WADARC WEEKLY BULLETIN – November 10 2019
THE PAST WEEK
At last Tuesday’s Tea and Chat Bob, G3VXJ reported having worked some DX on 30 metres FT8, despite the band being apparently dead! Various discussions took place on other topics and Bryan, G0SIU setup a station in the shack, with his KX3. Here’s a brief summary:
Worked – E72R CW (Bosnia Herzegovina) Sent 579 received 559 with 15 watts
Worked – EA2OR CW Spain Sent 589 received 559
Six members visited the shack and were given demos of SWR of the dipole antenna. Quite a lot of appreciation of how quiet reception is. Showed that the existing antenna loaded 1:1 on 20m, 40m & 80 metres.
Did not use the 2m rig as was not sure whether the antenna was working.
The 2nd Surplus Equipment Sale is on Tuesday 12th November and other clubs have been invited, so hopefully there will be plenty of bargains. Graham, G8BZL has agreed to be our auctioneer. For those bringing equipment, please try to unload, then if the car park gets full, park your vehicle in one of the nearby streets. Please leave the top space clear for any disabled person.
Another reminder about the Christmas Party – we will be at the Casa Ciro Restaurant. 30-31 Marine Parade, Worthing. BN11 3PT. We have their upstairs room. The Club will be paying for members’ (only) meals. Please use the Doodle Poll here: https://doodle.com/poll/4dfzhc5pth2ifkzf to indicate that you’ll be attending. Member’s partners/guests will also be welcome. Deposits for guests MUST be paid before Friday 15th November. The Doodle Poll will also be closed on Friday, so if you haven’t got your name/guest name down, you need to do it soon. There will be no further bookings taken after that!
CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS
- Surplus Equipment Sale – 12th November – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- ICQ Podcast – Grow, Merge or Disband your Amateur Radio Club! + discussion – 19th November – 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
Spring 2019 edition published – http://www.wadarc.org.uk/ragchew/spring-2019
PROPAGATION
HF and VHF
RSGB propagation information can be found by following this link: https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2019/11/8/propagation-news-10-november-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:
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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
Further to last week’s report about the Farnham SDR – http://farnham-sdr.com – I’m happy to report that on 2 metres, results are consistent under flat conditions, both using SSB and FM
73,
Alan. G4GNX
