Author: Alun Fletcher
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Calling All Radio Amateurs – Former Colliery Sites on the Air
Calling All Radio Amateurs – Former Colliery Sites on the Air, you are invited to take part in our Former Colliery Sites on the Air Evening. This takes place on Thursday 27th July from 19:00 to 21:00. As a minimum all you need to ‘activate a site is a 2m hand held Radio’ max power…
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Region 13’s Club of the Year 2016
Worksop Amateur Radio Society was presented with a certificate and trophy as winners of RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain), Region 13’s Club of the Year (large club) last week. Our newest licencees accepted the award on behalf of the Club from Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ, RSGB Regional Manager. This is the third year running we…
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Its been a busy time a G3RCW
Firstly we had our annual /P in the Park evening, a new venue this time in Worksop, closer to our Club House in the hope that more members could make the event. As well as radio activity we also had a few BBQ going and a great evening was had by all. Thanks to…
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VHF Field Day July 2017
VHF Field Day Report A great time at the VHF Field Day weekend with 26 members plus family attending, the vast majority camping. The site was great for camping and not bad from a radio perspective so a provisional booking has been made for next year. Generally the weather was kind but radio wise conditions…
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SPONSORED BOAT PULL – June 2017
SPONSORED BOAT PULL Just to let you know that the sponsored boat-pull, (along the Chesterfield Canal), By Members of Worksop Amateur Radio Socity, will have raised £200 for Bassetlaw Hospice after Gift Aid is added. We will be organising a cheque presentation at the Club shortly. Many thanks to the team that did the hard…
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New Amateur Radio Foundation Licence holders June 2017
Congratulations to out latest group of successful Amateur Radio Foundation Licence holders. Following a course held here at G3RCW in Worksop, these people went on to take there Amateur Radio Foundation Licence Exam. We are very pleased to say that they all passed. Their Licences have now been issued my Ofcom and they have their…
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Stone the Crows !
Worksop Amateur Radio Society put on a Special Event Station and Operated a ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding) challenge for people to have a go at. At the 10th Annual Ranskill and Torworth Scarecrow Festival, it was our first time at this Scarecrow Festival and we were made very welcome. Our Special Event call sign…
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We held another sucessful Driection finding (ARDF)
We held another sucessful Driection finding (ARDF), we run these events from them to time, there also known as a fox hunt. In our case the ‘Fox’ is either an automatic beacon hidden or more often the case a member of the club with a hand held. Here are I think – the winning team…
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Worksop Amateur Radio Society Construction Competition – Winner
Congratulations to Martin (M0ZMF) for winning the Worksop Amateur Radio Society Construction Competition. Martin is show with his winning entry a 70cms quad beam antenna. Martin has used materials that anyone might have access to and a construction technique which didn’t require any specialised machining of parts. We are looking forward to seeing the Antenna…