Special Event Station - G100RSGB Portable Events - Mills & 2m QRP Micro Cells - Band Reports
May - June
Worthing & District Amateur Radio Club Established 1948
http://www.wadarc.org.uk - email info@wadarc.org.uk President: G8FMJ John Slater
Life Vice President: G8MSQ Peter Robinson
WADARC meet every Wednesday at 8pm in the Lancing Parish Hall, South Street, Lancing BN15 8AJ. All that have an interest in radio communications and associate subjects, whether a licensed amateur or not, are invited. WADARC can also arrange training for people to undertake the Radio Amateur Foundation, Intermediate & Advanced licenses. WADARC Committee 2012 - 2013 Kelvan! ! Andy! ! Sandra ! ! John ! ! Jonathan! Peter! ! Norman! ! Rod! !
M0KEL! ! M6RFE! ! G0KAG! ! G8FMJ! ! G1EXG! ! G4LKW! ! 2E0RKO! M0RDV! !
Chairman! ! Secretary! ! Treasurer! ! President! ! Ordinary Member!! Ordinary Member!! Ordinary Member!! Secretary! !
WADARC Ex Officio 2012 - 2013 John ! Peter! Chris ! Graham Phil! Martin !
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G8FMJ! ! G8MSQ! ! G3NDJ! ! G4FNL! ! G4UDU! ! M0ADY ! !
Publicity!! ! Membership Manager! Awards Manager! ! Contest Manager!! Ragchew Editor! ! Club Webmaster! !
WADARC Foundation, Intermediate & Advanced Courses & Licensing Kelvan! !
M0KEL! !
Training Officer! !
WADARC Club Nets - all times are local 09:00!
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145.550 MHz (Pre RSGB News on 145.525 MHz)
19:30!
Monday!!
145.425 MHz
11:00!
Thursday!
7.110 MHz
Contents From the Editor's Keyboard!
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Chairman’s Chatter!
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Presidential Ponderings!
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Mills on the Air - High Salvington!
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News & Technology!
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G8FMJ operation of G100RSGB !
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G4FNL FOC operation of G100RSGB!
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PW 2m QRP Contest!
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Band Reports & Club Nets!
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Bob Sherwood NC0B at Dayton 2013!
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International Awards Scheme!
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Notice of WADARC AGM !
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WADARC Club Programme 2013!
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From the Editor's Keyboard There are some interesting articles to read in this issue; this is the time of the year when the club is involved in outside events so we have 2m PW QRP plus the participation in the RSGB Centenary event - many thanks to all of you who took part in the planning and the operating. I am continuing with the look at new technologies reported in the “Technical Press” that have some relevance to our hobby. New products come into the electronics industry and many will be incorporated into our station equipment. Plus the usual band reports - I would like to see more of these - it shows we the membership of WADARC are active on the amateur bands. Roger G4TNT maintains a special web edition of Ragchew with its “Turning Pages” format - many thanks for doing the file conversions and setting this up. Thank you to all of you who contribute to Ragchew - more input is always welcome. Phil G4UDU
Chairman’s Chatter Nothing from the Chairman this issue
Presidential Ponderings Time for another Ragchew and the year is steadily passing us by with little sign of summer as yet, we can but hope. The club meetings are still maintaining good numbers, which is very encouraging and I hope is a reflection on the fact that we are doing something right. The recent club trip to Kingstanding was a real high spot for me and many others, maybe we should be looking at more of the same, any ideas? I have had no response whatsoever as far as the idea of a club dinner is concerned so it looks like a non-starter, shame. We have had some very good talks at the club and I hope to be able to keep this going. I am always open to suggestions or offers of talks on any subject for future evenings. I know that I have tried before, but I would really like a volunteer to help with the club programme in the future, please give it some thought. The club nets seem to still be going strong, our thanks to Chris for keeping the enthusiasm going, good to hear so many on. I have just got around to chucking a long wire up at the works so maybe I can hear a few of you on the Thursday net direct, rather than on someone's SDR.
