volunteer then! My hobbyhorse over the years is lack of Reponses from members to requests that are put out. It is diffi- cult enough trying to keep the club running at full tilt but is made harder by the lack of responses. What I mean is that I look for ideas, require feedback on issues, etc and what do I get. The answer virtually nothing. All that I ask is if I put out a query no matter what you at least respond, even if it a simple Yes or No then at least I know that you have looked at what- ever it is. My requests above will be another inter- esting example to see how people respond so please have a thought for the poor organisers. Enjoy this month‘s newslet- ter. Bob GM4UYZ Well folks here we go again with another month‘s edito- rial, which has certainly been a busy month for my- self with regard to the radio club activities. From the club point of view we have once again had another successful Junk Night and I must thank eve- ryone whom helped, do- nated refreshments and any raffle prizes. . A fuller report can be found later in the newsletter. Lighthouse Weekend has just passed and another great success- ful one it was. The weather was very kind to us with no rain on both events, which must be an absolute mira- cle. Like Junk Night a fuller report can be found further in the newsletter. On the Foundation Course front I still have places available for some of the courses that I have planned up to Christmas so if you know of anyone who is interested tell them to get in touch with me. I am also hoping between now and Christ- mas developing the Inter- mediate Course, which I hope to run just after the year. I will only be doing one course as I am looking at it about 6 to 7 weeks to run one and by the time it ends I will be stopping for a few months. This month the planned activities are another DF Hunt night at the end of the month and the annual trip to the Leicester show. There are a few club mem- bers attending the Leices- ter rally on Friday 19 th Sep- tember at Castle Donning- ton and if you haven‘t been before it is definitely a rally worth attending. To the future is I have started to think about the Christmas Night out and this year due to popular request it has been de- cided to go out for a meal. From the email responses the elected place is Karen‘s at Meadowbank so to that end I have booked it for 20:00 on Saturday 6 th De- cember. Hopefully I will get a chance to put the menu together plus cost so it ap- pears in this newsletter. If you want to go and you haven‘t told me already can you do so now as I need to get the numbers in. Thanks in advance. I am also starting to think about next year‘s activities, any ideas. Does anyone want to take a project on- board and get something going for your club? We can always hire a room at the community centre. Don‘t all rush! Serious I feel I need help here and I would like someone to take it on and run with it fully. Who ever does it will find it is hard work to sustain a level of interest and drive it for- ward. No I am not being negative but realistic. So a EDITORIAL COCKENZIE & PORT SETON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB SEPTEMBER 2003 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 9 CLUB NEWSLETTER INSIDE THIS ISSUE: LIGHTHOUSES WEEKEND 2 EVENTS COLUMN 3 CHRISTMAS NIGHT OUT 4 JUNK NIGHT 5 CLUB ACCOUNTS 6 IOTA REPORT 8 CONTEST CALENDAR 10 DF HUNT 11 SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST: Tiree photos (in col- our) Lighthouses weekend photos Second DF Hunt rules
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volunteer then!
My hobbyhorse over the
years is lack of Reponses
from members to requests
that are put out. It is diffi-
cult enough trying to keep
the club running at full tilt
but is made harder by the
lack of responses. What I
mean is that I look for
ideas, require feedback on
issues, etc and what do I
get. The answer virtually
nothing. All that I ask is if I
put out a query no matter
what you at least respond,
even if it a simple Yes or No
then at least I know that
you have looked at what-
ever it is. My requests
above will be another inter-
esting example to see how
people respond so please
have a thought for the poor
organisers.
Enjoy this month‘s newslet-
ter.
Bob GM4UYZ
Well folks here we go again
with another month‘s edito-
rial, which has certainly
been a busy month for my-
self with regard to the radio
club activities.
From the club point of view
we have once again had
another successful Junk
Night and I must thank eve-
ryone whom helped, do-
nated refreshments and
any raffle prizes. . A fuller
report can be found later in
the newsletter. Lighthouse
Weekend has just passed
and another great success-
ful one it was. The weather
was very kind to us with no
rain on both events, which
must be an absolute mira-
cle. Like Junk Night a fuller
report can be found further
in the newsletter. On the
Foundation Course front I
still have places available
for some of the courses
that I have planned up to
Christmas so if you know of
anyone who is interested
tell them to get in touch
with me. I am also hoping
between now and Christ-
mas developing the Inter-
mediate Course, which I
hope to run just after the
year. I will only be doing
one course as I am looking
at it about 6 to 7 weeks to
run one and by the time it
ends I will be stopping for a
few months.
This month the planned
activities are another DF
Hunt night at the end of the
month and the annual trip
to the Leicester show.
There are a few club mem-
bers attending the Leices-
ter rally on Friday 19th Sep-
tember at Castle Donning-
ton and if you haven‘t been
before it is definitely a rally
worth attending.
To the future is I have
started to think about the
Christmas Night out and
this year due to popular
request it has been de-
cided to go out for a meal.
From the email responses
the elected place is Karen‘s
at Meadowbank so to that
end I have booked it for
20:00 on Saturday 6th De-
cember. Hopefully I will get
a chance to put the menu
together plus cost so it ap-
pears in this newsletter.
If you want to go and you
haven‘t told me already can
you do so now as I need to
get the numbers in. Thanks
in advance.
I am also starting to think
about next year‘s activities,
any ideas. Does anyone
want to take a project on-
board and get something
going for your club? We can
always hire a room at the
community centre. Don‘t all
rush! Serious I feel I need
help here and I would like
someone to take it on and
run with it fully. Who ever
does it will find it is hard
work to sustain a level of
interest and drive it for-
ward. No I am not being
negative but realistic. So a
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Tiree photos (in col-
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Lighthouses weekend
photos
Second DF Hunt rules
Another great weekend at
this event with even the
gods shining down on us in
the respect that no rain fell,
it must be a miracle.
This year we headed for
Barns Ness on the Saturday
morning, leaving about
08:00 and set up most of
the station. This year we had
the following set-up:
Station 1 – FT1000MP &
ALPHA Linear fed into a
Cushcraft A3S Yagi up at 30
feet.
Station 2 – FT1000MP &
ALPHA Linear fed into a 40M
Dipole and 80M Dipole
We operated from the club
caravan, with the power
being provided by a genera-
tor kindly donated by Blue
Circle for the event.
On arrival the shack was set-
up and at the same time the
aerials were erected. We
decided on a simpler set-up
this year and again, which
really is now by default, that
all QSO‘s would be computer
logged this from my point of
view being the QSL Manager
certainly helps me tremen-
dously. Getting up and run-
ning proved to be an abso-
lute nightmare with one
technical problem after the
other but the predominate
one was the problem of RF
getting into the 20M station
and doing funny things with
the computer i.e. saying that
we were on 160M when in
fact we were on 20M. Even
dropping out the network
didn‘t make any difference
although late on Saturday I
discovered it was coming via
the CAT cable between the
radio and computer. Once I
disconnected that it was ok.
Although it was 11:30 when
we eventually got up and
fully running, about 1.5
hours later than it
should have been,
the stations were
kept very busy indeed
and many pile-ups
were worked, phew!
Plenty of social
breaks were taken as
well as this is what
the event was all
about. Saturday night
saw the normal barbeque
plus the opportunity to have
a couple of beers, well en-
joyed before we all departed
to bed about 00:30 on the
Sunday morning.
The Sunday morning we
were late in getting going, as
it was 09:30 before we
made our first contact. I
think it was due to too many
beers the night before! For
the rest of Sunday the sta-
tions once again kept very
busy before we pulled the
plug at 14:15. Everything
was dismantled and we left
the site about 16:00.
It was once again a great
social event, certainly en-
joyed by everyone who at-
tended. 575 QSO‘s were
made with the breakdown
as follows: Note: the count
doesn‘t show any Dupe‘s
that were made.
Many thanks to everyone
who came and took part and
contributed without this the
event could never take
place. Next year then 00:00
UTC Saturday to 23:59 UTC
Sunday 21st & 22nd August
2004.
Bob GM4UYZ
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Lighthouses
Weekend, a
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20 339
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Quite a busy month ahead
with a few events to keep
you out of mischief! Several
club members are making
the trip to the Leicester Rally
again this year and have
already booked hotel accom-
modation. If you are inter-
ested please contact Bob
and he can tell you where
everyone is staying. The
other main club event is the
144MHz DF Hunt. This is
usually great fun and I can
thoroughly recommend it to
you all! Otherwise the
GMDX Group AGM and
Transmission 2003 could be
something to do if you feel
the need. I hope you have a
good month and that you all
enjoyed your summer holi-
day.
See you next month
.73 Colin (GM0CLN)
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Date Time Event Contact Tel./E-Mail
05-Sep-03 7pm 'til late CPSARC Club night in the Thorntree Inn, Port Seton Bob GM4UYZ 01875 811723
06-Sep-03 2pm-5pm GMDX Group AGM (including guest speakers)
King Robert Hotel, Stirling Rob GM3YTS
19-Sep-03
and
20-Sep-03
9.30am to
5.30pm (Fri)
10am to
5.00pm (Sat)
Leicester Amateur Radio Rally, Castle Donington International
Exhibition Center, near junction 23A M1.
1 day ticket £3.50, Conc (OAPs and under 16) £3, 2 day ticket
£6 (conc price £5), advance party bookings 1 day £2.50 each
2 day £4 each (12 minimum), under 12's free when accompa-
nied by an adult. (club trip planned for Friday 19th)
rally web site : www.lars.org.uk
Rally
Geoff G4AFJ
Club Trip
Bob GM4UYZ
01455 823344
01875 811723
»
20-Sep-03
and
21-Sep-03
All Weekend
Transmission 2003 - 11th annual event to raise money for the
British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF). Details and spon-
sor forms from BWBF, Gabriel House, 34 New Road, Chatham,