WADARC meets at – Lions Hall, 21 Roberts Road, Lancing. BN15 8AR.
THE PAST WEEK
Report from Roger, G7VBR:
The outdoor event organised by Alex on Wednesday 13th was quite well attended with chat and some radio activity. Chris M0VUE was unable to make it at the last moment due to work commitments so activity was down to Phil G4UDU, Alex 2E0UMD, Roger G7VBR, George G0UCF and Edmund M0MNG with a selection of wire, whip antennas and handhelds. Edmund used his handies to work 17 stations with 2 via a repeater. He also tried 4m which was ‘quiet’ but 10m offered an Italian and a Slovakian station but unfortunately neither heard him.
Also appearing were Bodie 2E0VRM on 2 wheels, Roger G4TNT, Ian M0IAD, Vic G8MUQ, George’s XYL Isabel and Demelza M3DKX. There was a flow of members during the evening with some arriving early until the wind turned cold and those remaining went home. An enjoyable evening in the fresh air with excellent company.
Sorry I couldn’t make it but was not long out of hospital and not quite up to it. I did manage to work GX1WOR on 2 metres from home.
TRAINING
Andrew, G1VUP will be holding training sessions at his Brighton premises in the coming months. He’s looking for would be Foundation licensees and those wishing to progress to Intermediate.
If you know of anyone who wants to join a course, please give their details to any committee member or direct to Andrew.
CLUB MEETINGS & EVENTS
- Tea and Chat Evening – Lions Hall, Lancing – Wednesday 20th June – 8.00pm-10.00pm
- Fox Hunt 2nd leg – Wednesday 27th June – 7.30pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall open for those who can’t take part
- Tea and Chat Evening – Lions Hall, Lancing – Wednesday 4th July – 8.00pm-10.00pm
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
Next week’s WADARC meeting (Tea and Chat) will be chaired by Chris, G3UFS – our President, as I will not be available.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