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As I am soon to join the ranks of the OAPs I am considering my work options and hope to scale down a little and maybe have a little more time for playing radio etc, will have to see how the plans work out. One of the spin-offs is that, as I have laboured before, the club needs to find some storage for club equipment, of which we have rather a lot when you see it all in one place. One of my options is to move to a smaller location so I'm not sure what space will be available in the long term. Keep up the good work and thanks for supporting the club, it makes it all worth while. John G8FMJ
Mills on the air - High Salvington For many years the club has put a special event station GB0HSM on the air at High Salvington Windmill. Sunday morning was bright and sunny and Phil G4UDU, who gets up at the crack of dawn, had been down to G4LKW to collect the aerial mast and transport it up to the mill. Pete M6PAP had arrived. By the time Peter GSMSQ came in with the rest of the equipment, the mast had been laid out ready for erection. A puffing Gerry 2EOWGB also came, having cycled up the hill. The aerial was erected and by this time Norman 2EORKO appeared. With the mill unlocked, Gerry and Peter climbed to the top of the mill and erected the VHF collinear, feeding the cable down to the Round House at the base of the Mill, which was to be the operating room. With all the equipment connected we were on the air at 9.40 (clock time). This was a record! Phil now departed, probably to get his breakfast. First contact was with Barnsley Water Mill. During the morning Mills were hard to find, probably due to the fact that many mills did not open till later in the day. In the early afternoon seventeen were worked on 7MHz. This was just as the conducted tours for the visitors started. It was about four o’clock when the rain began, this had the effect of reducing the number of visitors. We had visions of packing up in the rain, however when the time came, the rain had eased off. Phil had returned and with the help of Pete, Gerry, Andrew and Peter the aerial was lowered and the equipment dismantled and loaded into our respective vehicles.
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Mast with W3DZZ Trap dipole
We had contacted 27 Mills and made a total of 148 contacts. BARNSLEY WATER MILL! ! WINDMILL HILL EASTBOURNE! WEST BLATCHINGTON MILL! ! CLEADON WINDMILL! ! ! RAYLEIGH WINDMILL! ! ! STOCK WINDMILL! ! ! New HALL MILL! ! ! ! STURMINDTER NEWTON MILL! SHEPSHED WATERMILL! ! WEYBOURNE MILL! ! ! BURCOTT MILL! ! ! ! LYMM SLITTING MILL! ! ! THWAITES WATER MILL! ! ELLIS MILL
WICKLEWOOD WINDMILL NORFOLK DULOE WINDMILL JACK AND JILL WINDMILL HOLTON Pos'r MILL KILLHOPE LEAD MINE POLEGATE WINDMILL BRILL WINDMILL GREENS WINDMILL HEAGE WINDMILL VVILTON MILL BENHOLM MILL ABERDEEN MOUNTNESSING MILL GELLIGROES MILL
Thanks go to all those who helped, Peter GSMSQ
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News & Technology New micro-batteries a boost for electronics
Electrode Ion Flow
The graphic illustrates a high power battery technology from the University of Illinois. Ions flow between 3D micro-electrodes in a lithium-ion battery. Though they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries, to jump-start a dead car battery—and then recharge the phone in the blink of an eye.
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Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the new micro-batteries out-power even the best super-capacitors and could drive new applications in radio communications and compact electronics. Led by William P. King, the Bliss Professor of mechanical science and engineering, the researchers published their results in Nature Communications. “This is a whole new way to think about batteries,” King says. “A battery can deliver far more power than anybody ever thought. In recent decades, electronics have gotten small. The thinking parts of computers have gotten small. And the battery has lagged far behind. This is a microtechnology that could change all of that. Now the power source is as high-performance as the rest of it.” With currently available power sources, users have had to choose between power and energy. For applications that need a lot of power, like broadcasting a radio signal over a long distance, capacitors can release energy very quickly but can only store a small amount. For applications that need a lot of energy, like playing a radio for a long time, fuel cells and batteries can hold a lot of energy but release it or recharge slowly. “There’s a sacrifice,” says James Pikul, a graduate student and first author of the paper. “If you want high energy you can’t get high power; if you want high power it’s very difficult to get high energy. But for very interesting applications, especially modern applications, you really need both. That’s what our batteries are starting to do. We’re really pushing into an area in the energy storage design space that is not currently available with technologies today.” The new micro-batteries offer both power and energy, and by tweaking the structure a bit, the researchers can tune them over a wide range on the powerversus-energy scale. The batteries owe their high performance to their internal 3D microstructure. Batteries have two key components: the anode (minus side) and cathode (plus side). Building on a novel fast-charging cathode design by materials science and engineering professor Paul Braun’s group, King and Pikul developed a matching anode and then developed a new way to integrate the two components at the micro-scale to make a complete battery with superior performance. With so much power, the batteries could enable sensors or radio signals that broadcast 30 times farther, or devices 30 times smaller. The batteries are rechargeable and can charge 1,000 times faster than competing technologies— imagine juicing up a credit-card-thin phone in less than a second. In addition to consumer electronics, medical devices, lasers, sensors, and other applications could see leaps forward in technology with such power sources available.
