2012 Archived News
3rd March 2012
We have been
in contact with one of our members
over
the Internet
Graham - M0AEP
who is currently on holiday on the
Caribbean Island of
Montserrat .
He is using the callsign VP2MDD but he tells us he has heard very few signals form the UK so let us hope radio propagation conditions improve.
24th February 2012
Congratulations to Barry
and James on passing
their Foundation License exam at the last meeting,
please see picture below.
We would also like to welcome our newest member Paul - M6PSM who joined the club at the last meeting.
19th February 2012 We would like to wish Barry and James the very best of luck for the Foundation License exam which they are both taking this coming Thursday 23rd February, so good luck guys but I am sure you will not need it...!. 19th February 2012
One of members
Graham - M0AEP is going on his
travels over the next few weeks to the Caribbean Island of
Montserrat so
let us hope some of us can make
contact with him on the Amateur Radio bands. 11th February 2012
There was not to many at the last club
meeting perhaps due to the heavy snow that was falling. The members and Committee would like to thank Lee - M6LSM / 2E0CJA for all of his help as Vice Chairman over the past year, Lee has decided to resign from this post and move on from the club. 5th February 2012 More new meeting date details have been added to the What's On Page We have now received the license Notice Of Variation for this years Mills On The Air special event station operation which takes place over the weekend of 12th/13th May. Please watch this space for further details nearer the event date. 4th February 2012 A new meeting date details have been added to the What's On Page 13th February 2012 A new item has been added to the For Sale Page Yaesu FT221R Transceiver - NOW SOLD... 31st January 2012 The license Notice Of Variation application for this years Mills On The Air event has been completed and sent to Ofcom for processing. 28th January 2012 The Committee and members would like to thank Lee - M1DEN for his help as the club's Secretary over the last year and we hope to see him at one of the upcoming meetings or at one of the event stations. Many thanks to Harold Scivens for coming to the last meeting and giving us an update on the Radio Society Of Great Britain's activities, Harold is the region 4 General Manager.
The events for the coming year was
discussed at the last meeting and it was decided that
the club would once again be
taking part in this years
Mills On The Air
event
which takes place over the weekend of 12th/13th May.
22nd January 2012 The Members List Page has now been updated. 13th January 2012
We would like to welcome Barry and
James who came to the club at the last meeting and it was nice
to see some new faces which are full of enthusiasm to become
involved with future club events over the coming year. The What's On Page and the Training Page have now been updated giving detailed dates for the New Year 2012. 5th January 2012
Would anyone wishing to take the
Foundation License exam due to take place on 23rd February
please make sure they make a payment of
£27.50
to
Jim - G1PPP to be received by
12th January, Jim is the club's Exams Secretary.
17th December 20111 Radio propagations seems to have taken a big drop over recent days with the sunspot numbers declining down to a low of 60 please see the solar cycle 24 website for more details. 10th December 2011 Many thanks to Ken - M6ITW for the loan of the DVD that was shown at the last meeting. 5th December 2011
Congratulations to
Lee - M6LSM and
Colin - M6FLC who have both passed
the intermediate license exam.
