QUA Welcome, to the December 2015 edition of the Stockport Radio Society (SRS) Newsletter
Diary Dates 2015 — 2016 Tuesday 1 December
Written and compiled by SRS members, ‘QUA’ (Have you news of… ?) is your source of news, views and informed opinion on all matters relating to - and about - your hobby.
Society Meeting Monday 7 December Advanced Examination 6pm Thursday 10 December On Air from Members QTH Tuesday 15 December AGM and Social Evening Sunday 27 December Xmas / New Year skills day
The Committee of Stockport Radio Society Wish all its members a Very Merry Christmas and a
Tuesday 6 January Society Meeting Sunday 10 January RSGB / AFS – CW Contest Thursday 14 January On air from Members QTH Saturday 16 January RSGB / AFS – Phone contest 1 Sat/Sun 16-17 January Foundation Course Part 1
Prosperous New Year.
Tuesday 19 January Society Meeting
Website : www.g8srs.co.uk
Tel : 07506 904422 Email : srswebsite@g8srs.co.uk
Saturday 23 January Foundation Course Part 2 & Exam Tuesday 26 January Skills Night
Review of Events Message from the President - Alan G0ROW
SRS Links:
My first year as your President I feel has gone really well. The Constitution has now been amended for 2015 and the HA account has now been opened and Trustees have been appointed.
Stockport Radio Society www.g8srs.co.uk
Early in the year we approached Walthew House with a view to acquiring the store room for our exclusive use. In October we were given the go ahead. This will become a real asset to us as we can move forward to establish more permanent radio stations within the JB room. The storeroom has now been cleared and the storage shelves have been refitted with brackets. This was achieved with the help of Nigel 2E0CKA, Heather M6HNS, Tony M0SAV and myself.
RSGB Region 3 www.rsgb-region-3.org.uk
We are now getting more of our own club members taking courses and moving up the licence tree. l am keen to promote this so that the future of SRS is guaranteed. I would like to thank all Committee members for their hard work in the past 12 months. If you hear me on the Bands give me a call as I am always happy to hear from a club member. The joy of Amateur Radio is speaking to people.
RSGB - www.rsgb.org
UK FM Group Western www.ukfmgw.org.uk Ofcom www.licensing.ofcom.org.uk ARRL - www.arrl.org QRZ.com - www.qrz.com UK Repeaters www.ukrepeater.net Raynet - www.raynet-uk.net Summits on the air www.sota.org.uk
Message from the Chairman - Tony M0SAV This year seems to have flown by, possibly because of all the continued activity within the club. It certainly does not feel like twelve months since I was appointed as your Chairman. Along with the assistance of the Committee and members, the club continues to grow, both in membership and knowledge. Since the updating of the course syllabuses the training group have had a hectic time re-vamping the slides we use. This in itself, has been a mammoth task, so a big thank you to all, especially Heather M6HNS for compiling the courses slides. Our courses see candidates from not only within the Greater Manchester area but further afield. This can only be a good omen for the club and our trainers. Looking forward, we are in the process of having two possibly three mobile stations for use in the club. This will cut down on the assembly and strip down time so giving more time on air. It is intended that the stations will be used for all aspects of our great hobby. The Committee is focused on taking the club forward and hoping to attract younger members to carry our hobby onwards into the next century and beyond. So for next year, more outings, special event stations, try your hand at small contests from Walthew plus more. If you have an idea for a project then lets hear about it. If you are prepared to front it then we, the Committee, will support you all we can. Our annual rally always proves successful, plus we are looking at resurrecting the odd member’s surplus equipment sale. As you all know we won two awards at this years NARSA rally at Blackpool - Best Stand and Best Website, thank you to all concerned, a remarkable achievement. Winning these awards puts Stockport Radio Society at the forefront of RSGB region 3. Peak Contest Group (SRS contesting arm) continues their winning streak in 2015. Again putting SRS on the map worldwide. Congratulations to all operators and helpers who brave the weather to put the stations together, and then take it all apart after the contest. So here’s to looking forward to another productive year in 2016. On behalf of myself and Alan G0ROW, May I take this opportunity to wish all members a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. 2
Local Radio Clubs: GB3PZ.com Macclesfield Wireless Society GX4MWS Manchester Wireless Society, G5MS Mid Cheshire ARS, G3ZTT North Cheshire RC, G0BAA Northern Amateur Radio Societies Association (NARSA) Oldham Radio Club RSGB Region 3 Website Radio Millennium Lodge, M0RML Rochdale & DARS (R.A.D.A.R.S), G0ROC South Cheshire ARS, G6TW South Lancashire ARC, M0SLR South Manchester Radio & Computing Club The Simpson Amateur Radio Society, M0SRA Warrington Radio Club West Manchester RC, G4MWC
Review of Events CQ WW SSB Contest October 24/25, 2015
Morse Code
The Peak Contest Group (SRS Contest Group) entered this years CQWW SSB contest. The 48 hour event saw 4522 QSOs with 666 Multipliers, scoring just 6M points by the G5O station. This compared well with last years figures:- 3625 QSOs, 647 Multipliers giving 4.8M points.
