THE PAST WEEK
Last Wednesday’s meeting was mainly given over to Graham, G4FNL who has courageously offered to setup a special event station at Sussex University, using the callsign GB5WOR. Phil, G4UDU offered to setup the callsign and logging etc., which he has already done. There was a lot of enthusiasm for the event and many members (of those who attended) are willing to take part. Further details will appear on our website and you can volunteer direct to Graham, if you haven’t done so already.
It was fairly clear from the previous meeting that most members favour Tuesdays as a new meeting day. The Doodle Poll setup to collect votes has confirmed this: Votes for Mondays – 2. Votes for Tuesdays – 38.
We’re now in the final throes of setting up the paperwork etc., for the new venue at Sea Cadets HQ (TS Vanguard) and we will be moving there on Tuesday 15th January. From then on, Lions Hall, Lancing will be permanently closed to us.
We’ve also had confirmation from the Sea Cadets that the masts supporting the HF dipole are in good shape, but it’s likely that the co-ax will need replacing. Once we’ve made the move we can discuss what we want to do about antennas and the ‘shack’ itself.
CLUB MEETINGS & EVENTS
Club Annual Christmas Dinner – Wednesday 12th December – 7.00pm-10.00pm – The Old Tollgate, Bramber. Note: Lions Hall CLOSED
Tea and Chat + Mince Pies – Wednesday 19th December – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
NO MEETING – Wednesday 26th December – Lions Hall CLOSED
Multi-Band Nets (HF) – Wednesday 2nd January – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Note: Lions Hall CLOSED
Sunday Breakfast – Sunday 6th January – 9.00am-10.00am – Morrisons, Worthing
Tea and Chat + pre-QTH move discussion – Wednesday 9th January – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Lions Hall
First meeting and familiarisation at NEW QTH – TUESDAY 15th January – 8.00pm-10.00pm – Sea Cadets HQ, 9a Broadwater Road, Worthing
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/2018/11/30/propagation-news-2-december-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
For those interested in statistics, here’s a link to the (closed) Doodle Poll for WADARC meeting nights: https://doodle.com/poll/uhpv3z2ipenkmft8
It’s interesting to note that almost the entire current membership voted, which is encouraging.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