26th November 2011 Many thanks to John - MOIIE for his interesting talk at the last meeting. We would like to wish Lee - M6LSM - Colin - M6FLC and Geoff - 2E0GAJ good luck for their license upgrade exam which they are taking on Monday 5th December, once again good luck guys but I am sure you will not need it...!. 17th November 2011 Many thanks to Ken - M6ITW for the loan of the DVD that was shown at the last meeting, this was certainly an insight into the planning and operation of an Amateur Radio dxpedtion station. 30th October 2011 We would like to thank Harold Scrivens for visiting us at the last meeting and giving us an insight into the future of the Radio Society Of Great Britain The What's On Page has now been updated. 24th October 2011 Radio propagation conditions have improved dramatically in recent weeks with the 28Mhz band seeing good openings to Eastern Europe the South Pacific and North America see the solar cycle 24 website for more details. 23rd October 2011
The results are out for this years
RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest
which the club took part in over the
weekend of 3rd/4th September,
please see
here for the full results. There was not to many members at the last meeting however we managed to fill up the diary for future meetings until Christmas. The "What's On Page" will be updated shortly. 22nd October 2011 There will be a Radio Amateur Examination test sat at the club on Monday 5th December, would anyone wishing to take this exam make sure they make the relevant payment to Jim - G1PPP who is the club's exams Secretary at the next club meeting. 17th October 2011 Some new items have been added to the For Sale Page 10th October 2011 A new update has been added to the Six Meter News Page, so if you are interested in the six meter band please take a look here 3rd October 2011 Please see below for some Youtube video footage of the Railways On The Air special event station operation and the RSGB National Hamfest taken by Dave - MOOGY
27th September 2011
This years
Railways On The Air
special event station operation
GB2NPR was a great success with many stations been
contacted around the UK and Europe and also stations were
contacted in the USA and Australia, quiet a few local stations
were also logged on VHF so a good time was had by all. 20th September 2011
All is in place for this years
Railways On The Air special
event station operation at
Normanby Hall Country Park
near the town of Scunthorpe North
Lincolnshire, please see
Google Maps for directions. 10th September 2011 We have received the license Notice Of Variation for the forthcoming Railways On The Air special event station operation. The club's entry for the RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest has been submitted and you can view it here Please see below for a Youtube video of this years field day operation, filmed and produced by Dave - M0OGY
The September issue of the UK Six Meter Group newsletter has been added to the site, so if you are a 50Mhz enthusiast take a look at the Six Meter News Page 6th September 2011
It is with deep regret we have to inform
you that one of our members
Ron - 2ERWX passed away peacefully
at Scunthorpe General Hospital today. 3rd September 2011 Many thanks to Lee - M1DEN for his excellent talk and presentation he gave at the last meeting about building yagi antennas. 26th August 2011 The application for the license Notice of Variation for this years Railways On The Air special event station operation at Normanby Hall Country Park near the town of Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire has been posted to Ofcom. 27th August 2011
We can now confirm that all is in place to
use the same field as last year for this years
RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest
which takes place over the weekend of
3rd/4th September. 19th August 2011 Plans were outlined for the forthcoming RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest at the last meeting and we can confirm that Bonby Parish Council have contacted us today regarding the use of a site for this event.
Some more labels
were stuck onto the club's QSL cards by the members at the last
meeting ready to be sent to the RSGB QSL card bureau. 13th August 2011
Some more EQSL card images have been added
to the site, please see the
Photos
And Video Page to browse the
various pages. 7th August 2011
Many thanks to
John
- M0IIE for
his interesting talk at the last meeting
about interference to Amateur Radio receivers which is
generated from electrical appliances around the home. 30th July Some EQSL card images have been added to The Railways On The Air 2010 Page 27th July 2011 Many thanks to Dave - M0OGY for his talk at the last meeting about the CRT2M 2 meter FM radio. 20th July 2011 A listing for the radio club has now been added to the club's section of the "Brigg Life" website you can read it here The July issue of the UK Six Meter Group newsletter has been added to the Six Meter News Page 10th July 2011 The display station at Winterton Agricultural Show was a great success with a fair amount of interest shown in the hobby. Please see the Youtube video below by Dave - M0OGY 8th July 2011 New price for Alinco DJ-175E hand-held transceiver Now... £49 for details please see the For Sale Page The Winterton Agricultural Show Page has now been updated please take a look here
25th June 2011 The main topic at
the last meeting was to finalise plans for the forthcoming
Winterton Agricultural Show
which takes place over the weekend
of 2nd/3rd July. There was also a brief discussion at the last meeting about Practical Wireless QRP Contest and the RSGB Backpackers Contest Graham - M0AEP also gave a breakdown on how the RSGB Train The Trainers went on 18th June. The clubs new QSL manager Geoff - 2E0GAJ told us that he hopes to have the stick on labels printed and will bring them to the next meeting to get them stuck on the QSL cards. 19th June 2011 A new page has been added for the Practical Wireless QRP Contest and the RSGB Backpackers Contest activity, you can view it here A new page has also been added for the forthcoming Winterton Agricultural Show you can view it here 13th June 2011
The clubs activity
in the VHF Practical
Wireless QRP Contest went fairly well despite the
poor weather with stations contacted in North Wales, Scotland,
Northern Ireland, Bolton, Liverpool and Sussex as well as many
others.
