Tom Pitcher
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New monthly meeting day and location
The Southdown Amateur Radio Society is moving closer to the South Downs! SARS meetings will now take place on the evenings of the first Friday of each month, commencing on Friday 5th May 2023 at 8pm, at the Old Town Community Centre in Eastbourne. Please download May’s edition of AirTime, which has now been published, to read all …
6th February meeting to be held at Langham Hotel
Our meeting this evening will instead be held at the Langham Hotel nearby on the seafront, as the ESSC is currently undergoing a rewire that has overrun its original schedule. The meeting will feature a talk by Kevin Gordon on Undersea Cables.
Monthly Meeting 7th November
This occasion will be led by Tim M0THM who will be demonstrating knots used for portable masts etc. There should be an opportunity for members to try their hands at knot tying, practicing the Clove Hitch and Bowline etc. all very useful knots to know in outdoor and everyday circumstances. The session will be an …
Monthly meeting 3rd October
This evening’s meeting will feature a talk by Tim M0THM on ropes and knots for antenna rigging – hope to see you there!
Club meetings to resume in August
We’re pleased to announce that monthly club meetings at the Eastbourne Sovereign Sailing Club will be resuming, with the first to be held on Monday 2nd August from 19:30 local. This meeting will be a “Natter Night” – come along for a chat and bring any lockdown projects you’d like to “show and tell”, or …
Physical meetings to resume soon
The club Committee has recently been in communication with Eastbourne Sovereign Sailing Club, our host for our regular meetings on the first Monday of every month. They are keen to have us return as soon as legally allowed, which means that if the current limits on indoor gatherings are indeed lifted on 19th July (the …
Icom IC-7300 Basic Operating
Over the course of two lectures in February 2020, club member Steve Sims G8NFZ presented a series on operating the IC-7300 HF transceiver for the benefit of club members. He has now compiled these slides into a video series, which can be found embedded below. Our thanks to Steve for his extensive work on this …
Future meetings postponed due to COVID-19
After careful consideration and in light of the fact that a significant proportion of our membership is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, the Committee has taken the decision to indefinitely postpone all future monthly meetings as well as meetings at the Cafe Continental on Wednesdays, until further notice. Meetings at the club shacks will continue with …
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 …
David G0FDV on Transistors in Practical Wireless 2
SARS member David Jardine G0FDV has kindly made his second article on Transistors from Practical Wireless available to us. Click here to download a PDF copy. His earlier article can be found here.
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