Friday, March 25, 2011

Monday 21/03/2011



Last week I was away giving a club talk to the CATS club. I believe various activities took place as normal.

This week there was some operating as normal chats. David G2BOF visited us and donated a number of antennas to the group. Many thanks to David as these will be very useful at the scout hut.

I powered up a Heathkit SW 717 I purchased at a rally last year. I have not had the time look at this radio before now.





It basically works however it has mains hum and the selectivity is not very good. This will become an ongoing project.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Monday 07/03/2011



Another busy evening playing radio in Banstead. There ways some Dstar operating, some HF operating, radio repairs as well as a small discussion group taking place Monday night.

Stuart was building his radio kit which is part of his practical assessment and it worked first time.

Colin M6BOY was over from Ireland and enjoyed his visit.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Monday 28/02/2011



This Monday we ended up having a radio roundtable discussing various topics.

Denis (M0NDJ) showed his new VFO for our training courses. 

Next week we are planing to have a number of stations on the air.