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“Any kind of electronic device is limited by the size of the battery—until now,” King says. “Consider personal medical devices and implants, where the battery is an enormous brick, and it’s connected to itty-bitty electronics and tiny wires. Now the battery is also tiny.” Now, the researchers are working on integrating their batteries with other electronics components, as well as manufacturability at low cost. “Now we can think outside of the box,” Pikul says. “It’s a new enabling technology. It’s not a progressive improvement over previous technologies; it breaks the normal paradigms of energy sources. It’s allowing us to do different, new things.” Source: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
G8FMJ operation of G100RSGB G100RSGB Activation on Sunday April 28th 2013. I was approached earlier this year by Mick G4EFO who had recently taken over as the RSGB rep for region 10, with a request that maybe the Worthing Club would be interested in activating this special centenary callsign. Having mentioned it at the club there seemed to be little or no interest, so after some considerable thought I decided that the opportunity was one not to be missed and applied for the NOV on behalf of the CDXC-Sussex. My problem then was the realisation that I really had nothing to work with, and what was I going to use, Phil came to the rescue in the form of a very nice commercially made Windom antenna which he helped me put up a couple of weeks before the event. I also found that I needed to submit the log in the form of an ADI file and had no idea what one was let alone how to create one. This time it was Graham who stepped in and talked me through how to use the logging system and produce the log file at the finish. I took my complete station from home to my /A location ( mums house ) which comprised an Elecraft K3, Heathkit SB220 linear and manual ATU, and a Heil headset.
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Pete M6PAP at work, notice the level of concentration, was that a 0 or an O‌
So, I was set to go, well almost, as I was not convinced that I could manage the full 24 hours available. This time Pete M6PAP offered to assist with some operating (SOME?) And so the day arrived. I got on the air at 3.45 am local time and decided that 20m was the best option and kept this running until 8 am and then QSYd to 40m, found a good clear slot and called CQ. I could not believe the response and had a great time until Pete arrived at around 10 am and took over. We then alternated for the rest of the day until 8 pm - YES we stayed on the same frequency for 12 hours without a break in the QSO runs, absolutely fantastic to hear the pile ups. We then went back to 20m, I finally managed to prise Mr PAP out of the operating chair at 10 pm. I then asked an American that I was working to spot us on the DX cluster as being a good signal in the USA, this he was only to glad to do. I then worked another 120 in 2 hours up to midnight at which time I called a halt and collapsed into bed.
