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Stan Ames G4OAV Talk |
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20th August 2010 |
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Many thanks to Stan Ames G4OAV for giving the club a talk on Secret WW2 Radio Stations on Wednesday.
It was very interesting and enjoyed by all.
Click Here to view some images below
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Club Agenda |
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13th August 2010 |
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VHF NFD 3/4th July 2010 |
Posted on:
5th July 2010 |
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The club took part in this years VHF National Field Day over the weekend. The weather was excellent and was enjoyed by the many club members that attended the event. We operated 6m, 2m and 70cm. Some good conditions on 6m during the Saturday afternoon, but DX was less in the evening. The weekend was very enjoyable.
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Thank you to all who attended and all the stations worked. Some photo's are availble in our photo gallery... |
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Windmills On The Air 2010 |
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14th May 2010 |
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Havering Radio Club once again operated three windmills in this years 'Windmills On The Air' special event weekend (8/9th May 2010). The windmills were:
GB2UW (Upminster Windmill) Map
GB4MW (Mountnessing Windmill) Map
GB2ARW (Aythorpe Roding) Map
More information can be found by clicking
on each callsign, which will take you to each QRZ page.
Read an article from Jim M0MAC who was at the Upminster Windmill - Click Here to view below.
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NATIONAL WINDMILLS ON THE AIR WEEKEND 8th & 9th. MAY 2010.
The Havering & District Amateur Radio Club in conjunction with The Friends of Upminster Windmill operated an amateur radio station at the mill to participate in the above event as usual this year.
Unfortunately the weather this year was rather unkind to us, but we persevered braving the elements to erect the various antennas and tent. The QSO’s (Radio Contacts) were also down slightly too , the figures are listed below.
High Frequency Contacts ……….48 including 16 Mills.
Very High Frequency Contacts…55 including 6 Mills.
Total number of Contacts………103 including 22 Mills.
The Contacts were all UK and European.
On behalf of the Havering Radio Club I would like to thank all the Friends of Upminster Windmill for their very kind help and assistance, in particular John Winn. Many thanks to you all. We hope top see you all again next year.
Sincerely Yours.
Jim McGowan MØMAC
Havering and District Amateur Radio Club.
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Dennis Rookard - G1NGO 1942-2010 |
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15th March 2010 |
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It is with sadness and regret that we announce the passing of author and broadcaster, Dennis Rookard (G1NGO) on Tuesday March 2nd (time unknown) at his home in Brentwood.
Dennis will be remembered for his larger than life and off-the-wall attitude to life, his keen sense of humour and sense of self aggrandisement. |
Dennis was an only child. His interest in radio started early in life. He later became a radio presenter for FBS (Forces Broadcasting Service), BBC, LBC and more recently the local radio station, Phoenix FM in Brentwood. His main interest was in the audio side of broadcasting. Dennis produced many radio dramas which were available to download from his HOSIPROG website. He was involved in hospital radio at Basildon and Harold Wood back in the early 80s and later became the Secretary and anchorman at the Essex charity, Eastward Hospital Television. His main love was Folk Music to which he presented the BBC Essex programme called “Essex Folk” in the 90s.
Dennis could also be seen walking across the sets of “The Bill”, “Eastenders”, “Lovejoy” and other popular TV programmes. His interviewing techniques were legendary and his keen interest in photography won him several awards.
Dennis also held an amateur radio callsign G1NGO and could often be heard on the weekly club radio net on 2 metres. Dennis was also a keen member of the Havering & District Amateur Radio Club.
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Dennis had many friends and acquaintances across many spheres of life. He will be sadly missed. He leaves a legacy behind that will be hard to follow. May he rest in peace.
Written by Fred Curtis
BBC Essex News: Tributes for former BBC Essex presenter Dennis Rookard: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/essex/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8560000/8560266.stm
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Constructors Cup 2009 |
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15th December 2009 |
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The 2009 constructors cup was held on 2nd December with entries from Oliver G3TPJ, John MØUKD, Alan G3RJI and John G6SPH. There was some impressive equipment on show. It was won by John MØUKD with his small HF linear for the FT-817. John now has a nice bottle of sherry to enjoy over the Christmas period thanks to Derek G3OBX! There are now some images in the gallery.
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SSB Field Day 2009 |
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6th September 2009 |
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Thanks to everyone that helped out at this weekends SSB Field Day, and everyone we worked! There was a good amount of club members attended and the weather was good to us! Some photo's are online here, and a video edited by Fred G3SVK can be seen on the video's page.
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Dave, M3KNL |
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24th June 2009 |
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It's with great regret that we have to announce the sad passing of Dave, M3KNL after a short illness. Our condolences to his family. Dave will be sorely missed by all the club members. Dave's Quiz Nights at the club are to be carried on each year in remembrance.
The funeral was held at Chadwell St Mary's Cemetery on Monday, 15th June
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50MHz Field Day |
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22nd June 2009 |
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A big thank you to all those that came along and helped set-up, operate and pack away the 50MHz Field Day this weekend. The 'magic band' came alive with some good openings to Portugal and most of Europe.
Some pictures are available.
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Windmills on the air 2009 |
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11th May 2009 |
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Once again, we activated three mills for the 'Windmills On The Air' weekend 9/10th May 2009, Mountnessing, Aythorpe Roding and Upminster.
Some photo's are available online, and can be found here.
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SOTA in the Lake District |
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12th April 2009 |
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Dave MØTAZ and John MØUKD have written a guide to their experience tracking their way up Skiddaw in the Lake District for a SOTA activation.Read the file below.

PDF Document
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Celebrating over 40 years! |
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12th August 2008 |
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Havering and District Amateur Radio Club is over 40 years old. We have been running the special call GB4HRC in 2007/8 to celebrate. Further information is available from qrz.com, qsl is direct via SAE or the RSGB bureau.
Some pictures are available here from the events.
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G7GCK talk on Enigma and similar machines |
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11th August 2008 |
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Thanks to John Alexander G7GCK for giving a wonderful and very interesting talk and display of wartime coding machines and how they changed over the years. He brought along many machines from different years and countries, including one of the infamous enigma machines. |
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Havering Radio Club in the local rag! |
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18th April 2008 |
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Havering and District ARC in the news. Read the article from the lifestyle section of our local paper, the Romford Recorder about our president, Oliver G3TPJ. |
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5MHz Working QRP by MØTAZ |
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11th Feburary 2008 |
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Dave, MØTAZ has wrote a small document on working QRP portable on 5MHz |
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• 1st |
Videos & Photos of Club Events - short evening |
• 8th |
Informal Club Evening |
• 15th |
"Romford's History" by Ian Wilkes of the Romford Historial Soc.
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• 22nd |
Informal Club Evening
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• 29th |
John M0UKD Talk on Amateur Satellites |
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• 6th |
Quarterly Business Meeting |
• 13th |
Informal Club Evening |
• 20th |
"Awareness of Prostate Cancer" by Richard Reid
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• 27th |
Informal Club Evening |
| • 8/9th May 2010 |
Windmills On The Air 2010 |
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| • 4/5th September 2010 |
HF SSB field weekend at South Weald Cricket Club |
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| Club Nets East London / South Essex area |
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• Mondays 8pm |
Monday Natter Net
145.525 MHz* FM |
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• Thursdays 8pm |
Havering Radio Club Net
145.525 MHz* FM |
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• Fridays 8pm |
Friday Natter Net
145.525 MHz* FM |
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• Saturdays 2pm |
Top Band Afternoon Net
160 Metres (1.920MHz)
LSB |
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* Frequencies subject to availability. Find us usually between 145.450 and 145.550 MHz.
† All times are local time.
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