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The contest group operators were Dave G0LZL, Tom M0DCG, Evan M0TJU, Kieron M5KJM and myself. We were pleased to be joined by visits from SRS by Nigel G0RXA and Tony M0SAV who were quickly pointed towards the operating ‘hot seats’ on both Saturday and Sunday, plus on Sunday Heather M6HNS and Nigel 2E0CKA who, after a brief introduction to the station and the contest rules, also found themselves in the ‘hot seats’ making QSOs with a little supervision and support.
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My thanks to all involved with the event and particularly to our visitors who were game to join in with the operating and will hopefully be “visiting” us again in future events. PS While Nigel G0RXA and Tony M0SAV have been contesting for some time now and were able to join in very quickly, for Heather M6HNS and Nigel 2E0CKA this was their first experience of contesting and with a little help they were soon contributing to our score. So if anyone is interested in giving contesting a try please do not be put off because you lack experience. We can help with this. Our next SSB contest is the WPX contest another 48 hour event over the last weekend of March
Carsten G0SYP collecting the RSGB Bristol Trophy
Phonetic Alphabet Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
New Members
Echo
Foxtrot
On behalf of the Committee, I would like to welcome Dave M6FOQ, John 2E0MIU, Matt M6MVR and Rob M6ZRA to Stockport Radio Society. We look forward to seeing you at our meetings, and hearing you on air on our club nets.
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Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
A successful and interesting evening. Apologies to those who we could not hear but were there in the background noise.
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
We will arrange for another 6 Meter net in the not too distant future. This net gives those who do not have VHF sets a chance to take part. Details of future nets will be sent out via social media and email.
Whiskey
X-Ray
Yankee
Zulu
New 6m Net Alan G0ROW chaired the first 6m net on Tuesday 10 November. The net started at 20:00 UTC on a frequency of 51.750 MHz + or –.
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Members Profile
Our President
Membership
Alan - G0ROW
Alan in his shack with with ‘vast’ collection of QSL Cards
You can become a member of Stockport Radio Society by completing a membership form and, either emailing it to treasurer@g8srs.co.uk or hand the form to the Treasurer at any Society Meeting.
Payable Annually Dec 1st Senior
£12.00
Family
£12.00
Country
£ 7.00
Pensioner
£ 7.00
I first became interested in radio at the age of 13. I started building crystal sets and then one valve and two valve sets. With these radios I heard Radio Amateurs, and curiosity got the better of me and I had to find out more.
Junior
£ 1.00
I started work as a metal fabricator at the age of 15 and as soon as I got some money together I bought two ex army receivers from the radio shops which were then situated in Shudehill Manchester.
annual subscription can be
Meeting Admission £ 2.00 per meeting. An paid - details on request.
In 1965 I married and continued with SWL. Two children came along so expansion was limited as family life took over.