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John G8FMJ - logging single handed
It was a fantastic experience for both Pete and me. The totals were 592 Qs on 40m and 218 Qs on 20m a total of 810 in 20 hours, well worth the effort. Thanks for all their assistance to Phil, Graham and Pete. John-G8FMJ
G4FNL FOC operation of G100RSGB I was honoured and proud to be able to operate the G100RSGB callsign representing the First Class CW Operators' Club (FOC) in RSGB region 10 (South and South-East) for one day on Friday 26th April 2013. The station was to be operated from the University of Sussex where HF aerials are reasonably good (3el Yagi at 60ft, dipoles and doublets for LF bands between 40 - 70ft high) and man-made noise levels are much lower than most suburban locations. Â There was a bit of a scurry to organise aerials on the WARC bands where none had previously existed. So, over the course of a
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few evenings and weekends prior to the day, a few additional wires were erected to facilitate operation on these bands. All along, this was planned to be a single man operation by me. Due to this and the fact that I was to represent FOC for the one day event, I decided to concentrate on using CW almost solely throughout the day. I did make an excursion to 80m SSB towards the end of the evening to make a few QSOs there too. The band QSO breakdown was as follows: BAND QSO Total 1.8MHz 68 3.5MHz 106 + 83 SSB QSOs 7.0MHz 127 10MHz 15 14MHz 367 18MHz 136 -------------Total 958 --------------
Graham G4FNL
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The station consisted of an FT1000MP with a TL922 Amplifier and I used N1MM logging software with a Winkey, with the majority of keying generated from the keyboard, but I also had a Schurr paddle to comment or generate some spontaneous CW when the situation arose. There were no particular incidences to report - except that on 10MHz I had a problem with RFI - causing some operation problems with the PC and consequently, my QSO tally on that band was much lower than anticipated. I also operated the TL922 on 18MHz which it wasn't originally designed to do, and there were some strange tuning problems on that band that I never fully resolved. I operated for approximately 14 hours during the day. In conclusion, I really enjoyed the experience and I hope that I managed to fill-in some needed mode and band slots for Amateurs throughout the World. The organisational and administrative elements that the RSGB had put in place were excellent, thanks to G3WKL, G4EFO, G3LZQ and many others who helped behind-the-scenes. So, if you want an opportunity to be at the sharp end of things for a change, I can thoroughly recommend getting involved with your local club to operate using the special callsign if the opportunity arises throughout the remainder of this RSGB Centenary year. 73 Graham G4FNL
PW 2m QRP Contest It was a cold and very windy, early Sunday morning on the 9th June 2013. The day of the Practical Wireless QRP 144MHz contest. 7am in my book is early. We had arranged to meet at 7.30am at Ditchling Beacon. I, Andrew G1VUP, was early to ensure we did not lose the Hill to another amateur group. Next to turn up was Norman 2E0RKO, 20 minutes early, very keen. Norman and I decided to unpack and start the process of humping the equipment up the hill. By the second load up the hill, the rest of the team arrived, Graham G4FNL, Dawn 2E0DSK, Jerry 2E0WGB, Brian G0SIU and Sonny a soon to be M6. As you see from the pictures, we took far too much equipment. The station, after some discussion, was made up of Graham's 40 Telescopic pole at about 25 feet,
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Phil G4UDU’s 13-element Tonna, FT290 Mark 2, 4 batteries, a small laptop, 3 tables, 6 chairs, Gazebo and Norman supplied Kitchen with hot and cold running bacon sandwiches with extra strong tea. (More about the Tea later). The station was held together with racking straps, bungees, gaffer tap and cable ties. So it looked like a normal radio ham shack. Norman also set up a second FT290 Mark 1 with a 9-element Tonna on a Tripod for spotting station around the band. The extra equipment we humped up the hill was the club's 17-element Tonna, which when taken out of the bag lost 6 elements, a second pole and a fourth antenna just in case the first 3 antennas did not work, two tool boxes and more other stuff.
I guess we do need it all!
We found a suitable large fence post, thank you kind farmer, to rack strap the pole too and so began the setting of the camp and the station. One hour later the first very very strong cup of tea was drunk, along with bacon sandwiches. Norman is very handy in the kitchen. Norman was monitoring on 2 meters FM and found a group talking on their way to Ditchling Beacon. We did think a standoff may ensue, however, we had gained permission from Sussex Wildlife trust and more importantly, we were here first up the hill and, as it turned out, bigger than they were.
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The group were from the Isle of Wight and wanted to use the beacon for a UK record of 76GHz transmission, which after some major adjustments on their equipment they achieved. Once we were set up, I gave the briefing where I tried to gee up the team by saying last year’s winners has 1796 QSO’s (The real figure was 176), at which point Graham raised his eyebrow, it would seem Graham can smell a tall tale. So with the team briefed and tea drunk. It was time to test the equipment. I plugged in the dummy load and tested. We were not above 3W PEP, the power limit in this contest. Graham suggested warming up the band and started calling CQ again and again. Some minutes later Norman or Jerry suggested removing the dummy load and replacing it with the antenna cable! Going well methinks.
