WADARC meets at – Lions Hall, 21 Roberts Road, Lancing. BN15 8AR.
THE PAST WEEK
Last Wednesday’s meeting was the worst attended I’ve ever seen. NINE members plus one non-member and one visitor! I presume that despite previous calls for a club shack, on-the-air nights are not popular at all?
The club’s IC7300 was available, a temporary antenna was rigged up and we actually managed to find Graham (G4FNL) on 80 metres, using the callsign G6XX. Unfortunately, we were unable to get the antenna to tune/match, so the IC7300 cut its power right back and it was just not enough to get Graham to hear us. Thanks to those however, who took the trouble to turn up and make an effort.
One good thing came out of last Wednesday’s meeting – we were put in touch with some surplus equipment, which will add to the goodies at the forthcoming Junk Sale.
JUNK SALE
You will see (below) that our annual Junk Sale will take place next week. Also note that the start time is 7.30pm. If you have items to sell that you need to unload, on arrival at Lions Hall you will be directed to reverse your vehicle up to the front doors and you will be assisted to unload. You will then be asked to drive to the nearest available on-street parking space, or to the nearby public car park. When the sale is finally over, please leave the venue quietly – it’s a residential street.
CLUB MEETINGS & EVENTS
- Annual Junk Sale – Wednesday 26th September – 7.30pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall – Note: Early start time
- Tea and Chat – Wednesday 3rd October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
- Club Lecture (Subject TBA) – Wednesday 10th October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
- Tea and Chat – Wednesday 17th October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
- Practical Evening – Wednesday 24th October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
- Annual General Meeting – Wednesday 31st October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
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
Summer 2018 edition published – http://www.wadarc.org.uk/ragchew/summer-2018
PROPAGATION
HF and VHF:
RSGB propagation info can be found by following this link: https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/propagation-news/2018/09/21/propagation-news-23-september-2018/
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
The end of the month approaches and that’s the deadline for a decision to be made about the venue for our Christmas meal. Two venues have been proposed: The Old Tollgate, Bramber and the Royal George, Shoreham. Both venues provide a carvery as well as alternatives and both have two tier pricing. The Old Tollgate has had it’s food hygene rating upgraded and the Royal George has recently been refurbished. Both venues have car parks.
I’ve created a Doodle Poll for you to vote on which venue you prefer: https://doodle.com/poll/es4sx8u6ttys64bg
73,
Alan. G4GNX
