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Enjoyable Zoom meeting yesterday evening
Will have a go at Stew,Perry laret and at 0500 tomorrow 160m CW
Managed Sandra and Jim 50mhz and 144 khz Xmas cumulative,s
Merry Christmas everyone !
A merry christmas and happy new year to all club members. Hope for a better year in 2021?. Cheers Chris
Hi all 4 10 16 January RSGB AFS40M + 80MIt's that time again to work other UKCLUB people and LRS Members on CW SSB DATA (RTTY PSK)LRS has contributed to this event over a number of years.So wonder if anyone interested in joining our team.Under normal times we often run a station from HQ but of course that's not too likely in January 2021.
Canal street Ayestone the place with 3 pubs one lager place two working men clubs and 3 barbers plus a Polish shop
Sab apology for not answering your question there is a steel fabricator on Canal street look for Sighns to Saint Andrew's football ground..they are on the corner just before the canal bridge road.. have used them they have a lot of off cuts Alex
urgently looking for a steel profile c-channel, 80-120mm and about 3m long. do you have something like that in your gardens? and you do not need, willing to pick up or repurchase at a reasonable price. need for my new telescopic mast. all information please send me msg 07746862225 . Sebastian M7SPS
Hi just to confirm teams for UKEICC 2020 2021LRS “A” Sandra and CoG5UM G3LRS G4DZL G2AA LRS “B” Bills Boys (In recognition of Bill Reeve G2AA)G4SJX G0ATR G7T G6XRS
m0vse many thanks for the help and information I will pop and have a look at them.
What bands do you need the SWR meter for? I have one of the 'red-dot' meters which works well and is pretty compact and good for HF. If VHF and above then I use a Diamond SX-600 but they are quite expensive.
https://m0ukd.com/calculators/slim-jim-and-j-pole-calculator/
Hi please can someone advise on a good starter SWR Meter please ?
to add any help is very much appreshiate on making a simple 2mtr ariel please.
Hello everyone my name is Chris and i totally new to Amature Radio. I have just sent for my novice handbook. I have been offered a Kenwood TM-V7E to use i have no idea but its a start. I have no ariel but understand its possible to make one, I enjoy making bits and have used a soldering iron for many years, plus model engineering is another hobby some years back. As for a bench top power supply.
it was good seeing a few familier faces yesterday.enjoyed helping with the clear up even though i was ankle deep in brambles.a lot of good work done.hope the arm is ok dave {g8pgo} cheers all colin
Tks Davs Adam fir a good day and pleasant company at todays working Party will lease with Adam re essential tower maintenance and sort out price for Hardware on J Beam HF Tribander.
TKS Dave it's been a weird existence particularly for those of us still in lockdown..Hard to explain to more distant relatives, Been some good aspects walking etc ...Hopefully most of membership will come out the other side Cerrainky miss the social aspect..73 cu Sunday??
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