We start the Contest - Graham G4FNL with Andrew G1VUP log keeping
The roster we had drawn had Graham operating and me logging. Graham has nicely warmed up 144.315 and so at 0900z we started. At 0905z I discovered I really had not spent enough time learning the logging software and at 0907z I also discovered that Graham takes the contest stuff really seriously. Steep steep learning curve and this is supposed to be a simple contest. By the first operator changeover at 1000z we had 56 contacts. Graham and Brian had to leave, so with the team down to five, we set to work for the next six hours.
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The antenna rotator was by Armstrong, which required manual intervention. Sonny, from now on called “Sonny the Rotor”, stepped up and made the job his own. The next hour Jerry was logging with me operating until the second cup of very strong tea kicked in, requiring me to hand the microphone over to Norman. I required a comfort break. By the end of that hour we were up to 89 QSOs. At this time another cup of tea was made and I produced fairy cakes made for the day by Sally, my better half. The cakes went down a storm. Kelvan M0KEL arrived for some moral support and had a cake. As this point the farmer decided it was time to mow the grass just the other side of the fence from the station. To say much QRM and QRN on the band was an understatement. There was a very slow point in the 4th hour where we only made 3 contacts. That was when Dawn took over the operating. I went for my fifth bathroom walk, on my return, something odd happened, she began to call CQ in what only be described as a Mexican/Spanish accent. I’m pretty sure it was the tea causing most of the day’s strangeness. I did say it was very strong. At this point we are at 115 contacts with two hours to go. Dawn’s accent did bring in the QSOs and in the last two hour we put on another 16 QSO’s. Then it was time to pack up, Graham returned to give us a hand with the break down. By 1730z we were in our cars and away.
The view from the inside across the “Trig Point” to the 9-ele Tonna
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The stats for the day: 131 QSO’s 23 Locator Squares 5 Countries Longest Distance QSO, 352 Miles (Northern Ireland) I would like to thank everyone involved and all the help from the club to put G3WOR/P on the air for this contest. It was amazing fun and I believe everyone enjoyed it. Bring on SSB Field Day. 73, G1VUP.
Band Reports & Club Nets Monday 2m net - A small select number – we had a good jaw on many subjects. Those who called in were DAVE G0SFV , NORMAN 2E0RKO, PETE M6PAP, DAWN 2E0DSK and GRANT M3IVN. Thursday 40m net – Conditions were a bit iffy, however lots of check ins, the first one were ALAN F4GHB, who joined us from central France, CHRIS G3UFS, JOHN G4BLJ, EDDIE MX0SBV (G0ECW), RON G3SKI, KENN G0NKZ/M – we struggled with him! PETE M6PAP – he was a bit tough to copy with me, TED G3EUE – we liked his signal better when he went from 5W to 100W! NORMAN 2E0RKO – he was fine, PHIL G4UDU, PETER G3LDO and BRIAN G0SIU. 73 Chris G3NDJ In case you need to fill a wee bit of space in the Ragchew, here is a summary and some highlights from what I’ve been working this year so far: I have had 2364 QSOs since 1st Jan 2013, with 721 of those made during April / May. In addition, I had a further 958 QSOs whilst at the helm of the Special Event Station G100RSGB on 26th April. Not so much DX worked recently, but here’s a few that I have bagged in April and May: HL1LUA 14MHz CW
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LU6EF 17Mhz CW Z81X 28MHz CW During May, I chased the various FOC (First Class CW Operators) stations that were active on the air, celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the formation of the Club. 73 Graham G4FNL
Bob Sherwood NC0B at Dayton 2013 This year at the Dayton Hamvention, in addition to the flea market and the new exhibits, there are always the many lectures that are given on an amazing range of subjects. Bob Sherwood is seen as an expert on the analysis of receiver performance characteristics. This link to that lecture is an insight into what is the current state of design with amateur radio transceivers - he is totally honest about what is right or wrong, so if it is a bad radio he will say so! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOf2OOGeGi8 The information is specifically targeted at HF contesting but the theory is the same for DX chasing. There is some in-depth technical theory here but watch it through a couple of times and it will bring you the knowledge of what matters in the design of radio equipment.
