award, played an active part
in the recent International Lighthouse Weekend. Peter was up
bright and early on the first day to take part in this contest
for the third time. His first contact was with LYIFW from
Lithuania. Club Net: Thursdays, 2030 QRG 145.375MHz +/-
Web site: www.qsl.net/g3sky www.qsl.net is a dedicated site for Radio Amateurs. You may have your own pages on there. It is not difficult to make simple pages like these, other amateurs may then be able to see their qso partner and his/her qth etc. Page with information of how to do it.
Club member Peter Eames M0AXD, the only club member to hold
the prestigious DXCC award, played an active part
in the recent International Lighthouse Weekend. Peter was up
bright and early on the first day to take part in this contest
for the third time. His first contact was with LYIFW from
Lithuania.
Peter, continued to generate the RF stopping only for Breakfast, Dinner, cups of tea and no doubt the occasional qwc, until his last contact with the Nash Point Lighthouse in Wales (GB2NPL). This gave him a total of 45 lighthouses worked on the first day. The following morning (Sunday) Peter was up at the crack of dawn and his first contact was at 0603 GMT with MW5GOL operating form the Great Orme Lighthouse at Llandudno. His final qso was at 1901 gmt with the Stilo Lighthouse in Poland. At the end of the event Peter had logged a total of Sixty lighthouses from fifteen different countries. There are some seven different diplomas issued for this event. If you feel like having a go at the next one, then please contact Peter for all the details. TKS M0AXD. One thing for certain, if you do take part you will certainly enjoy this weekend. With regard to next year, anyone game for a club effort from St Catherine's?.
Two local Amateur Radio Stations, have obtained a Notice of Variation (NOV) from the RA and have connected their 70 cm rigs to the Internet. G0OPD in Fareham, can be accessed on 431.100 MHz and G4ANW on the Island can be accesseed on 431.075 MHz Both stations are networked into an International Radio system on the Internet and it is possible to have excellent voice communication with other stations around the world on these frequencies. Weekends are good, with the New Zealand national 2 metre network available, in addition to Australian, US and UK stations and repeaters. The links are normally open from 1800 until 2300 most evenings, and from 0900 until 2300 at weekends. NB. I gave it a try. thru G0OPD I worked a number of Canadian stations, a mobile in New York and three in New Zealand. Just call "CQ CQ CQ this is ........ calling CQ via the Internet gateway. Go on Give it a try you may even get Alaska or exotic Hawaii.
We apologise for the delay in the publication of this edition of the News Letter. The printers have been informed that, if this state of affairs continues, we will have no hesitation in taking our custom elsewhere.
Belated congratulations to Trevor and Steve on getting their new call signs. Trev now signs M1TGP and Steve M1PDL
In qso with a mainland station the other day, I was informed that both the Winchester and the Salisbury Amateur Radio CIubs, had closed down due to lack of support. Just remember, it's all up to you. If you would like to give a talk to the club on a Friday evening or know someone who would, then please contact one of your committee. In the meantime, I reckon that the club acts very much as a very good focus point for the amateur fraternity. As the old saying goes, A club can only be as good as it's members. However what is good, much to one's amazement is the clubs long wire antenna. It seems to work very well indeed. The club has worked New Zealand on 80 M. CW and the Japan and the States on 20 M. SSB. So next time you,re at the club, lets see what you can do. Starting from the 8th September until 20th December, a bottle of Wine will be donated to the club member, who makes the best DX contact on SSB. So have a bash and get another bottle to go with your Christmas Lunch. no entry fee required).
The amateur radio publication, 'Radio Today' is to cease publication with its next issue. Speaking to the Editor (an old pal of mine) I was told that it is the result of the decline in the hobby with the result that major retail outlets are cutting back on the number of specialist publications that they have hitherto been stocking. It would appear that various other hobbies/interests are also affected. You may recall that 'Radio Today` Formerly called Ham Radio Today) was purchased by the RSGB just three years ago.
Through the good offices of Mike G0GNI, the club has acquired a couple of computers and an operator's chair. Mike is a former ship's Radio Officer on tankers with BP., and was also at Portishead and Niton Radio, of which he was later the manager. Anyone who heard Mike working the pile-ups from the special event station to mark Merchant Navy Day a few years ago, will know exactly what a real professional operator sounds like. Thanks once again Mike. We will be pleased to see you at any time.
Due to family commitments I regret that I have not yet got to grips with publishing photographs in the news letter. However I have got some mug shots of most, if not all of you which I hope will appear in the next edition. To ensure that "your" profile is published, please drop me a line enclosing a one pound coin. If you don't want it published, then please enclose a £5 note.
Please make a special effort to join the club net on a Thursday evening. Kick off 20.30 on 145.375 MHz. Tie a knot in your mike lead to help you remember.
John VK3DJM ex G3WIT, a former member of the club who emigrated to down under in 1971, is planning to visit the island in March/April next year. John sent Alan G4ZFQ an email after seeing Alan's web page on the internet. TKS G4ZFQ.