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MSARS now has an additional email mailing list manager. It can do pretty much whatever groups.io can do, but it only contains current member's email addresses and all the functionality outside of a simple email distribution list has been turned off for now. If we find a use, we may enable other functionality over time. We have mainly implemented this to improve email deliverability and management.
The society will sometimes use this facility to contact members alongside the current 'direct' methods as per our privacy policy, so don't be surprised to see the occasional email from a midsussexars.org.uk address.
The society has no interest in spamming you, and we will of course use it respectfully. This list is stored and maintained on our own domain hosting package, and uses the Mailman application.
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Berni M0XYF
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Alan G8YKV has completed his catch-up of summarising the 2025 committee meeting minutes, and they have now been posted in the members section.
If you don't have a login, or you have forgotten your password, you can contact me to sort this out for you.
Regards,
Berni M0XYF
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John Berry's fantastic talk on aircraft scatter (...an introduction to...) was given to MSARS members live on Friday 10th October 2025. Said talk was recorded, and has now been uploaded to YouTube for everyone to watch.
If you missed it, and it sounds like something that might grab you, then why not give it a view? There were quite a few audience members logged into Zoom on the night, because many people now know that John's talks are always professionally prepared and expertly presented.
Click through to our Videos page to find the link, and spread the word to anyone else you think might fancy it.
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As predicted this month I worked a bucket full of US stations starting on the third.
As a bonus, I also worked Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and a DXpedition from the west bank of Palestine.
Mexico was loud in the middle of the month, usually difficult to work from here in Southern England, I was given a -5 signal report on FT8.
On the 12th my computer suffered a ransomware attack but it also included a wipe out of my e-mail so I have been unable to reply to any demands. I had to employ a professional tech to sort it out but there is still a lock out. On the 15th I was able to get the logging program up and running again. Over the rest of the month I have been able to get some more programs up and running.
On the DX front I managed to work 28 states of the USA, however although I could hear Hawaii I could not get a 2 way contact.
As I was writing this piece I suffered a problem with the station. Try as I might I could not find the fault, however I did get it fixed in the end. It was the SWR meter selector switch in the linear amp'.
As I have been a little under the weather I am unable to write as much as usual, so until next month, good DX.
Chris, G4ZCS
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It appears that Mike G8KMP has had his email hacked, as several members have received dodgy emails asking for a 'little help' with an Amazon purchase. These are fake and if you engage with the scammer directly, they are likely to ask you to purchase amazon vouchers or similar on their behalf. You will lose your money and worse still be added to a list of soft targets which itself will be sold on the grubbiest part of the internet.
I would encourage all members to regularly review your basic security protocols when using online services. You've heard it all before, but please use unique passwords for all important websites and services, or consider using a password manager like Proton Pass, Nordpass, Bitwarden or 1Password.
I'm personally not a fan of password managers, but instead use long passphrases (16 characters or longer). It's more important that your password or passphrase is long rather than just containing mixed-case letters, numbers and special characters - plus a passphrase is easier for you to remember. Feel free to chuck in a few %4#@J~^s though if you're feeling particularly Blue Team - it will level-up your security even more.
Berni M0XYF
