Category: Club News
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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…
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Foundation Course Starting April 2017
Thinking about taking up Amateur Radio ? Then the Foundation Course and Exam are your starting point. We are starting another Foundation Course on the 6th April. To find out more about starting in Amateur Radio please click here. If you are interested in our Foundation Course please use the contact us page to request…
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SOS Radio Week 2017
Next week (21st to 29th January) Worksop Amateur Radio Society will, as a registered station, be taking part in SOS Radio Week 2017. We have the Special Event call sign GB4RNLI and will be active from the Club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (24th and 26th January) from 7pm and Saturday from 10am until 5pm…