Subs Reminder
In1987 I did my RAE for my VHF licence and received the call sign G1ROW. I later took the morse test in 1992 and then received my HF licence G0ROW.
Just a quick note to remind you that your subs for 2016 will be due for renewal on 1 December, 2015
I joined SRS which then met at Dialstone Centre. I retired at 63 from my position of Purchasing Manager and found myself with more time to enjoy the hobby. I met the late Jim Barlow G3VOU at SRS and he gave me a lot of encouragement to get more involved.
Can you please let Nigel 2E0CKA know when you will be paying your subs, so that Nigel can inform our Treasurer – Bernard G3SHF.
I was invited to join the committee in 2010 and one of the first things I did was reinstate the clubs nets on VHF and HF on Tuesday evenings from my home QTH using the call sign G8SRS and this ran for a number of years.
If you would like to pay directly through the bank, please let me know and I will send you the Bank information.
The opportunity came along to plan and site aerials at Walthew House and I formed a sub committee of 4 to achieve this. The club nets now run from different members home QTH. We offer all members the chance to chair a net. I have become a mentor for the On Air Team to help members operate.
Many thanks for your continued support of Stockport Radio Society, and we look forward to seeing you at one of the next meetings.
One of my other committee duties is to invigilate over most of the exams for the various licences. I am also the Course Secretary. My main interests are SSB HF and collecting paper QSL cards. On December 16th 2014, I was elected President of Stockport Radio Society.
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Contact details Nigel m6bbl@btinternet.com Bernard treasuer@g8srs.co.uk or call the bat phone 07506 904422
Courses Foundation
Repeaters
The next Foundation course take place in 2016. The dates are as follow:
www.ukfmgw.co.uk
GB3MN
Saturday & Sunday 16 &17 January 2016 9am to 5pm
Saturday 23 January 2016 10am Examination 2pm
145.650 Mhz FM Analogue Digital Fusion Stockport
GB3SM
Intermediate The next Intermediate course takes place in 2016. The dates are as follows
Saturday & Sunday 6&7 February 9am to 5pm
Monday 15 February 7pm to 10pm
Monday 22 February 7pm to 10pm
Monday 29 February 7pm to 10pm
Monday 7 March 7pm to 10pm
Monday 14 March 6.30pm Examination from 7pm
433.3250 Mhz FM Analogue Stoke on Trent
GB3ST
433.2250 Mhz FM Analogue Stoke on Trent
GB3SE
This course is now fully booked. Please email courses@g8srs.co.uk if you are interested in taking the above course.
1297.0750 Mhz FM Analogue Stoke on Trent
GB3SX
50.790 Mhz FM Analogue Stoke on Trent
Advanced
GB3MR
433.3500 Mhz FM Analogue Stockport
GB3PZ
430.9000 Mhz FM Analogue Dukinfield
GB7WC
439.4875 Mhz Digital Warrington
GB3WP
430.9375 Mhz FM Analogue Hyde
GB7MA
145.600 Mhz Digital Bury
The next advanced course is currently underway with the exam on Monday 7 December 2015.
GB3MP
On behalf of the Committee we wish all the students taking their advanced the very best of luck. Watch out in future QUA’s for more details of the next advanced tutorials.
145.7500 Mhz FM Analogue Denbigh
GB3VT
145.7250 Mhz FM Analogue Stoke on Trent
Course Fees GB3LI
Foundation
433.2500 Mhz FM Analogue Liverpool
£45.00 - Based on a minimum of 6 students Intermediate £90.00 - Based on a minimum of 4 students
GB3LL
Other costs : Kit from Kanga : £26.00 inc P&P / Text Book RSGB : £6.99 plus P&P
Advanced
434.000 Mhz FM Analogue Llandudno
GB7DV
439.6125 Mhz Digital St Helens
GB3CR
433.1500 Mhz FM Analogue Marches
GB3MF
433.0500 Mhz FM Analogue Macclesfield
GB3MA
433.0250 Mhz FM Analogue Bury
Not Operational - GB3MF/GB7MA
£95.00 - Based on a minimum of 4 students A deposit of £20.00 secures your place on a course Prices correct at publication but maybe subject to change
Email courses@g8srs.co.uk to book or request further information.