We would also like to thank the land owners S.H Brown (Farms) Ltd for kindly allowing the club to use their land for this event. 11th June 2011 It was decided at the last meeting that the club would purchase a gazebo for use at forthcoming events to try and avoid some of the problems we have had in the past erecting a very complicated tent...!. A diary for future meetings was planned out at the last meeting, for further details take a look at the What's On Page
On Sunday the 12th June
a small group of the members will be
operating a VHF portable station from the top road overlooking
the village of Saxby All Saints, they will be giving a few
points away in the Practical
Wireless QRP Contest and will
be operating from 9am until
4pm and visitors are most
welcome so if you are interested in the hobby why not come and
see us and say "hello". You can find directions on Google Maps
by clicking
here or by calling Fred on
07790726639. Some of the members are to attend one of the RSGB Train The Trainers events on Saturday 18th June in preparation for running a license training course as and when the demand arises. 4th June 2011 A new item has been added to the for sale page please take a look here 31st May 2011 We can now confirm
that the club will be operating a special event station at the
Winterton Agricultural Show Lee - M1DEN told us all at the last meeting that he has now got the clubs 17 element 2 meter yagi antenna refurbished and it is operation and a small group of members hope to take part in some of the forthcoming VHF contests. 30th May 2011
This years
Mills
On The Air
special event station operation
went well using the callsign
GB2WPM operating from the
Wrawby Postmill
near Wrawby,
Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England. Some 435 contacts were made
over the weekend of
14th/15th May
and we would
like to thank everyone who called our station and made this an
enjoyable event for our members.
Special thanks must also go out to Colin - M6FLC who provided all the catering for this event, this is a very important job as when operating from a field location for long hours and often in poor weather conditions a warm drink and hot food are a very welcome sight so thank you once again Colin for all of your help. 14th May 2011 Over the weekend of 14th/15th May the club will be once again taking part in the "Mills On The Air" event operating from Wrawby Postmill, near Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England using the callsign GB2WPM and will be active on the HF and VHF bands. Visitors are most welcome please see QRZ.COM for full details.
For more information on Wrawby Postmill please click on the picture above or take a look here 3rd May 2011 A new item has been added to the for sale page please take a look here 1st May 2011
We can confirm that
the club can use the field near the windmill at Wrawby for this
years "Mills
On The Air"
special event station operation. Many thanks to Lee - M1DEN for all of his hard work in composing a document outlining the future of the club and for highlighting that all members where possible should try to become involved in the club's events and activities. The 2011 "Mills On The Air" special event station was discussed at the last meeting and plans will be finalised at the next meeting.
We will be running a
license training course starting in mid May.
Many thanks to
Ron - 2E0RWX for all of his help in completing the QSL
cards for the club's special event station operations. 15th April 2011 A new committee has been elected for the year 2011/2012 please see the Committee Page for full details.
The 2011 "Mills
On The Air"
special event station was also briefly
discussed at the last meeting. 4th April 2011
Many thanks to
Nigel - G0CMK for his very
informative talk at the last meeting about applying for planning
permission for Amateur Radio masts
and antennas. I am sure everyone will agree Nigel covered some
useful points and hopefully answered all the members questions
regarding planning matters. 21st March 2011 The clubs antennas have been moved from the home of Graham - M0AEP and are now stored at other members houses and will be renovated for use at future club events. 20th March 2011 Many thanks to Graham - M0AEP for stepping in at short notice at the last meeting and giving us a very enjoyable quiz night. 7th March 2011 The March issue of The Uk Six Meter Group newsletter has now been added to the site you can read it here 4th March 2011 Many thanks to
Lee - M1DEN
for the
excellent talk and presentation he gave us at the last meeting.
