1940’s themed weekend (VE Celebration) at the Royal Gunpowder Mills

The club will be operating GB2RGM, from the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey (RGM) over the May Bank holiday weekend of the 3 – 5 May for the  VE Celebration . We will also be showing our collection of equipment of … Continue reading

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Maritime Mobile Ops

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Maritime Mobile Ops By Dave De La Haye M0MBD Most people know of my personal preference for escaping the QRM created in built up areas and that I like to get out in the ‘battle bus’ and work mobile  when … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-April 2014

Hi again from a very pleasant Crete. It was good to get back to the warm sunshine (24°C as I write this) after a quick 3-day visit to the UK to see our Daughter. The original trip in January was … Continue reading

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Single Feed 2M and 70cm Beam plus 4M 1/2 wave mobile vertical.

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Single feed 2M and 70cm Yagi Richard Clark G4DDP I have been looking to replace the mish-mash of VHF/UHF aerials that I have on my mast at home. At the moment I have two 5 element 2M yagi’s one beaming … Continue reading

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70 MHz Cumulatives # 2

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Sunday 9th March was without doubt the warmest day of the year, and helpfully the RSGB had arranged a 70 MHz contest for the morning 10am till 12. Using the Icom 7100 and 50w into the homebrew 6E beam we … Continue reading

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LEFARS 20th Intermediate Assessment and Exam – 1st March 2014

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The first Intermediate assessment of 2014 was held on 1st March  at our All Saints venue and attended by seven candidates, six of whom went on to sit the Intermediate exam. This was the 20th Intermediate assessment run by LEFARS. Although … Continue reading

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Cretan Blog-March 2014

Greetings from a very pleasant Crete where the weather seems to think that it is Spring. During the past few weeks we have had temperatures around 22°C most days and with wall to wall sunshine. Yes we have had the … Continue reading

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Visit from RSGB Chairman of the Board on 7th March

Club meeting 7th March Graham Murchie G4FSG Chairman of the Board at the RSGB will be visiting the club on Friday 7th March to give a talk and answer any questions Your chance to see where the RSGB and amateur … Continue reading

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Items wanted for LEFARS exhibition

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LEFARS EXHIBITION Looking for a small CB mobile. It doesn’t need to be working as long as it looks complete and ok. This is needed to complete display of 1980’s equipment Also looking for example of PYE PF1 tx/rx (example … Continue reading

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Contesting – A Beginner’s Guide

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There were several requests for a copy of my presentation at the LEFARS meeting on 21st Feb – “Contesting – a beginners guide” .   Click here for a PDF copy  complete with links for further information.     73 … Continue reading

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