MidSussexARS

General discussion group for the Mid Sussex Amateur Radio Society
  • I am not sure about the rules of parking in mid Sussex and indeed I would have to go and find the legislation notices to be absolutely certain

    But it is often the case that the car has to be parked for 10 minutes before a penalty notice can be applied - effectively a reasonable time to go to parking payzone and make payment, but by the time you get there, you are now too late to pay- if this is the case in hand for Burgess Hill, it will be perfectly feasible to park at 7:50. Take a picture of your car, so as to timestamp your arrival and then a penalty notice cannot be issued because the time would have to go over into the free parking slot at 8pm

    It is a case of applying the letter of the law, but might be worth a bit of investigation. If anyone can find the ticket issuing terms and conditions.

    Phil G4UDU
  • Please be aware that Mid Sussex District Council have changed the charging times for Cyprus Road car park, and fees are now payable until 8pm - so you'll have to pay for an hours parking each and every Friday club night!

    Don't get caught out. It would be a painful experience.

    Reference: https://www.midsussex.gov.uk/parking-travel/parking/

    Might I suggest that the committee consider changing the club meeting start time back to 8pm?

    Berni M0XYF
  • Huxley's Birds of Prey Centre, Horsham, West Sussex's post


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    Eagle missing!!
    **EDIT** we only need sightings of today please as we’ve had eyes on her up until this morning.
    Saturday - Tuesday she was Horsham near by
    Wednesday to yesterday she was in Southwater, she should still be in that area
    **
    We need your help!
    Kali our white tailed sea eagle has been out since Saturday, we’ve been able to locate her each day with the signal from her transmitter but she’s not ready to play ball. Today however is the first day we’ve not got a signal, we are out trying to find one but are asking if residence of Horsham and Southwater could keep their eyes to the skies and let us know if she’s spotted.
    Please comment on this post, send us a pm with a sighting, location and ideally a photo so we can identify.
    We’re relying on our fantastic followers and the power of social media to help us out so get twitching bird watchers
    Thank you in advance.
    434.085 frequency for our falconer friends
    she'll have a 2 meter wingspan and you'll spot the white tail. buzzards will look just as big in the air but will fly with short bursts between flapping where as kali will soar a lot longer before doing a flap or two
    **sightings can now be reported here for an accurate location https://animaldatabaseuk.co.uk/Finder/collaborate.php... **
  • QSP from Jonathan G1EXG ……..
    On Tomorrow 24th December
    Phil G4UDU
  • 10 bob the pair, as long as they'll run Linux... :D
  • For all of you with your windows computers - have you ever considered “Going to the other side”

    I have a couple of MAC computers I am going to upgrade - unlike windows PC’s they do not have to be scrapped at the first major upgrade fail - so they retain value …..

    There are 2 of them - One is running the latest system and the other older one is on an earlier system.

    The MAC OS system comes complete with basic programs - so unlike Windows where you need to either purchase or sign up to a subscription of Office - 365 - or whatever - it is included at NO CHARGE

    They are both MAC Mini’s - a desktop device about 8 inches square by about 1.5 inches high - you will need a monitor (HDMI SOCKET) keyboard and mouse track pad

    MAC computers have the ability of being able to be reset to factory (plus upgrades) condition - so they will be fresh for you to load your personal data

    Here are the two screen grabs of the machine data - I have clipped the bottom so as not to send out the serial numbers

    Look up the details, contact me direct and make me an offer - if you have any questions about what will or will not run on them - I should be able to help you - after Xmas if no interest they will be both put on EBay where they will sell without any problem


    I have heard interest from club members about MACS - but then most buy a cheap rubbish WIN machine and it dies in 2 years and ends up as a door stop - there is another way ……...


    73 Phil G4UDU



    This one has an internal 256gb SSD




    This one has an internal 500gb SSD
  • Please would you pass this message on to those that new him.

    The family of Ron Bravery are deeply saddened to announce that he passed away of old age on 23rd September 2024, at the age of 99 and a half.

    We would like to invite you to join us in celebrating his life on the 29th October at 1200hrs in the Kingswood Chapel, Worthing Crematorium, Horsham Rd, Findon, Worthing BN14 0RG.

    For those unable to attend, the service will be streamed online at https://watch.obitus.com

    user name koti8402, password 594942 and will also be available to view from 3 days after the event.

    We also ask that instead of sending flowers, you make a donation to Macmillan Nurses https://www.macmillan.org.uk/donate a cause close to the family.

    There will be a wake immediately afterwards, a short drive away, at the Black Horse, High Street, Findon BN14 0SX, where family and friends will be able to raise a toast to Ron. If you have any favourite memories or kind words you’d like to share, we would love to hear them.

    Please let Martin (on 07808574751) know if you will be attending so we have an idea of how many people to expect on the day – thank you.

    -- 
    Regards
    Martin Bravery
  • I have much to thank Ron (& Fred Canning) for.
    They guided me through the valve era then conversion to transistors and the very first ICs.
     I still think of them each time I drive past the "Tech" on my way to hospital.
    R.I.P. Ron 
    Chris
    G4ZCS
  • Just received some sad news from Martin Bravery

    Ron G3SKI died on Monday evening - very peaceful, just old age - 99 1/2 years - he always wanted to make 100

    He was in a nursing home in Chichester receiving care for some time now

    Ron was known by many of us who attended Brighton Technical College - he lectured there until about 1987

    Great man and always had time for everyone especially his old students

    Martin will let me know further details of the funeral service in due course


    Phil G4UDU
  • Here is the profile between G4UDU and the MSARS antenna for the web SDR at the club shack


    Phil G4UDU
  • Here is a very interesting and useful path profile, plotting tool - it is on a company website that sells Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi linking equipment plus other networking
    Just click on the map set up the two points start and finish, and you will see the profile between them
    This is the profile between G4UDU AND G6DGK
    Just a simple tool and obviously doesn't show you path loss in dB, but very useful in finding out what's in the way !
    Phil G4UDU
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  • Hi All,

     

    For those who were at the Talk by Phil G4UDU on the 9th August and any others that are interested.

     

    I have picked up from Chris at RadioStuff (www.radio-stuff.com) my kit of parts to build my 9:1 balun with choke.

    Chris is very helpful, full of useful tips and he is local too, Partridge Green.

     

    There will be at least one Balun for Phil to check over on this Friday 23rd.

     

    Regards

     

    Alan

     

  • Phil's talk reminded me that my 18m vertical with 30 radials and an MRF998RT auto-tuner was a bit clunky on some bands and went off on a permanent hunt on 10m.
    So I re-wound a current balun from the junk box to be a 4:1 UNUN. Then shoehorned it into a plastic box from Screwfix. Pic attached. I must buy a bigger box next time!
    Anyway, conclusion: the 4:1 transformation is enough to reduce down the extremes in impedances to make them matcheable. All bands achieve better than 1.1:1 in under a second. And 10m now behaves.
    Thanks for the nudge Phil.
    John GM8JBJ

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  • Certainly food for thought.
    Will let you know what I settle on.
    John
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