Clansman VRC353, RT353 NATO 150Hz Tone (CTCSS) Adjustment or ELIMINATION.
Category: Vintage Radio
Post Lock-down Freedom Camp at Beachy Head 10-11th July
Freedom Camp at Beachy Head
IARU HF Contest Breaking the lock-down!
Clansman IBMU / IBMS Unit Repair.
Part 7 in the series “From Larkspur to Clansman” by G8DXU Having acquired a large quantity of non working IBMUs the following outlines the author’s experiences in carrying out basic repairs on these units. The excellent article in VMARS signal by Collin Guy describes the general operation and physical construction of this equipment. For those …
Clansman PSU50A Repair Guide
6th Instalment in the “From Larkspur to Clansman” series This instalment continues this series with an examination of the Power Supply Unit 50 Amp, NSN 5820-99-620-8183. This unit was designed to provide nominal 28V DC from the mains or generator for powering the VRC 322 HF installation or VRC353 VHF Transceiver. The VRC322 consisting of …
West Dean English Heritage Open Days 7-8th September
SARS members again exhibited items of WW II radio equipment in the courtyard of the Old Coach House in the historic village of West Dean. BN25 4AL We also operated a special event station with the callsign GB2WD from this location. There were the usual displays of local arts and crafts in the Nags Barn plus some excellent catering in the …
Capel Military Vehicle Show 2019
Held over the weekend of 6-7th July at Aldhurst Farm, Temple Lane in Capel near Dorking. This excellent and well organised event was attended by several SARS members and members of VMARS. In conjunction with Jason G4KNE, SARS helped run the shows special event station GB1CMS (Capel Military Show). We called into the VMARS Saturday morning …
D-Day 75th Anniversary
SARS commemorated the 75th Anniversary of the Normandy landings at our Beachy Head radio site operating under the special call sign GB2SF. Following the important events that occurred in June 1944. SARS will be operating vintage equipment such as the Wireless Sets No.19 and WS62 as used during those times. We hope to contact stations in Normandy operated …
Festival of Transport 24-26th August 2019.
Broad Farm near Hellingly. SARS members attended this event, exhibiting in the commercial and military vehicle sections. We also operated special event station GB3FOT.. Reports and photographs of our activities will be included in the September edition of the societies magazine AirTime which will be published shortly.
Clansman PRC320 RT320 Repair and Servicing
From Larkspur to Clansman Part 5b in a series of articles by G8DXU This instalment has now been updated from issue 5a to 5b and continues the series with some general notes on the PRC320 (UK/RT320). Information is provided on servicing and some of the most common problems encountered. RT320 Transceivers cover 1.9-29.999MHz with CW, …
West Dean English Heritage Open Days. 15th-16 Sept.
This event enjoyed some great sunny weather and a record attendance! With many thanks to those SARS members, their friends and family who visited us during the weekend. There was a lot of interest in our working displays of WWII radio equipment and special event station GB1WD. English Heritage Open days allow the public …
Amateur Radio News from Southgate ARC
- Ofcom write to radio amateurs about EMF regs changeOn Wednesday, March 3, Ofcom wrote to all radio amateurs about their intention to add a new EMF clause to the licence
- Don't miss your chance to respond to exam consultationHave you given your views in the RSGB’s consultation on a proposed new, Direct to Full licence exam?
- Tony's 10m Band ReportIt’s been another lean week for activity for me and nothing on 1Øm. I worked a shed load of stateside and Italian stations on FT4 but mainly on 2Øm. That’s life
- Approaches to tackle noise problems vary, remedies elusiveRF noise is a frequent discussion topic among radio amateurs. A proliferation of electronics has cluttered and complicated the noise environment; it’s not just power lines anymore
- NASA to provide update on Perseverance 'firsts' since Mars landingSince NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down at Jezero Crater Feb. 18, mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare the rover for the unpaved road ahead
- ICQPODCAST on DMR BrandMeisterThe ICQPODCAST now has a DMR BrandMeister Talk Group
- BBC Monitoring Service in 1941In 1941 British Pathe produced a newsreel about the radio monitoring work carried out by the BBC
- YASME NewsThe Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation announces that it has made the following grant at its February 17, 2021, board meeting