David Cunningham’s Talk about his life in the world of commercial radio and its technological changes over the years, went very well and was enjoyed by all. What more can I say, other than that Davids presentation was of a broadcast quality. It was good to see our club room packed out, once again, with …
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Early October update
If Carlsberg made radio clubs they probably would have made one like the Southdown Amateur Radio Society…. A new addition to the shack being the Carlsberg brass wall clock and barometer, found in most radio shacks, back in days gone by. The beer pump top with Carlsberg Export Larger on, was brought along by Barry …
Mid September update
Last Saturday’s 2M Trophy Contest was fun and some very interesting stations were both worked and received. The Isle of Man being one of them and Guernsey another. Again distances of around 700 kilometers were worked on around 25w using a 1980’s IC271 and a 1970’s J-Beam. A good time was had by all and …
Another Early September update
Wednesday up at the Beachy Head Site and the atmosphere was buzzing with many radio contacts from all over the UK and Europe on VHF and the world on HF. Teas and coffees served all round and an outside rag chew in the sunshine, from a radio site that is clear of the external noises …
Early September update
This report is in retrospect as I wished to thank Jenny Clark for an excellent talk at this months club meeting and her live bat demonstration of the UK’s bats and their echo sounding abilities, using a bat monitor that was able to pick up the high frequency sounds. It was a full house with …
Late August update
Another good day up on the hill, with plenty on interesting contacts on 2m, all modes. Our day started off with a breakfast down at the Continental Cafe in Seaside and then up on the hill at the Beachy shack. We set up the beam and wound up our more than a tenner mask, then …
Mid August update
The logo on our banner above is a copy of an old logo created back in the 1980′s. Over the years coming up to our clubs 50th anniversary, I will be posting as much history as I can find. The last couple of weeks have seen more visitors up to the beachy site, enjoying the …
Early August update
Last night’s club meeting went very well and Graham Somerville of BHI gave an interesting talk about the development of “Noise reduction systems” and their rang of products. Graham gave a demonstration at the end of the talk using one of our clubs radios and the results were astounding. The year is flying by and …
Late July update
Four words that describe this months radio activity and they are BUSY – FUN – RELAXED – CONTACTS Its been a great month activity wise for our club with some sunny days up at the Beachy Shack; with many new visitors and days out at the rallies and shows. Here are a few of the …
Beachy Head site activity
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 …