11th January 2002
Videos Hately Antennas
Despite the poor quality of the video (the TV's
fault, not the tape) this was a most interesting topic and described
the GM3 HAT antenna technology.
The antennas (the smallest ever designed using
two wire loops only 1 % of a wavelength in diameter) have conductors
that carry current 270 degrees out of phase. This appeared to be
the ideal antenna for anyone with limited space or planning restrictions.
Incidentally, at the time of writing GM3 HAT Maurice
Hately was transferring the business due to ill health. 22 attended.
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25th January 2002 To
the border and back (Mike G6AIQ)
A fascinating recount of Mike and Maureen's exploits
on the trip to India. A superb tale of drama and intrigue kept a
riveted membership enthralled for the evening.
The "big surprise" day being the old
ambulance Mike used going up in flames before he and Maureen reached
India, hence the title "To the border and back" Maureen
still sits at home waiting for the return trip. 25 attended.
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8th February 2002 QSL's
QSL's QSL's
A hastily put together talk on the QSL Bureau,
direct QSLing and how to get those elusive QSL's. "Hastily"
due to trying to organise and print the annual report and get ready
for a holiday, all at the same time (my fault lack of planning).
To make things worse, our works computer crashed on the day of the
talk!
I hope the talk was of interest as 26 good folk
attended. On display were many rare QSL's as well as about 15 JA
QSL's (part of my 2 or 3 thousand) from the "Best QSLing country".
IRCS and dollar incentives were compared as well
as QSL Managers, direct QSL's and QSL's via the bureau. My record
for the quickest DX QSL being 4S7 1W under 7 days, the slowest being
on EA1, taking 12 years! So never give up hope.
Two bottles of wine were given as prizes for guessing
the correct dates, one the question being when was the RSGB QSL
bureau first set up and the other when was RST first used. The winners
were Mark MOMEH and Mike G6AIQ 26 attended.
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22nd February 2002
The RSGB
Our local Regional Manager Ivan Rosevere G3GKC
survived a very "intense" evening with many questions
being asked about the RSGB, followed by suggestions, complaints
and queries in profusion.
Ivan did well and answered all our questions and
provided a name for a future speaker for the club. The talk ended
about 21.45 and provided us all with an interesting insight into
the RS GB.
Ivan requested a "spokesperson" to act
on behalf of the club and to liaise with the RSGB regarding any
problems club members may have. 25 attended.
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8th March 2002 Annual General Meeting 22 members
present
22nd March 2002 Surplus Equipment Sale 47 attended
12th April 2002 APRS (Automatic Position
Reporting System by John Goodall (G0SKR) from Christchurch Club
Sincere thanks to John who deputised for the original
speaker who was unable to make it and so was the first reserve.
A comprehensive insight into this means of communication covering
all aspects from personal use to Raynet, for those who did not attend
this was a satellite reporting system using amateur radio and enables
a person driving a car or similar to be plotted "en route"
to their final destination in the UK or all over the world. One
interesting item of news was that John the speaker had obtained
A9 VHF number plate for his car and his xyl and several club members
had likewise taken on VHF number plates (cost £250 each)
Thanks also to M1CNK, Paul, for assisting John
with some points of which he was unclear. 22 attended.
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26th April 2002 PSK31
by Martin (G6QDT) from the Christchurch Club
Martin, an ex IVR club member from back in 1982
was welcomed and gave a superb demonstration of the mode PSK3 1.
Ably assisted by Sean his son, Barry and John (GOSKR) the club was
given a working demonstration of this mode of transmission and handouts
were kindly given out to aft members courtesy of "The Shortwave
Shop" (where Martin works).
An ideal mode of transmission for M3 calls requiring
little power and modest antennas. 22 attended.
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5th May 2002 GB2TWW Twyford
Water Works
10th May 2002 The Bacar
Project and Amateur Radio Satellite by Quintin (M1ENU)
Another superb home grown speaker with a most interesting
and well presented talk, concerning the "Bacar" amateur
satellite project in South Africa when he and his XYL lived there.
The talk covered the equipment used, the tracking
of the satellite and recovery as well as all the information gathered
by the project.
The satellite was attached to balloons and was
allowed to float until the balloon burst. More talks from "ZS"
are promised and eagerly looked forward to. 20 attended.
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11th-12th May 2002 GB2BM Bursledon Windmill
24th May 2002 DX Video
A showing of the DX expedition to Bhutan kindly
loaned to the club by Malcolm (GOLMD).
A superb video showing both the culture and people
of this rare DX spot as well as the
expedition itself, which operated from a hotel surrounded by mountains
and was operated
by amateurs from many countries JA/OH/W etc. 19 attended.
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14th June 2002 How
we won the war with a pen and a six gun Kieran (SWL)
An excellently researched talk concerning
the early Radar Systems designed to operate in aircraft
(using magnetron valves).