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All information provided above is sourced from www.ukfmgw.co.uk If you use a repeater on a regular basis please support them by subscribing to them. Individual £12.50 Family £20.00 per year Information correct as at July 2015
HF Ladder Report by Evan M0TJU We're now in the final stretch of the HF Ladder for 2015. Only a handful of days remain before the conclusion: 2359UT on 30 November. Despite the late hour, the Ladder continues to gain entrants: Heather M6HNS, Nigel 2E0CKA and Tony M0SAV, with respective (all-phone) slot totals of seven, nine and 32 as at 4 November. Added to this, Pete M1PTR managed to 'find' a whole stack of QSOs, which have propelled him from the bottom part of the leader board to the middle. Carsten continues to lead overall and in the CW and digimode sections; his massive total of 749 is mostly made up of Morse (439) and digital (295) slots. He used late September's CQ WW DX RTTY contest to great effect, and has added 92 digi slots since the last Ladder snapshot. Second place presently belongs to Evan M0TJU, who has only two thirds of Carsten's total tally, with 487. Alan G0ROW has overtaken his traditional rival, Kieron M5KJM, in the race for the phone crown, with 164 to Kieron's 156. Kieron remains in third place, overall, with 282 - his slots shared fairly evenly between phone and CW. Logging problems continue to beset Mike M6MPC and Ray M1REK. The former has had trouble uploading his October QSOs to Club Log, and Ray is still struggling to get his contacts for the past few months onto that website. Band conditions have been marginally better during October, on average, than during the previous month: sunspot numbers have consistently been at highish levels and the effect of high-speed solar streams were not as noticeable as they had been in earlier months. In the final fortnight of the month, the ten-metre band was regularly open on transatlantic and intra-European paths - a fact happily noticed by the Peak Contest Group, who did the CQ WW DX SSB contest on the 24th and 25th of October. For those hoping for a surge in their high-band slot counts as we head into the home straight, sunspot numbers should remain healthy throughout November; just be aware of the continuing presence of high-speed particle streams and the possibility of impacts of material from CMEs - the unfortunate side effects of the near -maximum stage of the solar cycle. P.S. I will be taking the next (and final) snapshot of the HF Ladder sometime on the evening of Tuesday, 1 December, meaning that, by that time, Club Log should contain all QSOs completed during the 2015 calendar year prior to 0000UT on the first of December. Should any of you believe that you will have difficulty with that requirement, please let me know. (I suspect that some of you will be participating in the CQ WW DX CW contest, held on the couple of days before the Ladder's end. Therefore, uploading contest QSOs to Club Log by 1 December may be difficult.) I'll send an email reminder about the submission deadline to the Friends of SRS group towards the end of November.
