Amateur radio in West Sussex - Training, Exams, Contests and Special Event Stations

Weekly Bulletin – October 21 2019

WADARC meets at – TS Vanguard, 9a Broadwater Road, Worthing. BN14 8AD

THE PAST WEEK

A very interesting talk was given by the CO of Worthing Sea Cadets, Dave Jackson. Much about the differences between Military and Amateur Radio communications. A convoluted but understandable callsign structure and very short, to the point messages. They don’t seem to go in for rag-chewing! They’re also keen to be able to use the HF bands as well as their VERY short range handhelds, and we really need to get the shack setup, so we can all partake.

We’ve purchased a new Hytera repeater to eventually replace GB3WO and this should be online fairly soon.

This coming Tuesday is the annual Construction Contest. Please bring along any item that you have constructed, or just turn up to enjoy the fun. Knitted radios and wooden or plastic antennas are permitted!

CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS

  • Annual Construction Contest – 22nd October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
  • Annual General Meeting – 29th October – 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/2019/10/18/propagation-news-20-october-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

For those interested in Meteor Scatter, as Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower.

73,

Alan. G4GNX