Activity so far this week with more to follow. The beachy site has been active again and the weather has been glorious up on those rolling downs. Here you can or cannot see us in camo mode! Andy M6GND brought up some meals ready to eat rations up to add to military feel. We plan …
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Later June update
Needless to say it’s been another active week here in SARS and the weather has been glorious up on the downs. We fixed the luffing cable on the Tennamask and wound it up to the max as it was an almost wind free day. Here is the antenna up against a clear blue sky. We …
Late June update
Its been yet another busy week with our clubs BBQ at Peter G6GVM‘s QTH and a trip up to our Beachy Heady site testing out one of a few beams, the rotator and SWR for some contesting later on in the year. The weather on both occasions was glorious sunshine and good times were had …
Mid June update
Its been a busy week so far for our club with Dick SV0XBN/9 visiting us all from Crete on Saturday evening, down at the Treaclemine Pub near Polegate. Then the Stonecross auto fair on Sunday, that went very well and the weather was glorious sunshine. Then our normal scheduled meet up, at our Camp X …
Early June update
On the activity side our club has really taken off with its Beachy Head site shack, that’s now in use several times a week and our yearly involvements with the ‘on the air’ events. For a small club we have a LARGE activity side, that’s lots of fun, so if you enjoy playing radio and …
Late April update
Another fun day up at the radio site on the downs and the weather was glorious sunshine and my cooking improved somewhat. (See the Blog section for previous pictures and visits to the site.) Dave G4XXM seen below setting up the logger32 software, mentioned on a previous post on our blog. Ray G6JME and Andy …
Mid April update
The weather this week has been glorious sunshine and once again, camp x has been very active. Here is Andy M6GND in data-mode using a Clansman and a laptop. The EVHF on Racal 8m Mast that Andy is getting a dab hand at putting together in short time on the field. Having such a great …
Early April update
Our April monthly meeting and presentation given by Chris G4ZCS went very well and was enjoyed by all. A big thank you from all present, goes out to Chris G4ZCS for his time and the knowledge he shared. Chris spoke about sending and receiving QSL cards the old fashion way and then through new EQSL …
Late March update
Barry G8DXU took the Land Rover up to Camp X today and the weather started off warm and sunny and turned into a slushy snow with strange static discharges coming down the aerial that you see in the picture below. Barry worked 60m and Andy M6GND was receiving China on data mode. All in all …
Mid March update
Taking advantage of the glorious weather for this time of the year SARS has been out about again in the land rover, up at camp x. Here you can see Andy M6GND working data mode through a Clansman and a cross between the old and new technology working together. If you are looking out for …