The talk was well received by all, and as Kieran
said before the talk "the talk would not be technical"
and he was right even 1 understood it all, well done, well presented
and well received. 22 attended.
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28th June 2002 The
Annual IVR Treasure Hunt
Please see separate report.
12th July 2002 Quiz
Evening
Once again the invitation was extended to Andover
and Waterside clubs to join us for a quiz evening. Unfortunately,
due to a mix up with the dates, Andover were unable to attend. Once
teams were sorted, by drawing names from the hat we were off. Much
barracking and catch you out questions such as "How many hands
are there on Big Ben After all rounds were played scored and counted,
the winning team was Tim. Williams W/S, Robin Brazier W/S, Brian
Jones IVR and Paul Duell IVR.
Thanks Mike (G6AIQ) for the questions and Sheila
(GOVNI) for keeping order with the gavel. 27 attended.
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26th July 2002 Radio
Test of 2 Rigs
The 2 rigs kindly loaned and tested were Kenwood
and lcom. 20 attended.
27th 3rd August 2002 GB2HWG Flame International
Camp Lyndhurst
17th 18th August 2002 GB2HE Hobbies Extravaganza. Royal Victoria
Country Park,
7th 8th September 2002 HF Field Day, Petlake Farm, Bartley
13th September 2002 Digital TV by Vic
Hemmings
Another digital TV talk but this one was very different
and Vic made all the "jargon" easy to understand for one
and all.
Vic works for NTL and gave us a very interesting
talk covering simply the transmission
of a digital signal to the receipt at our TV's Originally Vic said
that the talk would last
only about 30 35 minutes. In fact he achieved 80 minutes and the
talk was well received
by all present including some visitors and prospective new members.
20 attended.
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27th September 2002
M3 explained by Brian (GOUKB)
With very little prior preparation (Brian had been
away in France) a superb and amusing talk was delivered. Did we
know how many classes of license there now were Brian asked? I was
wrong, it was 5 and all were explained. Carefully avoiding the "politics"
of the M3 licence, Brian covered subjects such as what you can and
cannot do with an M3, where and where not operation is permitted
and many other interesting facts.
Well researched, well delivered and well received
by all. 28 attended.
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11th October 2002 M3 Operating Evening.
25th October 2002 Computers
and Tea by Quintin (M1ENU)
Another superb, well researched talk from Quintin
on Joseph Lyons (of Lyons Corner House fame) and the first commercial
computer he produced the "Leo". The talk traced the life
of this well known entrepreneur covering in particular the success
of the Leo series of computers up to their demise.
A most interesting and professionally presented
talk and more talks promised in the future. 22 attended.
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8th November 2002 Meteor
Scatter by Dr Graham. Richards
A well attended talk (with slides) lasting about
30 minutes on meteor scatter. Graham
explained about the difference between meteors, meteorites, etc.,
and experiments carried
out in 1981 between Cove near Farnborough and Kinloss, Scotland
concerning the use of
meteor scatter for communication purposes. He said the most interesting
aspect of
meteor scatter was the frequency at which they occur, the peak being
in June/July. A
well received most interesting talk 26 attended.
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14th November 2002
Skittles evening at The Bold Forester. Marchwood.
Another thoroughly entertaining evening with a
mixture of over 30 IVR and Waterside Club members hurtling 3 "almost
square balls down the alley to knock down the 9 pins. Amazingly
some did actually manage to knock down those elusive pins and an
excellent evening was had by all
The winners were Ladies Solo Sheila ((GO VNI),
Men’s Solo Bob of Waterside Club and the Knockout was won
by Jon, a friend of Lucy M3 LUC (G0UKB's daughter)
A possible change of venue next year for this event
as the food could have been a little hotter and more plentiful (Watch
this Space)
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22nd November 2002
The Scope of Amateur Radio Mike (G0WIL)
Regrettably the planned talk "Radio in a Modem
Airliner" was cancelled at the last minute due to illness and
Mike GOWIL stepped into the breach with the above talk Aimed particularly
at the nearly licensed M3 members, this talk was most amusing and
had us all laughing within a few minutes. Mike ran through the number
of types of amateur licences available and what you can and cannot
do with the M3 licence. The talk also covered the RSGB, the QSL
Bureau contests, Repeaters, Beacons, nets and various other pieces
of essential information for the newcomer.
A superb introduction to Amateur Radio where both
the newly licensed and the "old
hands" learnt something. Well done, Mike. 26 attended
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13th December 2002
Morse Pies Sheila (G0VNI)
Yet again I missed this "feast" (my firm
planned our Christmas Party on the same night for the 3 rd year)
I have been told by many of those present that
this was another highly successful evening with excellent food,
prizes and a superb turnout of 31 members and friends Thank you
Sheila and Mike for hosting the evening. (I promise to try and get
the firm party move for next year).
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