Preparations at Beachy Head Radio Site Members of the BHRS group had arranged to meet at the site from 1230 with the intention being to make for distant sites by vehicle and establishing a net on VHF. The primary frequency to be used was 51.60MHz FM.. The Lister driven generator started easily and we quickly …
2014 a great year for SARS! As we reach the end of 2014 the society’s Beachy Head Radio Site has remained very popular despite the seasonally inclement weather. The access track now being impassable except with four wheel drive vehicles. However for those of us that have ex-military vehicles the opportunity to put the advantages of four wheel drive …
Saturday the 11th of October started with an early arrival at BHRS and the intention of calling into the VMARS 80m AM net at 0830. The weather was not particularly helpful with a strong wind and driving rain slowing progress in deploying the inverted V dipole. The 2 metre ten element beam had also sustained a broken director …
Wednesday afternoon saw the regular gathering at the Café Continental for food and refreshments, before heading to Beachy Head. Barry G8DXU and Mike M6PDI were joined by Dave G4XXM and Tom. Suitably fed and watered we proceeded to BHRS where Mike opened the gates and shack, whilst Barry waited for Tom to arrive at the top gate. The 2 …
SARS newly registered assessor Barry G8DXU held a Foundation Licence practical training session at Beachy Head Radio Site on Saturday 20th September. New member Tom Pitcher attended the one to one instruction session, which started with Tom helping to erect the 2 metre beam and HF Dipole. The photograph shows Tom (on right) and Dave G4XXM …
We arrived at the Hellingly Festival of Transport site on the Friday afternoon, with plenty of time to set up our camp and radio display before the public opening on Saturday. I located the Marshal for the military section and discussed where I should establish my display. I also sought permission to erect an aerial …
The following is just a short report on the activities at BHRS for Saturday 5th July 2014. Andy M6GND opened up the site at midday and set up the Clansman RT353 to monitor 51.60MHz.our usual calling channel. He then connected the Ground Mounted Monopole antenna which is not only very quickly deployed but has proven …
BHRS – As Barry G8DXU was spending the weekend on Dartmoor we planned to attempt Clansman to Clansman contact between Dartmoor and Beachy Head, a distance of around 200 miles (320km), for this we decided to enlist the services of the PRC320 using the AM mode. I had earlier had grandiose plans of deploying the …
Our guest speaker at the next club meeting on the 4th February, will be Dick Jeffries G4KAR speaking about the Eastbourne & Wealden RAYNET Group, that was formed back in 1976 with the objective of supporting the blue light emergency services, the Emergency Planning Officer and the voluntary emergency services such as the British Red …