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 …
Events
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| October 26, 2020 | October 27, 2020 |
October 28, 202070cm Club Net on GB3ZX at 1400October 28, 2020 Held on 70cm GB3ZX (Butts Brow) repeater |
October 29, 2020 | October 30, 2020 | October 31, 2020 | November 1, 2020 |
November 2, 2020Club Meeting (cancelled due to COVID-19)November 2, 2020 – Our monthly club meeting. Further information on the theme will be provided here closer to the event. |
November 3, 2020 |
November 4, 202070cm Club NetNovember 4, 2020 Held on 70cm GB3ZX (Butts Brow) repeater |
November 5, 2020 | November 6, 2020 |
November 7, 2020SARS SSB Net on 2m, 10m & 160m ALL WELCOMENovember 7, 2020N/A Our next SSB net will be held today on 144.325 MHz USB at 1400 Local time. Then at 1500 10m 28.320MHz USB and afterwards 1976kHz USB subject to interest and availability. Following the success of the previous trial this would be a good opportunity for members to further test their aerial performances and continue making refinements to their installations. All members and local amateurs are invited to call into the net for a chat or just a signal report. Barry G8DXU will act as net control unless there is anyone else who would like to volunteer!
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November 8, 2020 |
| November 9, 2020 | November 10, 2020 |
November 11, 202070cm Club NetNovember 11, 2020 Held on 70cm GB3ZX (Butts Brow) repeater Our 35th Wednesday Net on this repeater.
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November 12, 2020 |
November 13, 2020
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November 14, 20201.8MHz (Top Band 160m) (Club Calls) ContestNovember 14, 2020N/A 2000-2300 Club Calls Contest (AFS Series) Phone (Max power 32 Watts pep) An exciting contest on what both an underused and excellent band. Are there any members interested in organizing an entry in this event, which must currently be on single operator basis. Comments on the Forum please. Up to four individual SARS members can make entries from their home QTH or mobile locations. Scores are submitted using a logging program, such as N1MM and count towards the clubs total. These all count towards the societies position in the Super league table. G8DXU will probably be active either from home or mobile location and hopes that there will be one or two other society members making an entry.
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November 15, 2020 |
| November 16, 2020 | November 17, 2020 |
November 18, 202070cm Club NetNovember 18, 2020 Held on 70cm GB3ZX (Butts Brow) repeater |
November 19, 2020 | November 20, 2020 | November 21, 2020 | November 22, 2020 |
| November 23, 2020 | November 24, 2020 |
November 25, 202070cm Club NetNovember 25, 2020 Held on 70cm GB3ZX (Butts Brow) repeater |
November 26, 2020 | November 27, 2020 | November 28, 2020 | November 29, 2020 |
| November 30, 2020 | December 1, 2020 |
December 2, 202070cm Club NetDecember 2, 2020 Held on 70cm GB3ZX (Butts Brow) repeater |
December 3, 2020 | December 4, 2020 | December 5, 2020 |
December 6, 2020144MHz AFS ContestDecember 6, 2020N/A 1000-1400 UTC Affiliated Societies Contest It is still likely that this like similar contests will be single operator only. Any member interested in running this event from BHRS on behalf of the society is invited to indicate their plans on the members Forum. |
AirTime November 2020 PUBLISHED
Amateur Radio News from Southgate ARC
- Tony's 10m Band ReportMost popular DX ZD7FT (St Helena), 7Q7RU (Malawi), FY5KE (French Guiana), RL30DX (Russia special) and Sunday gave us DX from VK, LU, HI, CO, KP and other far flung places.
- Australian radio amateurs reminded about respect and basic courtesyCommunications regulator, the ACMA, has asked Australian radio amateurs not to use threats, abuse or offensive language when contacting staff at the AMC which deals with callsigns
- RSGB release Board Proceedings for October 17The RSGB has released proceedings for the October 17 Board meeting which discussed Amateur Radio Exam Fees
- Israel special eventMembers of the 'Holy land DX Group' will operate from the heart of Tel Beersheba's site between December 25-26th, 2020, using the callsign 4X7T
- RadioShack to be rebornThe good news is that as of today RadioShack has officially been purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), giving the troubled company a new lease on life
- More young radio amateurs in IndiaThe Bangalore Mirror newspaper reports two 13-year-olds, Smrithi Hegde and Prama Rao, have become the youngest female radio amateurs in India
- Guidelines for operating a multi-station special eventIt's always fun to work a special event where there is more than one callsign, or the same callsign on several bands, required to receive an award. For the award seeker, this brings out the excitement of the chase
- Was the C-and-G RAE easier than today’s amateur radio exams?Essex Ham looks at the old City and Guilds Radio Amateurs Exam and compares it to today's 3-tier system
- DX News from the ARRLThe American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands
- Alaskan repeater network affectedAlaskan broadcast station KNOM (780 AM 96.1 FM) reports ‘Miscommunication’ between the FAA and SPARC led to an amateur radio network being shut down