WADARC meets at – TS Vanguard, 9a Broadwater Road, Worthing. BN14 8AD
THE PAST WEEK
Unfortunately last week I was unable to attend the meeting, but other members have said that the video/lecture on FT8 was much better produced than previous RSGB offerings and the presenter knew his subject well. It was a bit heavy at times and it appears that one lesson learnt is that it’s important to have ALC levels set correctly to avoid interference, which FT8 can be prone to.
Thanks to Roger and Ian for holding the fort and opening the doors.
This coming Tuesday, by popular demand, we’ve slotted in a talk by Jonathan, G4KLX on the QO-100 satellite setup. Please try to support our talks, even if they’re not always on your favourite subject.
Obviously it won’t affect us until next year, but Roger, G7VBR reports that ILLW (Lighthouses Weekend) has moved slightly from its traditional date and will be held on the weekend of 22nd/23rd August 2020. Please make a note in your diary.
ARRL have reported that the French air representation has dropped its bid to acquire a ‘share’ of our 2 metre band. It’s great news that they’ve finally come to their senses, but it does not mean that we can become complacent and the band still needs us to keep it occupied as much as possible.
CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS
- Talk on QO-100 by Jonathan, G4KLX – 24th September – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- Talk on the life of Charles Wheatsone by Ray, G4XUZ – 1st October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- Annual Quiz – All Welcome – bring brains – 8th October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- Tea and Chat Night – 15th October – 8.00pm-10.00pm – TS Vanguard
- 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/2019/09/20/propagation-news-22-september-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
Even though band conditions are mostly rather poor (especially on HF) it’s important that we all try to get on the air as much as possible. There are outside interests who have covetous eyes on our frequency allocations. I’m sure that none of us would want to find out the hard way that it could be a case of “use it or loose it”!
73,
Alan. G4GNX