I am sure everyone will agree that Lee had put one hell of a lot
of preparation work into this so well done to him, we
could just do with another 10 members like Lee with his
enthusiasm...!. 27th February 2011 The club now has a new QSL manager Ron - 2E0RWX will be dealing with all the club's QSL cards, please see his contact details here 20th February 2011 A big thank you to Graham - M0AEP who has agreed to become a license course trainer. The relevant forms have now been completed and posted to The Radio Society Of Great Britai 15th March 2011 The talk and presentation about the activities of the Radio Amateur Emergency Network - RAYNET in the local area of Yorkshire and Humber has been CANCELLED due to ill health and will be re scheduled at a later date. 13th March 2011 Please see below for some QSL card samples for the clubs callsign MX0GBB
4th March 2011 We are in the process of having a QSL card designed for the club's callsign MX0GBB 20th February 2011 A letter has been sent to the Broughton Show committee about the club putting on a special event station at this years show. We are still waiting to hear back from the committee of the Appleby Show about the club putting on a special event station at this years show. Many thanks to Dave - M0OGY for his talk and presentation at the last meeting about making radio related You Tube videos. 5th February 2011 We are still in the process of
planning events for the club to take part in over the coming year including
Appleby Show -
Winterton Agricultural Show and
Broughton Show
as well as other events. 30th January 2011 A new Six Meter band news page has now been added to the site. You can find it by clicking on the menu bar at the left hand side of this page under "News" or read more > here 21st January 2011 The
What's On
Page
has now been updated. 11th January 2011 There were only a few members at the
last meeting however some ideas for future meetings were discussed. 12th December 2010 After speaking with
members the committee took the decision to cancel the last meeting, this was due
to the adverse weather conditions we have been having over the last couple of
weeks. 29th November 2010 The idea of mounting
the tower on a trailer that the club was gifted in mid October was discussed at
the last meeting. It was decided by the committee and members to look into the
club registering as a non profit making organisation and looking at getting
possible funding for this project. 16th November 2010 New items have been added to the For Sale Page Many thanks to Graham - VP2MDD for his talk and presentation which he gave us at the last meeting about operating Amateur Radio from the Caribbean Island of Montserrat. 4th November 2010 We have now received the QSL cards for the special event station GB2WMW This was the callsign used for this years " Windmills On The Air " 27th November 2010 The buffet for the
clubs Christmas party has now been booked. We will be holding a raffle so if any
member would like to give a prize it would be gratefully received and this will
help with club funds. 16th November 2010 The talk about kite antennas that was scheduled for the next meeting has been CANCELLED 4th November 2010 The club has come in 8th place in the RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest thanks to all who helped with this event. For full results please click here Many thanks to local Amateur Astronomer Mr. Jeff Tew who gave us an interesting talk and presentation at the last meeting about the solar system and the universe. Our club members have
been invited to a "Junk Sale" at
Scunthorpe Steel Amateur Radio Club on
Tuesday 9th November
at 8pm
but if you want to have a good look at the gear for sale try and get
there a bit earlier. 24th October 2010
17th October 2010 Thanks to Dave - M0OGY for the talk he gave us at the last meeting about linear amplifiers. 2nd October 2010 It was nice to see Harold Scrivens at the last
meeting. Harold is the
RSGB Regional Manager. The "Railways On The Air" event went very well with around 420 contacts been made including Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Cuba, Canada, USA and many contacts in the Uk and Europe, many thanks to Lee - M1DEN for the loan of his radio equipment for this event. The clubs entry into the RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest is still looking good and we hope to get the results in about a week, so in the meantime well done to everyone that took part and thank you for helping with this event. 17th September 2010
The callsign information for
GB2NPR has now to been added to
