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Welcome to any visiting Guides, parents, guardians and friends
This evening we will do our best to put on a little demonstration of Amateur Radio, and rather than print out a sheet of information containing images and links etc. I thought I'd save the paper and drop an article on our website, so hopefully you'll find us.
Here is a simplified image, showing a range of frequencies, how frequency relates to the types of Electromagnetic Radiation, and some of the uses we have for them. As you can see, most communication technologies use frequencies at the lower end of the range. Click the image below for more information.
Below you can see a world map, showing where signals from our club callsign G3ZMS landed during a brief test session on the day of the demonstration.
You can view reports from any callsign at any time by visiting the PSKreporter website here: https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmap.html and entering the callsign.
Reports do only stay on that site for 24 hours though, so don't hang around!
KiwiSDR - online radio, but not as you know it!
Visit our Homepage, scroll to the bottom and click the WebSDR banner. The bookmarks at the top of the WebSDR display hint at what you can expect to find at individual frequencies. Right at the very top, you can see the various bands - including the amateur bands in blue.
Try zooming in and out, clicking on a particular signal on the waterfall and then try out the various modes to see what you can hear, like USB, LSB, AM, FM and CW. You can also adjust the little coloured 'hat' near the top, to make it fit the width of the signal and to get the best results.
A lot of signals will be data and not speech. To investigate those, you'll have to do a little research, or ask us to come back and do another talk!
In the meantime, thanks for visiting our website, and we hope you enjoyed the demonstration.
Berni M0XYF
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NOW SOLD!
MSARS are retiring our trusty Yaesu FT-990 HF shack transceiver, which means that you, lucky member, get first dibs on buying it for yourself.
We are looking for £375 ovno.
As you can see, it's in remarkable condition, and is in full working order. If there have not been any expressions of interest by close of play on Thursday 27th October, it'll go into our autumn Surplus Equipment Sale, albeit with a realistic reserve. If it still doesn't go, we'll sell it to the first non-member that comes up with the funds.
I have to say, that's a lot of radio for not a lot of money.
Please contact the club secretary/shack manager if interested. Details on our Contacts page.
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So, somebody (I think it was Chris N) asked what we were listening to on the shack radio on Friday night.
'The MSF Time Signal' was the reply. Then came the question 'Where is that based now?'
To which Phil and I both responded 'Still in Rugby'.
No, no, no.
Wikipedia tells us:
From the time signal's inauguration in 1950 until 1 April 2007 it was transmitted from Rugby Radio Station near Rugby, Warwickshire. The transmitter's original location meant that the clock was referred to as "the Rugby clock". Following its relocation in 2007 to Cumbria, the NPL now formally calls the signal "The Time from NPL".
You live and learn. Still doesn't update my radio-controlled clocks though!
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Firstly, I'm thankful to everyone that rallied around behind the scenes to get the ball rolling on the new shack radio.
Having the fund, and seeing the graphic totalizer on the website really does help to focus people's minds on what's required, to generate healthy discussion about the club shack itself, as well as elevating club ambitions in general.
We should hear from Burgess Hill Town Council this month (October) as to whether we have been successful in our grant application, and I have absolutely no insight into how that might go, so we can only be hopeful. Applications are open twice a year, and I will keep submitting applications in support of our various contributions to the local community now the club is growing again and pushing forward on all fronts.
What I would like to express in particular is my gratitude for the donations that have already come into the club to fund a new radio. I'm not privy to the details of individual donations, but I do know that the majority of the truly active members have contributed, and that's heart-warming. Whilst that spirit is alive and well in the club, we'll do OK.
If you haven't donated yet, then please consider it. We have even had sizeable donations from more than one non-member. Amazing.
Watch this space for further updates out of the committee meeting this evening, and get yourself down the clubhouse tomorrow night if you want to see something a bit special happening. Things are really moving quickly now.
Berni M0XYF
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Stella has kindly published an October issue of the newsletter, which is available for download below:
