Activities in 1984 1983 1985
On this page you will find illustrated reports of some of our activities during 1984. In 1984, we only met once a month on a Wednesday during college term time. During summer months, a number of social activities were organised. The most recent activities are at the top of the page.
Maidenhead Locators
At our meeting on Wednesday 26th September 1984, Tony Baker gave us a talk on the new Maindenhead locators to be introduced to VHF contesting from the start of the following year.
HF SSB Field Day
Over the weekend of 1st weekend of September we participated in the Open Section of the hf ssb field day using the callsign G4PRS/P.
|
Band |
Points |
Mutipliers |
|
80m |
343 |
11 |
|
40m |
77 |
7 |
|
20m |
71 |
18 |
|
15m |
45 |
13 |
Family picnic
A family picnic was organised for Sunday 26th August 1984 at Baiter.
Skittles
The skittles evening on Friday 27th July 1984 was well supported, with members having an enjoyable evening at the Fighter Pilot, on Canford Heath.
Chicken & Apple Pie Supper
About 35 members and guests turned out on Friday 29th June 1984. For a change the weather was kind to us and stayed fine and dry, although later on in the evening it cooled considerably. The chicken was delicious and, for those who did not come, the apple pie was topped with a superabundance of cream! Thanks to Viv, Dave G3ZPR’s wife for acting as chef again.
Practical Wireless 2m QRP Contest
A couple of our members operated portable from Povington Hill in the Purbeck Hills during the Practical Wireless QRP contest on the 17th of June 1984. They made 80 contacts in 18 different locator squares using just 3 watts into a 13-element 2m beam. We would probably have made even more contacts with local stations, but many locals were at the HMS Mercury mobile rally in Hampshire. Looking at the log it is interesting to note the use of the old European locator system, rather than the more modern ‘Maidenhead’ system, which gives a world–wide coverage.
Newsletter
The July 1984
issue of Q.S.P., the name of the newsletter of the society at the time, was the
first to be produced by photocopying. Until then it was produced by
typing a stencil on a typewriter, before being copied using a spirit-based
rotary system.
The design of the front cover was used for several years. At the time the club was known as Poole Radio Amateur Society.
Poole Cup
G6NJM won the Poole Cup.