WADARC meets at – TS Vanguard, 9a Broadwater Road, Worthing. BN14 8AD.
THE PAST WEEK
Unfortunately Chris was called away for work and could not return in time, so last Tuesday’s meeting reverted to Tea and Chat, which those present seemed to enjoy. The Dayton Hamvention had recently taken place and there was some discussion and information from those who had made the trip across the pond.
Philip, G4KIL attempted a Raynet check-in on 60 metres, but was not successful, mainly due to local RF noise. The noise situation should be remedied soon, once the dual mag-loop is installed. Meanwhile, Bryan – G0SIU was putting his woodworking skills to good use, making alterations in the Shack for cable tidies and cable tray. In the meantime, I’ve located a source for roller security blinds, so hopefully we should soon be able to get the Shack equipment installed and secure.
Phil and others had a brief discussion about antennas and a plan of action has been formed. We were also lucky that Dave Jackson from Sea Cadets paid us a visit and we were able to secure the necessary permission and safety recommendations for access to the main roof.
CLUB MEETINGS & EVENTS
- Tea and Chat evening – Tuesday 28th May – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
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
Winter 2018 edition published – http://www.wadarc.org.uk/ragchew/winter-2018-9
PROPAGATION
HF and VHF:
RSGB propagation info can be found by following this link: https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2019/05/24/propagation-news-26-may-2019/
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=2019
FINALÉ
Since moving to Worthing for meetings, WADARC has gained several new members. I would like to welcome them and hope that they will continue to enjoy club meetings.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