Club Log (HF Ladder)
Frequencies LF (Low Frequency) 2000m : 135.7 - 137.8Khz
MF (Medium Frequency) 630m : 472 - 479Khz 160m : 1.81 - 2.0Mhz
HF (High Frequency) 80m : 3.5 - 3.8Mhz 60m : Consists of 11 spot frequencies check band plan 40m : 7.0 - 7.2Mhz 30m : 10.1 - 10.15Mhz 20m : 14 - 14.35Mhz 17m : 18.068 - 18.168Mhz 15m : 21 - 21.45Mhz 12m : 24.89 - 24.99Mhz 10m : 28 - 29.7Mhz
Note for operating on 60m Only available to advanced licence holders
VHF (Very High Frequency) 6m : 50 - 52Mhz 4m : 70 - 70.5Mhz
If you wish to join Club Log and also get entry into the HF Ladder with the end reward of entry in the HF Ladder competition at the end of the year, and you chance to win a trophy for the year, follow the information below. If you wish to join SRS DXCC league in Clublog, please follow these instructions: Register your details with Clublog at www.clublog.org
Click ‘settings’ and then go to the ‘clubs’ tab
Select SRS - Stockport Radio Society and click ‘join club’
Your membership of SRS will show as pending until approved by the Administrator
2m : 144.0 - 146.0Mhz
UHF
(Ultra High Frequency)
70cms : 430.0 - 440Mhz 23cms : 1240.0 - 325Mhz
The SRS DXCC League can be viewed from this link http://www.clublog.org/league.php?club=99 6
HF Ladder with Evan M0TJU as at November 3, CW (Morse) G0SYP M0TJU M6MPC G3SHF M5KJM G3GMM M0DCG GM4UYZ-SRS G3ZOD
160m 80m 60m 40m 30m 20m 17m 15m 12m 10m 0 63 0 79 14 61 42 69 25 54 0 19 0 44 22 52 21 47 12 23 3 20 0 50 22 61 19 29 8 30 0 18 0 24 25 38 23 30 7 6 0 4 0 0 0 44 12 32 21 13 15 3 0 10 0 25 0 20 0 6 0 9 0 22 3 8 2 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 31 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 18 142 0 232 86 326 120 236 73 133
6m 32 14 0 8 0 0 0 0 14 68
Total 439 254 242 179 126 79 49 41 25 1,434
Digimodes (PSK, RTTY, etc.) 160m 80m 60m 40m 30m 20m 17m 15m 12m 10m G0SYP Carsten S. 0 33 0 47 3 82 14 80 5 31 M0TJU Evan D. 1 10 0 40 7 43 6 37 8 26 GM4UYZ-SRS Bob G. 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 1 0 3 M1PTR Pete R. 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 11 0 2 M1REK Ray K. 0 1 0 5 7 16 11 10 0 0 M6MPC Mike C. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 0 95 17 172 31 139 13 62
6m 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Total 295 181 22 28 50 1 577
6m 5 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
Total 156 164 59 39 52 15 15 67 13 9 7 32 628
Phone (SSB, AM, FM) M5KJM G0ROW G0RXA GM4UYZ-SRS M0TJU G0SYP M0DCG M1PTR M1REK 2E0CKA M6HNS M0SAV
Carsten S. Evan D. Mike C. Bernard N. Kieron M. Eric M. Tom S. Bob G. Graham S.
Kieron M. Alan G. Nigel R. Bob G. Evan D. Carsten S. Tom S. Pete R. Ray K. Nigel S. Heather S. Tony S.
160m 80m 60m 40m 30m 20m 17m 15m 12m 10m 0 3 0 0 0 43 4 49 14 38 0 0 5 22 0 30 35 26 18 17 0 0 0 0 29 0 1 0 29 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 29 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 12 3 5 4 1 0 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 13 0 28 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 14 2 7 0 2 0 28 5 70 0 183 48 140 36 91
Total: Summary of the HF Ladder continues on a separate sheet
A big thank you to Evan M0TJU for his continuing help and support with the HF Ladder and various reports for QUA 7
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Other Information / Contacts Contact Details Stockport Radio Society Walthew House 112 Shaw Heath Stockport SK2 6QS 07506 904422
December 15, 2015.
Minutes of the last AGM
Treasurers Report
Reports from Committee Members
Trophy Presentations
SRS Emails General Info@g8srs.co.uk Then social evening with a buffet and general socialising. This is always a fun filled night — try and come along
Secretary secretary@g8srs.co.uk Treasurer treasurer@g8srs.co.uk Website / QUA srswebsite@g8srs.co.uk
Apologies - Callsign List. Please accept my apologies for the errors on the callsign list. Mike M6MPC other callsign should be 2E0MPC, Neal M6NVB should be 2E0NAL and Ken whose call sign was listed as M0KJC prefers to use G8KJC.
Training Courses courses@g8srs.co.uk Skills Nights/Clothing info@g8srs.co.uk
NEWS FOR QUA
Contesting
If you have any news, would like to write an article, review an item, then let me know. We are always looking for news for the future issues of QUA, please let me know. Send your information to srswebsite@g8srs.co.uk, or ring me on 07506 904422.
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