QRZ.com 13th September 2010 The clubs entry for the RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest has been submitted, you can see the entry listed by clicking here Why not take a look and see how we did compared to other clubs and groups. 7th September 2010 The clubs first contest event the RSGB Single Sideband Field Day Contest went very well and we made a total of 786 contacts, thank you to all that helped with this event and well done on achieving a very good score. 3rd September 2010 A big thank you to Howard Ling - G4CCH for his excellent talk about Moon Bounce at the last meeting. 16th August 2010 The Notice of Variation for the special event station "Railways On The Air" has been received and the callsign GB2NPR has been issued by Ofcom this will be added to QRZ.com soon. This event is due to take place over the weekend of 25th/26th September at Normanby Hall near the town of Scunthorpe. 22nd August 2010 We will be operating from the station of Graham - M0AEP over the bank holiday weekend of 28th/29th/30th August using the club callsign MX0GBB/P It
was decided at the last meeting that the club will be operating the
RSGB Single Sideband
Field Day Contest from a field on the
top road overlooking the village of Bonby.
7th August 2010 The club events diary has been updated please see the What's On Page for details. 6th August 2010 It was decided at the
last meeting that the family day would not go ahead at this time,
however the club will be taking part in the
RSGB Single Sideband
Field Day Contest over the weekend of
4th/5th of September.
It was suggested by
Please Note: The talk by
Graham - VP2MDD about
his trip to the Caribbean Island of
Montserrat and operating
Amateur Radio from this quiet exotic DX location will now be on
11th November. 4th August 2010 The Notice of Variation application form for the special event station "Railways On The Air" has been completed and put in the post to Ofcom today. 24th July 2010 The QSL cards for "Windmills On The Air 2010" special event station was discussed at the last meeting and the club will be placing an order for 500 cards with Emil - LZ3HI 10th July 2010 Congratulations to John - 2E0III on passing the Advanced License exam his new callsign is MOIIE We have received a quote from Emil - LZ3HI of 36 Euros for the QSL cards for the "Windmills On The Air 2010" special event and Gordon - M0GIQ is going to take a higher resolution picture of the mill for us. 12th June 2010
The QSL cards for the "Windmills On The Air"
special event station were also discussed and this was left with
12th June 2010 The club diary has been updated at the last meeting and we now have something on at every meeting until 28th October please see the What's On Page for an up to date list, however if any members can think of a talk that they would like to see or perhaps do a talk themselves please raise it any of the forthcoming meetings. 15th May 2010 Some events were
discussed at the last meeting for the summer months including some
VHF contest operation and
the possibility of a small group of interested club members taking
part in both the
VHF and HF SSB
field day contests. 15th May 2010
The "Windmills On The Air"
special
event went
very well and some good dx stations were worked, the best been
5h May 2010 Many thanks to John - G0JRB for the excellent talk he gave us at the last meeting about VTS Humber - VHF Radio System 25th April 2010 We are please
to tell everyone that we have received the Notice of Variation for the "Windmills
On The Air" special event station and have been issued the callsign
GB2WMW
18th April 2010 Many thanks to Dave - M0OGY for his talk at the last meeting about Marconi -T antennas. 4th April 2010 The clubs subs for the year 2010 / 2011 are due by 29th April the fee is £15. 2nd April 2010 The club is still in the process of planning some more special event stations for the coming year and next year 2011, this has been left in the hands of Jim - G6CMX
Jim - G6CMX is also looking into the possibility of the
club operating a portable station from Congratulations to all the club members who took the license exam and all passed so the club had a 100% pass rate for the first training course it has run, well done to all who helped to make this possible and we would like to say a special thank you to Gordon - M0GIQ who was the lead tutor. As
an official Amateur Radio License Examination Centre the club will
be hosting the Advanced License Exam on 24th June 2010, If anyone is
interested in sitting the exam please contact
Jim - G1PPP who is the Examination