International Awards Scheme There are many different awards available that make good “shack wallpaper”. Some are quite involved and take many years of DX chasing - others can easily be achieved. Just click on the hyperlink (sorry Ragchew paper readers, you will NOT have this option) for details of each of the awards, This list is courtesy of “The DX Zone”. They have compiled the most comprehensive collection of operating awards.
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070 club PSK31 Awards - Original PSK31 awards by the 070 Club 10-10 International - Ten-Ten International Net, or 10-10 for short, is an organisation of amateur radio operators dedicated to maintaining high levels of amateur radio communications on the 10-meter amateur band (28.0-29.7 MHz). AGB Award program - AGB - Activity Group of Belarus have Awards and Trophy programs - 19 colour award of Belarus and World team. Rules and pictures. AGB Trophy program - Trophy program have 15 plaques of expensive wood. Alexander The Great Award - Alexander The Great AWARD from Northern Greece Contest Team All Borneo Award - Kinabalu Award - Managed by BARC Award Committee AMSAT-NA Awards - Make 1000 two-way contacts with any station on any satellite Antarctic Bases WABA Award - The minimum requirement for obtaining the award is to have 10 different Antarctic bases confirmed representing at least 5 Countries having bases there. Appalachian Trail Award - This award program is to promote hiking on the Appalachian Trail with your QRP rigs ARRL DX Century Club Program - The ARRL DXCC Challenge is a new program for all band DXers Austria Awards - Awards issued and managed by OEVSV Award program by SKIF contest group - Award program administered by SKIF Contest group Awards by Evrika - Ukrainian DX awards Awards issued by SP5PB - Warszawa 2000 Award, Mazowsze (Mazovia) Award, Vistula) River Award, All Baltic Islands Award, Maritime Mobile award, Baltic Sea lighthouses award Balkan Award - This award is issued to any licensed radio amateur who submits proof of two-way radio contacts with members of Balkan Contest Club Bermuda Award - Awards available from the Radio Society of Bermuda Brazilian CW Awards - "The CW Awards are issued by the CWSP ""Grupo de CW de Sao Paulo"" Brazil" Campania Island Award - D.I.C. Diploma Isole Campane from Italy Celtic Knot Information - The Celtic Knot award Scheme promotes contact with Celtic nations around the World. by GMDX Group Chile Awards Chile Awards - More Chilean awards including the Pablo Neruda Award Chilean Islands Award - D.I.CE diploma isles de chile. Colorado QRP Club Awards Costa Rica Awards - Radio Club de Costa Rica CQ The USA-CA Awards - The United States of America Counties (USA-CA) Award,
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sponsored by CQ magazine, is issued for confirmed two-way radio contacts with specified numbers of U.S. counties under rules and conditions hereafter stated. CQ WAZ Rules - Official Rules of The CQ WAZ Awards Cuba islands Award Cuban Awards CWSP Award - The CWSP Award is issued by the CWSP "Grupo de CW de Sao Paulo" for all radio amateurs who have worked 5 (five) different members of the group (CW mode only), are valid contacts after October 15, 1976. Czech Republic - Award Program of the C.R.C - Czech Radio Club issues S 6 S, P 75 P, 100 CS, OK COUNTIES AWARD, OK COUNTIES AWARD and PRAHA AWARD awards. DARC Awards - German Amateur Radio Club Awards DLØLY Lübeck Award - The Railway Radio Amateur Group of Lübeck issues this award to all radio amateurs and SWLs. European World Wide Award-Council of Europe Award - Diploma of the Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club - TP2CE ILIA - Italian Lake Islands Award - ILIA - Italian Lake Islands Award web-site. Everything about ILIA: (rules, islands' photos, islands' list, official software, dx-peditions photos, released awards, etc...) India Islands Award - Indian Islands Ham Radio Award IOCA Award - The Islands Of Croatia Award IR1C Award - The Award has the purpose to bring to knowledge of the radio, the requirements to build a well for drinkable water in a village of the Central African Republic Islands Of Scotland Award - Launched in the mid-90s, the Islands Of Scotland Award, IOSA, has achieved world-wide popularity and recognition IW3 - Luis Trenked Award - This certificate is awarded by the AMATEUR RADIO CLUB LADINIA to remember the director