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Welcome to the Havering and District Amateur Radio Club website. We are based in Hornchurch Essex, around 20km East of London UK. We use the calls G4HRC, G8HRC and GX4HRC and have been serving the needs of local amateurs for over 40 years.
Martin, G3ZAY - IOTA talk
Posted on:
26th January 2012

Martin, G3ZAY - IOTA talk
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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

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.

Foundation and Intermediate success!
Posted on:
18th January 2012

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! Smiley

Derek, Tony, Spencer, Michael, Lee, Sukhdev and Martin pass their exams!
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ARISSat-1 SK
Posted on:
4th January 2012

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.


ARISSat-1 / RS01S descending
Posted on:
3rd January 2012

RS01S SSTV image, captured by Steve, M0GXN.
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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.


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.

Constructors Cup!
Posted on:
24th November 2011

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!

Constructors Cup
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Welcome Home!
Posted on:
6th November 2011

Fred, G3SVK filming T32C DXpedition on Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
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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.

Fred will share his story with the club on Wednesday November 16th with photos and video clips.

Exam success
Posted on:
28th October 2011

More exam success this week.

The club congratulates Sudekh for passing his foundation exam and Bill for passing his intermediate exam. Well done lads!

Exam success: Sudekh and Bill pass their exams
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Kite supported long wire /P operation
Posted on:
23rd October 2011

Dave, M0TAZ with Sutton Flowform kite for supporting antenna wire
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A perfect day for some kite flying! Warm october sunshine & a steady wind on a pleasant Sunday afternoon prompted Dave, M0TAZ to do some portable operating from Hornchurch Country Park using a long wire supported by a kite. We worked close on 50 stations from all around the UK & Europe.

Operating equipment: Icom 7000 powered by a 65Ah leisure battery, RF around 60w, 80m Long wire antenna kite supported at ~60 metres.

There are two videos on YouTube from today: Video 1 | Video 2

Beginners guide to contesting (Club Talk)
Posted on:
29th July 2011

This week, Dave M0TAZ gave a talk to the club members about contesting. The presentation went on for an hour and was very informative, especially to the new club members.

The presentation slides, which provided the basis of the talk, are available as a PDF document →


View presentation slides
(PDF Document)

RadCom - July 2011 (Vol 87, Number 07)
Posted on:
16th July 2011

Exam success
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In this months RadCom, Dave M0TAZ and John M0UKD published an article about their SOTA activation of Skiddaw in the lake district (G/LD-004). The photo on the front page was taken by Dave, of John holding the 2m 5 element beam and shows the fabulous view looking north.

The full article can be read on pages 50 and 51. A PDF version of the article can be read here.
(Made available with permission from RadCom)


50MHz Trophy Contest
Posted on:
30th June 2011

On 18th and 19th June 2011 Havering and District ARC (G4HRC) once again took part in the 50 MHz Trophy Cup. We used a ICOM 7400 and 300w from a Hunter Six Linear Amp into a 6 element beam. The magic band once again came alive supporting contacts into Europe and beyond. We did hear stations from the East coast USA but the propagation was just not right to make the QSO. We worked 194 contacts from 31 countries,our best DX was over 3,000 km into 5B4AIF in KM64.

Steve Woodmore M0GXN Receives his Windmill Certificate

Exam success
Posted on:
22nd June 2011

Exam success
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Congratulations to Dave for passing his foundation exam tonight!




Club Meeting Agenda
February 2012
• 1st
Informal Club Evening
• 8th
"The Golden Days of Radio" by John Whitehead
• 15th
Informal Club Evening
• 22nd
"The "B" in Electronics" by Ollie G3TPJ
• 29th
Informal Club Evening

March 2012
• 7th
"QSL cards and QSLing" by Dave M0TAZ
• 14th
Informal Club Evening
• 21st
"Ham Radio Olympics" by Roger Western G3SXW
• 28th
Informal Club Evening

April 2012
• 4th
Second business meeting (Q1 Review)
• 11th
Informal Club Evening
• 18th
"RAYNET" - an overview. By Paul Harrison (G8MJH) & Phil Williams (G6AQP)
• 25th
Informal Club Evening

Dates for the diary
• 12/13th May 2012 Windmills On The Air 2012
[clock1]

• 4/5th June 2012 National Field Day CW
[clock2]

• 18/19th June 2012 50 MHz Trophy Contest
[clock3]

• 2/3rd July 2012 VHF Field Day
[clock4]

• 3/4th September 2012 HF SSB field weekend at South Weald Cricket Club
[clock5]

Club Nets East London / South Essex area
 
• Mondays 8pm
Monday Natter Net
145.525 MHz* FM
 
• Thursdays 8pm
Havering Radio Club Net
145.525 MHz* FM
 
• Fridays 8pm
Friday Natter Net
145.525 MHz* FM
 
• Saturdays 2pm
Top Band Afternoon Net
160 Metres (1910kHz)
LSB
 
* Frequencies subject to availability. Find us usually between 145.450 and 145.550 MHz.
† All times are local time.

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