Secretary. Please see the
Training Page
for contact
details. The new committee has been elected for the year 2010 / 2011 please see the Committee Page for more details. Jim - G1PPP has asked Knight's CB Shop at Kirton In Lindsey if we can put some posters up there and the owner agreed and also said we could leave some flyers to promote the club. 1st April 2010 A warm welcome to Ray - M3YUM and nice to see another new face at the club. 25th March 2010 We can now confirm that the candidates taking the license exam will be going ahead on Wednesday 31st March, good luck to everyone and many thanks to Gordon - M0GIQ for all the work he has done by running the training course every week. 23rd March 2010 We can now confirm that the club has permission to operate from the same site as last year for the "Windmills On The Air" special event station, this event takes place over the weekend of 8th and 9th of May. 19th March 2010 It is hoped that the candidates who are currently training for a license or license upgrade will be taking the exam before the end of March. 9th March 2010 New page added items of radio related equipments for sale and wanted see the For Sale Page 6th March 2010 A warm welcome to a couple of visitors at the last meeting Simon - M0SIY and Graham - M0AEP we hope to see you guys again soon. Many thanks to Dave - M0OGY for his talk on Belcom 10 meter radios which was very interesting, so let us hope we get some more sunspots and we can all start having some fun on the 10 meter band...!. Gordon - M0GIQ has printed some posters which have been put up around the meeting venue. Jim - G1PPP has asked Knight's CB Shop at Kirton In Lindsey if we can put some posters up there and the owner agreed and also said we could leave some flyers to promote the club. 21st February 2010 A warm welcome to Lee from Barton Upon Humber. Lee has started the training course to get his foundation license, good luck to him. We discussed some talks for future meetings see the new What's On page for details. 5th February 2010 It was nice to see a
couple of new faces at the last meeting a big welcome to 1st February 2010 We have had some response from the letters that John - M6BBB and Gordon - M0GIQ sent out recently but unfortunately many of the local Radio Amateurs are not to active at the moment or are unable to make it to the club for health reasons, however let us hope that we see some new faces at the next meeting. 27th January 2010 The Amateur Radio license training course is now been run from John - M6BBB's home, please see the Training Page for more details. 24th January 2010 John - M6BBB with the help of Gordon - M0GIQ and his XYL Sandy have been composing a letter to send out as a mail shot to local Amateur Radio enthusiasts with a view to gaining some new members. These letters should be posted out sometime during the coming week. An email has also been sent to the RSGB for the club to be mentioned in the GB2RS news broadcast. 23rd January 2010 The Amateur Radio
license training course has now resumed after the Christmas break,
please see the
Training Page for more details. 18th January 2010 Well I hope everyone had
a nice Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of the members and
their families. 19th December 2009 The club's meeting venue is now an official Amateur Radio License Examination Centre, this means that all classes of the license exam can now be taken at the premises.
Training Page for up to date details. 4th December 2009 Everything seems to be going well with the license training course and it is hoped the candidates will take there exam in early January 2010, good luck to all in advance. 27th November 2009 Many thanks to John - M6BBB for his interesting talk about oscilloscopes at the last meeting. 12th November 2009 We had a visit from Harold Scrivens - G0UGE the RSGB Regional Manager to inspect the club venue with a view to it been used as an examination centre. 6th November 2009 The Amateur Radio License Training course in now up and running and is held every Friday at 7pm please see the Training Page for more details. 16th October 2009 As from 22nd October at 8:30pm we will be starting an Intermediate Amateur Radio License training course. Everyone is welcome. 8th
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John - M6BBB
gave a very interesting talk about
P.M.E ( Protective
Multiple Earthling
) and how it can effect
the safety of a Radio Amateur, he also gave some useful
paperwork to the members for future reference.
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