and author from the Val Gardena (South Tyrol) Italy. JARL Awards Program - Jarl web english page about jarl issued awards LKK Awards - Lviv Shortwave Club award Low Band Monitor Awards - The Low Band Monitor Awards Program is free to all subscribers and is based on operating achievements that occur during the 7-Month Season LU5GPL - Main awards of Argentina - You can find all about awards and dx in Argentina Luxembourg Awards - Luxembourg Award Program: LX HF and VHF Award; European Community Award and special Awards LZ4BU - Ivo presents a list of LZ Awards and Bulgarian Lighthouses Macedonia MDX-AWARD - Macedonia DX Award is issued by "Macedonia DX Group" Mobile Amateur Radio Awards Club - MARAC was organised in 1970 as a Kansas Nonprofit Corporation, as a support group for county hunting and mobile activity
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Monumentos Historicos de Espana - New award Diploma Monumentos Historicos de Espana (DMHE), with info in historic monuments activated. N3XGR's ARES-RACES page - Links to US local emergency service local units ODXA The Ontario Award - The "Ontario Award" is sponsored by the Ontario DX Association. We launched this award in 1999 in celebration of our organisation's 25th anniversary. Pennsylvania 67 - Confirmed Amateur Radio QSOs with all 67 counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Amateur Radio Club, Inc. PIP Award - Portuguese islands plaque RAC Awards - Canada's National Amateur Radio Society, AWARDS. Redcliffe City Award - Ham radio award for contacting members of the Redcliffe radio club in Australia Royal Signals Awards - Society awards, awards rules, radio contests Russian awards for HAMs. - CORA - Cities Of Russia Award, TZA - Time Zones Award, Transsib, Baikal Lake Award, Baikal Winteriada, GLORIA - Grid Locators Of Russia International Award. Look for details at the site. Sarret Award - Managed by HG8SDS SOTA Awards - SUMMITS on the AIR Awards, award programme for radio amateurs SP - Polish Awards - Pictures and information about polish awards Special Events Stations Hunter Award - The Special Events Stations Hunter Award(SESH) is issued by the editor of Polish Radio Amateurs Journal QTC. Summits on the Air (SOTA) - Summits on the Air is an exciting new award scheme for radio amateurs which encourages operation in mountainous and wilderness areas. The scheme is designed to grow into an international awards. TA Award Program - A awards will be issued to amateur stations and SWLs. TA2J - SK . TA Ham Radio Award - TA2J Turkish Ham Award will be awarded to those hams who make contact with TA amateurs using TA / TC / YM prefixed call signs. The Canadian Islands Award Program - CISA, Canadian Islands Award Program The Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio Awards The CQ DX Field Award - The CQ DX Field Award is issued in four categories—Mixed, CW, SSB, and Digital—for confirmed two-way contacts with 50 or more Grid Fields The CQ iDX Award - The CQ iDX Award encourages the development of a DXing mindset by recognising the accomplishments of those amateurs who make confirmed contacts with between 25 and 100 different DX countries The Geratol Net - The Geratol Net sponsors the 75 Meter 2-letter Extra Class WAS Award, as well as over 30 endorsements and other awards. The Semenic Mountain Award - issued by the members of YO2KJI The Washington Totem Award - This award is issued to any licensed radio amateur who
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submits proof of two-way radio contact with the state of Washington Tonga DXpedition Award - To gain Tonga DXpedition Award it is necessary to have QSL confirmed contacts with two amateur radio expeditions from Tonga (A35), on two bands, with two different modes. Available also to SWLs TS7N The Kerkennah Award - Tunisia award Ukraine Award - WAU Worked all Ukraine award by UT4UW UKSMG Awards - UKSMG Awards Programme, Worked All Europe Award, Worked North America Award Worked Africa Award United States Counties - The large list of USA counties United States Prefix award - Amateur award plaque for contacting at least 200 different prefixes from the US or its possessions. Uruguay Departments - Work 19 departments of republic Oriental del Uruguay US Islands Award - Official Website of the United States Islands Awards Program by Dennis Tuchalski N9WDQ Venezuelan awards - Different awards by the Radio Club Venezuelan