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Mills on the air - GB4MW |
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17th May 2012 |
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Back from the mills weekend. The club operated GB2UW (Upminster) and GB4MW (Mountnessing). Click here to see some photos from the weekend.
GB4MW worked 366 stations, 301 on HF and 65 on VHF. The full GB4MW log can be viewed here.
Some video from GB4MW is also available >
Thanks to everyone that helped over the weekend and all those that we worked!
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Windmills On The AIr 2012 |
Posted on:
4th May 2012 |
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Windmills On The Air is only one week away. The club will be running three mills as usual.
M0TBX Kevin's daughter Niamh and son Aaron have made this fabulous looking (and i'm sure tasting) cake! Well done  |
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Flex 3000 SDR Radio Article |
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9th March 2012 |
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Dave M0TAZ has written a short article on his experience of the Flex3000 SDR radio. Dave shares his experience of getting the radio up and running from scratch and configuring for use with data modes.
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T32C DXpedition Slideshow |
Posted on:
5th March 2012 |
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Today Fred G3SVK released a picture compilation from the recent T32C DXpedition.
Fred has also completed the official T32C DVD, and this can be ordered now by visiting the official T32C website
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CQ World-Wide 160-Meter Contest |
Posted on:
26th February 2012 |
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M0UKD entered the CQ World-Wide 160-Meter Contest this weekend from the clubs field day site in Brentwood, Essex. Equipment was a IC-7000 powered by a 75AH leisure battery and a half-wave dipole in an inverted V configuration.
Thoughout the evening, 120 stations were worked including:
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Asiatic Russia, Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Sweeden, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Portugal and Spain. |
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Portable operating in the snow |
Posted on:
13th February 2012 |
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John M0UKD and Dave M0TAZ braved the snow to put on a portable station working 40m, 80m, and 160m, with a 80m inverted V doublet (40m per leg).
The antenna centre was supported by a 12m spiderbeam fibreglass pole and the tranceiver was an IC-706MKIIG running 80w from an 85AH leisure battery.
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Martin, G3ZAY - IOTA talk |
Posted on:
26th January 2012 |
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Martin Atherton G3ZAY gave us an interesting talk on the RSGB IOTA program. Martin spoke about the history of the program, from its humble beginnings to what today is a international awards program with some 1,200 separate islands to work. The IOTA program is today run by the RSGB and further details can be found at http://www.rsgbiota.org
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Martin also shared some fascinating stories and pictures of his visits to OX3 - Ammassalik Island, Greenland, VE8 King William Island, Nunavut and Monhegan Island & Star Island. |
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Foundation and Intermediate success! |
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18th January 2012 |
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The club would like to congratulate the following for passing their exams today!
Foundation: Derek, Tony, Spencer, Michael and Lee.
Intermediate: Sukhdev and Martin.
Well done guys!
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ARISSat-1 SK |
Posted on:
4th January 2012 |
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Just an update to the previous post below, ARISsat-1 is no longer operational as it re-entered the earths atmosphere this morning. More information can be read here.
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ARISSat-1 / RS01S descending |
Posted on:
3rd January 2012 |
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At the time of writing ARISSat-1 is losing 3.6km per day from it's orbit, this rate of decay means it is due to burn up in the atmosphere sometime this week.
Using the satellite tracking and SSTV reception features from within the Ham Radio Deluxe suite of programs this morning I caught this SSTV picture.
The downlink was on 145.950 fm and giving the TTL predicted for ARISSat-1 there are only a few more days for others to receive SSTV from this bird.
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Receiving the pictures are simple, all you need to do is to tune your radio to 145.950 fm when the bird is overhead (see here) for the next pass over your postcode and SSTV software such as DM780, MMSTV etc.
You will also hear a CW ident and greetings messages in 12 different languages.
Arrisat will issue a certificate for anyone who receives the SSTV pictures, the satellite telemetry broadcast or hears the "secret word" broadcast during a pass
Details of the certificates are available here, Tracking is available here and Roland, PY4ZBZ has lots of photos and telemetry on his website. |
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Constructors Cup! |
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24th November 2011 |
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Just a reminder to all members that the Constructors Cup takes place next Wednesday (30th November). The club has 2 cups, one is the novice cup, for (M3/M6/2EØ) and the other is the advanced cup (for MØ/GØ etc.)
If you have any electronics / radio equipment you have built and want to take part, be sure to bring it along!
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Welcome Home! |
Posted on:
6th November 2011 |
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Back from the Pacific, our intrepid cameraman makes a welcome return from filming the story of one of the world’s most successful DXpeditions to date, T32C. Fred, G3SVK, a keen DX chaser and member of the Havering and District Amateur Radio Club has spent several weeks with the Five Star DXers Association (FSDXA) on the island of Kiritimati (Christmas Island), capturing all the excitement and nail-biting moments as the team reaches a world record number of QSOs.
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Fred will share his story with the club on Wednesday November 16th with photos and video clips. |
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• 2nd |
Preparation for the "Mills on the Air" weekend |
• 9th |
M3KNL Quiz by Peter, G3JSR |
Special Event.
12/13th |
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• 16th |
Jubille on the Air Radiofest" using GQ4HRC
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• 23rd |
"The C in Electronics" by Ollie Tillett, G3TPJ" |
• 30th |
“The Premiere T32C DVD” by Fred Curtis
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Special Event.
2nd/3rd |
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• 6th |
Informal Club Evening |
• 13th |
LF band antennas & DXing by Don Field, G3XTT |
• 20th |
Informal Club Evening
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• 27th |
"Software Defined Radio" by Dave, M0TAZ |
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• 4th |
Third business meeting (Q2 Review) |
Special Event.
7th/8th |
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• 11th |
BAR-B-Q at Fairkytes Arts Centre |
• 18th |
Informal Club Evening
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• 25th |
"Olympic Celebration Radiofest" using GO4HRC |
| 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 (1910kHz)
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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