The club is going to run a WSPR Contest for members again this year.
The month will be MARCH has been chosen because hopefully as it encompasses the Spring Solstice we may have better conditions.
At the moment HF propagation is pretty dire.
The Rules will be simplified from last year, and also the scoring made easier.
The new rules have been made and I will send them out in the next day or two.
So get the dust off of the WSPR equipment and keep an eye out for the Rules update.
annual Project contest for the G3VVB trophy. Please do bring along your constructed
equipment or project and enter. Entries do not necessarily need to have been
finished during the last year.Please note that the contest will also accept software
entries as well as hardware. The winner of this round will go on to be considered,
together with entries from all the other round tables over a year both before
and after this event.
sell then please bring it along. The Crawley club also intend to sell the majority of
the late Derek G3GRO’s microwave equipment at this event, although no details
of the contents are currently available.
chipbank to you at the meeting. If you have a forthcoming project then why not
contact Mike beforehand to place your orders,which are free for UKuW group
come along and have a good chat, support the construction contest heat and
hear the talks.
This weekend is the RSGB Islands on the Air (IOTA) contest. It runs from 1200UTC on Saturday for 24 hours on all the normal HF bands.
As a first for CARC I’m proposing we try a 12 hour multi operator SSB entry from the club.
We’ll be using the short contest call G3M which is allowed in this contest.
All club members are welcome to come along and have a go or just find out what it’s all about.
I’m expecting at most about 500 QSOs in the 12 hours so the rate won’t be frantic and should be within the abilities of everyone who fancies having a crack.
Hope to see you there.
Mike, G0KAD
CARC is an Amateur Radio Club based in The Tilgate Recreational Area of Crawley near to the K2 Sports Centre, whose members share a passion for Amateur Radio. Amateur Radio is a hobby dating back to the early 1900s when the radio communications and technology we take for granted today was developed. Designed by individual hobbyists as well as Commercial companies. Amateur Radio experimenters and operators were responsible for many ground-breaking advances in radio communication, and who are still in the forefront today.
In 1901 Marconi broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal between Cornwall England and Newfoundland in Canada. He sent the letter ‘S’ in Morse code, three short ‘dits’, It does surprise many that Morse code is still widely used today. Audible tones are often the easiest thing for human ears to hear weak signals above the static and noise of the airwaves,this allows Morse code to remain a reliable method of communication when others methods fail.
However Amateur Radio has moved way beyond the dits and dahs of the last century, Mobile phones and Wireless internet connectivity have revolutionised the world as we know it – both these technologies have evolved from the original communication methods developed by Marconi, Hertz and the other early radio pioneers. Amateur Radio too has exploded with creativity. Nowadays, you’ll find Radio Amateurs talking directly to Astronauts on the International Space Station, developing Software Defined Radios techniques where solder, components and wire are replaced with lines of computer code, using Amateur Radio satellites to communicate worldwide, Television, travelling to obscure islands to set up radio stations or entering the many competitions running frequently on the Amateur Bands. Many Amateurs still build their own equipment with which they communicate World Wide.
CARC members do all of this and more. Come and visit us to find out more.
Our clubhouse and radio shack is: Hut 18, Tilgate Recreational Centre, Tilgate Forest, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 5PH. Tap here for a map and detailed directions.
Come and discover the magic of radio communication – visitors and new members are always welcome. Simply get in touch using our contact form. See you soon!
If you want to join online you can do so here https://membermojo.co.uk/carc. You can always elect to pay in person at the club using cash or a cheque.
The Crawley Amateur Radio Club gave a respectful ” Good Bye ” to our Late Club President Derek’s G3GRO at Crawley Crematorium on Thursday the 16th June.
Many of his friends from various Amateur Radio Clubs and Interest Groups attended.
He will be sadly missed.
Very Sad News
Derek G3GRO our Club President passed away on Friday 27th May.
Which was quite unexpected.
When I have the funeral arrangements confirmed, I will post them on here.
Keith G3VKW