WADARC meets at – TS Vanguard, 9a Broadwater Road, Worthing. BN14 8AD
THE PAST WEEK
True to their word, the ‘Foxes’ commenced transmission at 7.30pm from Lancing Clump and were actually heard within TS Vanguard on handhelds. However, propagation was strange as they were not initially heard in areas of Worthing, where better antennas were in use. The foxes were Bodie, 2E0VRM and Chris, M0VUE. ‘Chasers’ were Dorian, 2E0FSI – Ian, M0IAD – Vic,G8MUQ – Roger, G4TNT – Roger, G7VBR. Dorian was the winner of the 2nd leg of the Foxhunt. Possibly due to the new format, all but one found the foxes. Around ten of us listened in at TS Vanguard and met the others for tea afterwards.
Ed, M0MNG reports that 2 metre propagation has been very good from time-to-time and he managed to work PA0 on a very modest beam and low power from Sussex. Although when I checked over the weekend, the French beacons were apparent, ON0VHF/ON0UHF were quite weak. I put out a few CQ calls but nobody answered. This is a really bad state of affairs, especially as the band is under threat from a French conglomerate. Use it or lose it!!!
Please note that NEXT WEEK (9th) is the Junk Sale and it starts at 7.30pm. There are no Silent Key items this time, so we may have a more orderly event, although there may not be as much money for the club. Please see this section in next week’s Bulletin for further details.
CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS
- Designing and building antenna parts using Fusion 360 with additive and subtractive manufacturing. M0VUE – Tuesday 2nd July – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- Sunday Breakfast – Sunday 7th July – 9.00am-10.00am – Morrisons, Worthing
- Junk Sale – Tuesday 9th July – 7.30pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard – Note: Early start time
- Setting up your computer for Omnirig, Log4OM and connecting to a USB radio – Tuesday 16th July – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- Outside Meeting – Chantry Hill – Bring antennas, rigs, and MUG for TEA – Tuesday 23rd July – 7.30pm-9.30pm – Chantry Lane Car Park, Storrington
- Tea and Chat Night – Tuesday 30th July – 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/2019/06/28/propagation-news-30-june-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
If you haven’t seen this link on the Discuss reflector, please take time to read it now, as some Amateur bands are under threat:
http://mailman.pe1itr.com/pipermail/moon-net/2019-June/039773.html
I will lobby the RSGB on behalf of WADARC and myself and I urge all other RSGB members to do the same.
73,
Alan. G4GNX