W9DC IOTA Awards - W9DC North America Amateur Radio checkpoint for IOTA Islands on the Air and WLH World Lighthouse award applications and award instructions; Island and lighthouse award links for international radio operator activities WAB Worked All Britain Awards - Worked All Britain Awards, founded in 1969 by the late John Morris G3ABG, awards are available world wide to all radio amateurs and short wave listeners. WAIS Award - Worked all Italian Squares, and European Union Regions Award WANCA - Worked All Norwegian Communes Award WAU (Worked All Ukraine) award - The WAU award is issued by the "RadioAmator" magazine for contacts with amateur radio stations in all regions of Ukraine, cities of Kiev and Sevastopol made after 01.01.1993. WAYUG, WAYUG - UHF/VHF, HAYUG Award - Award is issued for contacting all call areas in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia WIA Awards - Wireless Institute of Australia Awards program Worked All Collins award - Worked other amateur stations in each of the six continental areas of the world using Collins equipment two-way Worked All Ireland Awards - Sponsored and managed by the Galway VHF Group on behalf of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society Worked All States (WAS) by ARRL - The WAS (Worked All States) Award is available to all amateurs worldwide who submit proof with written confirmation of having contacted each of the 50 states of the United States of America. Worked EI Counties Award - Issued by the Irish Radio Transmitters Society Worked Republic Of India Award - Amateur Radio Society Of India, the national society, is
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issuing Worked Republic of India (WRI) Award to VU and Dx operators. World Flora Fauna Award - World Flora and Fauna Award YASME Foundation - The YASME Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organised to conduct scientific and educational projects related to Amateur Radio, including DXing and the introduction and promotion of Amateur Radio in underdeveloped countries. YBĂ˜EMJ : ORARI Awards Program - Indonesian Awards ZL Awards - New Zealand, the information has been taken from the New Zealand Call Book, published annually by NZART Zone 29 Award Rules - Work 25 (twenty-five) different amateur stations located in Zone 29 ZS South African Radio League Awards - AAA - All Africa Award, WAZS - Worked All ZS Award Zurichsee DX Award - DX Award from Switzerland
Notice of WADARC AGM IMPORTANT The Date for this years Annual General Meeting is 16th October 2013.
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WADARC Club Programme 2013
JUNE 1st Monthly Breakfast Meeting at the Goring café 5th DVD evening 12th Discussion Evening 12th 80 mtr CC-CW contest 19th Discussion Evening…Plus possible talk 20th 80 mtr CC-SSB contest 26th GX3WOR On-The-Air evening JULY 1st 80 mtr CC-CW contest 3rd Annual club Foxhunt 7th Monthly Breakfast Meeting at the Goring Café 10th Discussion Evening 10th 80 mtr CC-SSB contest 17th Talk by Peter G3LDO and Ron G3SKI “ Airbourne Radar “ 24th Discussion Evening and planning for the Fire Brigade Open Day 27th Fire Brigade Open Day Special Event Station 31st GX3WOR On-the-Air evening AUGUST 4th Monthly Breakfast Meeting at the Goring Café 7th Talk by Andrew G1VUP “ The internet and why my PC runs slow “ 14th Discussion Evening 14th 80 mtr CW Sprint Contest 21st No club meeting at Parish Hall, Annual Club Barbeque Evening 28th GX3WOR On-the-Air evening 29th 80 mtr SSB Sprint contest
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SEPTEMBER 1st Monthly Breakfast Meeting at the Goring Café 4th Discussion evening and planning for SSB Field Day 7th-8th SSB Field Day weekend 11th Discussion evening 11th 80 mtr SSB Sprint contest 18th Talk by David King and Richard Poore, Antenna simulation using 4NEC2 25th GX3WOR On-the-Air evening 26th 80 mtr CW Sprint contest OCTOBER 2nd Surplus equipment sale 6th Monthly Breakfast meeting at the Goring café 9th Discussion evening 9th 80 mtr CW Sprint contest 16th Annual General Meeting 23rd Talk by Jonathan G1EXG, In search of the Schumann Resonance, radio around 8Hz 24th 80 mtr SSB Sprint contest 30th GX3WOR On-the-Air evening
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Items for Sale If you have any equipment you would like listed here, please send me the details via email.
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