Activity in 2018
Intermediate Exam Successes
We are pleased to report that all our candidates who sat the Intermediate exam in December 2018 passed. Most, if not all of them, were planning to move on to our final Advanced Course based on the pre-2019 syllabus.
Corfe Castle
We operated an exhibition station at Corfe Castle over the weekend of Saturday/Sunday 29th/30th September 2018.
We were a little reticent about how it would turn out, but we needn’t have been. I think we all regarded it as a great success.
Contact wise we worked into Europe and North and South America on 20m and 40m. We had loads of visitors; Phil G0KKL carried out numerous Morse ‘tests’ and the rest had a great time.
Intermediate Licence Course Underway
Our Intermediate
Licence Course got underway on Thursday 16th August 2018ed.
Hamworthy Park Fete
We ran another exhibition station at Hamworthy Park on Saturday 7th July 2018.
On this occasion we ran a datamode station in addition to our usual voice station.
Latest Newsletter
Articles include reports of our exhibition station at Poole Grammar School, building high-impedance headphones, running a net, a continuation of Phil’s Saga – this time on Egypt and Kenya, a magnetic loop receiving antenna and information about forthcoming road closures in Lindsay Road.
Poole Grammar School Fete
We had a successful demonstration station at the Poole Grammar School fete on Saturday 16th June 2018.
The school had an amateur radio station back in the late 1960s.
Foundation Exam Success
Congratulations to all our candidates on passing their Foundation Exam. Some are already on the air.
New Chairman
John Button G8JMB was elected Chairman at our 2018 Annual General Meeting.
PAT Testing
On 29th March 2018 we started a programme of Portable Appliance Testing club equipment. So far everything that has been tested has passed. This includes a traditional ‘linear’ power supply and a switch-mode power supply which are both used to power transceivers and a lap-top computer power supply.
Club Net – Change of Day
Starting on Monday 16th April 2018, the club net changed from Wednesdays to Mondays at 20:00 clock time on 145.575 MHz FM. The last Wednesday net took place on Wednesday 11th April 2018.
Latest Foundation Course Underway
Thursday 15th March 2018 saw the start of our latest Foundation Course, the first to be held at St Aldhelms.
Latest Newsletter
Out latest newsletter has been published. Articles include news about our change of venue, the upcoming Annual General Meeting on Thursday 5th April, FT8 – a new digital mode, Checking your batteries, designs for an Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) Meter and an Audio Frequency Amplifier using discreet components, Calculating Resonant frequencies with using a scientific calculator and a Journey into Space! As usual Tex would be pleased to receive articles for the next Newsletter.
Change of Meeting Venue and Date
We said goodbye to St. Osmunds Hall, and starting on Thursday 22nd February we began meeting St Alhelms Church Hall in Branksome from 19:30 to 22:00 local clock time.
Exam Success at 3 Levels
On Friday 19th Janaury 2018 we again ran exams at all three levels, we are pleased to report all three of our candidates each passed their respective Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced exams. Congratulations to all three candidates, and thanks to the invigilators and trainers.