On Monday 11th November 2019 four of our members visited the Army Cadets in Upper Parkstone to tell them about amateur radio. We split the cadets into two groups. One group started with construction and other practical things including looking inside a modern amateur transceiver. The second group were shown a RSGB video to provide them with an introduction to the various facets of the hobby, before moving on to a short presentation covering the electromagnetic spectrum, propagation, Q Codes etc. The cadets seemed most interested as we understand radio communication is going to feature in their programme of activities in the future.
We ran Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) for the Scouts on Saturday 19th October 2019. We operated from St Aldhelm’s and Broadstone Scout Groups.
We ran our first Foundation Course to prepare for the new 2019 exam syllabus starting on Thursday 22nd August 2019. 5 of our candidates passed.
Out latest newsletter has been published.
Articles include a construction project to build a multi-band direct conversion receiver with AGC. As usual Tex would be pleased to receive articles for the next Newsletter.
Our latest Advanced Course got underway in January 2019 with 7 candidates enrolled. This is the last course we are planning to run under the existing syllabus. We are already well on the way with preparations to run courses according to the syllabus for exams from September 2019. The first is expected to be a Foundation Course starting in September 2019.