a family crisis, however 18 people enjoyed Alastair’s cooking of burgers, hot dogs and the occasional steak and rashers of bacon. I’m sure everyone will wish to join me in thanking Alastair for his efforts, buying and preparing the food, setting up the BBQ and doing an excellent job as outdoor chef.
Despite the club’s K3 with an antenna and mast being available, nobody was sufficiently interested to use them, but fortunately we were represented by Bryan, G0SIU who set up a 40 metre station with his KX3 and borrowed antenna – 10 Watts to a dipole. Stations worked (CW & SSB): GM0CME , GM3XX, UA2VTY, DL3YP, S57DX
With donations on the night and the money we saved not using Lions Hall, we were able to offer members free food, which eventually only cost the club £20 – good value for money for an excellent evening.
CLUB MEETINGS & EVENTS
- Tea and Chat Evening – Wednesday 18th July – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
- Fire Services Day – Saturday 21st July – 10.00am-4.00pm – Worthing Fire Station, Broadwater Green
- Fox Hunt 3rd (final) leg – Wednesday 25th July – 7.30pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall open for those who can’t take part
- Tea and Chat Evening – Wednesday 1st August – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
- Sunday Breakfast – Sunday 5th August – 9.00am-10.00am – Goring Cafe
- Outside on the Air – Wednesday 8th August – 7.30pm-10.00pm – Chantry Lane Car Park
For further information as it occurs, please visit the WADARC website: 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 – 70 cms 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
Spring 2018 edition published – http://www.wadarc.org.uk/ragchew/spring-2018
PROPAGATION
HF and VHF:
RSGB propagation info can be found by following this link: http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2018/06/01/propagation-news-3-june-2018/
VHF/UHF Beacons often heard in our area:
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=2018
FINALÉ
Rumour has it that Andy, M6RFE has managed to lose a large sausage in the shape of a Salami. Anyone finding said item should report it on one of the club nets or on GB3WO, then post it in a plain envelope to WADARC Hon. Sec. c/o Lancing Treacle Mine.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
