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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Early March update

This months club meeting went very well and a social and informative evening was had by all. Our monthly calendar and schedule for the year is rapidly filling up and more details on this will appear on our website over the next few days. I have left the list of Clansman equipment demonstrated at this …

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