Congratulations to the seven successful candidates that passed their exam on Sunday 22st November.
Category: News
Fox Hunting
The November fox hunt started from Watermans Place, Ferrymead, with the fox hidden in CharlesworthReserve. A call was made at 13:45 on the weather, it was dry so we proceeded with our normal start time of 14:30. Murphy struck as normal and the rain started just as the hunters moved into Charlesworth Reserve. The fox...
Amateur of the Year 2021 – Catherine de Croy ZL3CATH
Amateur Of the Year for 2021 is a member of the Hamcram team. In December 2018 she had already passed the exam but attended the Hamcram. Since then, she has attended another 9 Hamcrams, but now covers the Regulations questions and provides lollies. I run 3 topics using Plickers – for the last 4 Hamcrams...
Reg Stedman: Keying at 94
A member of the public was cycling past the clubrooms a few months ago and asked Richard ZL4FZ, who happened to be there, if this was a “radio club”. He followed up with a letter of introduction stuck to the clubroom door. Reg Stedman is 94 years old, and was a radio Op in the...
Filter Project: Round 2
Back in the mists of time, I believe it was July of 2021, Branch 05 facilitated its first 2 metre band, filter building session. Keith Birse ZL4JA (pictured below) had devised a filter, constructed on a tiny PC Board, which could improve the performance of cheap 2 metre handhelds, of Chineseium construction. Although Keith is...
Homebrew Evening – 25th October 2021
The Branch 05 Clubroom was not quite packed-like-sardines, as a dozen suitably socially Distanced folks attended at the Homebrew show and tell evening. First up was Mark “Dolby” (as I can’t remember his call’). (ZL3JVX ed) Mark’s project as displayed onscreen, was as complicated as we have come to expect from him. But he’s always...
September Lockdown Projects – Second Round
Antennas and things I finally went & got a round tuit & made up a 30/60 trapped dipole which I was able to put up as a near flat top at 6 meters high. The results have been outstanding on both bands with numerous contacts into Europe & Scandinavia on 30metres. Apart from Summits, Lakes...
August Lockdown Projects – Second Round
My lockdown project is a portable VHF/UHF satellite antenna for use with the motor home. The antenna uses plastic conduit for the boom, 8 elements on 70 cm and 5 elements on 2 metres, crossed. It all snaps together using plastic conduit clips and can be assembled and attached to a camera tripod in less...
Fox Hunt – September 2021
Fox hunting (also known as Transmitter hunting, bunny hunting, and bunny chasing), is an activity wherein participants use radio direction finding techniques to locate one or more radio transmitters hidden within a designated search area.