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Many thanks to Mick Senior, G4EFO for giving an excellent talk to a hall full of MSARS members on Friday 11th November. Sadly, I was unable to attend, but have since looked through the PowerPoint deck, and it's really very good.
If you'd like to do the same, then I have uploaded it here: 
If you'd like to have the full audio experience from the evening, then that too is available here: 
You should be aware that both files are large at 350MB and 210MB respectively. If you don't have access to Microsoft PowerPoint or similar, you can get a free viewer application by following the instructions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/view-a-presentation-without-powerpoint-2f1077ab-9a4e-41ba-9f75-d55bd9b231a6
Thanks also to Alan and Mick for providing a copy of the deck and audio recording, and to Sue and Stella for arranging the evening. We are proud and grateful to be able to host such excellent speakers at our Society evenings, so if anybody wishes to give a talk themselves, or knows anybody from outside the club that would be happy to come along and do so, then please do get in touch with our Programme Secretary, contact details on our Contact Page.
Berni M0XYF
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This afternoon, Peter Fry, chairman of Mid Sussex Amateur Radio Society, attended a cheque presentation ceremony at the Town Council's Help Point in Church Walk, Burgess Hill. Our successful grant application resulted in the council awarding the Society £800 to help pay for our new state-of-the-art remotely accessible amateur radio transceiver.
The cheque was presented by our local councillor and Town Mayor Peter Chapman, and we look forward to welcoming the Mayor to Cyprus Hall one evening to demonstrate the equipment in action. We also hope to work with our local council more closely in the future on other community projects and collaborations.
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It's Alive!
Yes, the ambition of having one of the best and most powerful SDR transceivers on the market installed in our own shack has been realised, and much faster than I could ever have expected.
Above: One participant being received on the Flex during the Sunday Morning 80m net.
Above: Peter G4AKG making an impression from 300m away.
Above: Top half is Peter G4AKG into the KiwiSDR, lower signal is Phil G4UDU into the Kiwi from a few feet away - but only on 10W.
Fundraising Effort
The fundraising has gone amazingly well, and with the help of a few committed members, the support of Burgess Hill Town Council, and with the extreme generosity of so many other individuals in and around MSARS, we have completed a remarkable transformation in the club's fortunes since the beginning of the year. External interest is on the up, membership is up and event attendance is definitely up.
Landmark
This is unquestionably a milestone in the club's history, and I hope that as many of you as possible will embrace the new opportunities. There's a lot to learn, and a lot of fun to be had. Maybe it'll take a while before some people are willing to step out of their comfort zone, but that's OK. It's just another era being welcomed in. The shack still houses a legacy HF/VHF/UHF radio, and I'm sure there's still an old spark-gap transmitter under the bench somewhere for those who like their radios properly old-school, so now there's something for everyone.
See it? Can't see it!
'See' the radio in action... Phil is operating at home on an iPad in the comfort of his favourite armchair. Just go to our Videos page to watch.
We'll work out some tutorial stuff, some procedural protocol for general access and some fool-proof instructions in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, just enjoy hearing the club callsigns on the air - on any day and at any time.
73's
Berni M0XYF
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The grapevine may already have done its job, but I can confirm that we were lucky enough to have been granted £800 towards our new Flex Transceiver by Burgess Hill Town Council this Thursday.
Wonderful news. Huge thanks and gratitude to all those parties involved at the council for reading our submission properly and doing their due diligence. They clearly 'get it' and isn't it great that a local council is willing to invest not only in our radio community, but also in the future of the local residents - young and old alike.
Education doesn't discriminate. Plenty of us came into the hobby in our later years, and it's a great way to keep the grey matter ticking over, as well as having the benefits associated with regular communication and in-person social gatherings.
We are particularly looking forward to welcoming younger scholars and talents into our ranks though. We desperately need an injection of fresh thinking and opinion.
We will continue to create and present tutorial content on our training academy facility over the winter months, and we look forward to sharing that with you all soon.
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For the record, actual FT8 QSOs made in preparation for our demonstration. Not uploaded or logged elsewhere.
| Callsign | Gridsquare | RST Sent | RST Rcvd | Time | Band | Frequency | Tx Power |
| DH2NJS | JO50 | 9 | 16 | 114600 | 20m | 14.07589 | 60W |
| DL6UM | JO60 | 4 | -3 | 114700 | 20m | 14.07589 | 60W |
| EU1P | ???? | -10 | -3 | 114800 | 20m | 14.07589 | 60W |
| KF9UG | ???? | -8 | -14 | 115000 | 20m | 14.07629 | 50W |
| IK4LZH | JN54 | 10 | -5 | 115400 | 17m | 18.1019 | 30W |
| UA4FEN | ???? | 9 | -4 | 115900 | 15m | 21.07562 | 50W |
| F5HNQ | IN98 | 13 | 4 | 120430 | 30m | 10.1376 | 35W |
| G0AKH | IO70 | 8 | 13 | 120530 | 30m | 10.1376 | 35W |
| G8VVY | IO81 | 5 | 11 | 121030 | 40m | 7.075636 | 35W |
| RU3FM | ???? | 5 | -7 | 121400 | 10m | 28.07587 | 35W |
| RK4FF | ???? | 8 | 5 | 121700 | 10m | 28.07461 | 35W |
