Secretary's report
During this last year the Club has held 20 meetings, comprising 10
lectures/talks, 6 Natter nights, the AGM, one outdoor event, two Table
Top sales and the traditional Christmas Social. In addition the club
has been involved in a number of events away from our usual meeting
venue, such as the visit to the Horndean ARC for their annual quiz,
the Hobbies Extravaganza at the Royal Victoria Country Park, Thinking
Day on the Air, FLAME at Foxlease, a visit to the Royal Signals Museum
at Blandford, Dorset, the Eastleigh fireworks Night and the RSGB ssb
field day.
As in the past, our biggest challenge has been the organising of suitable
speakers for the meetings; despite these difficulties the following
is a summary of the year’s meetings:
Jan 13th Digital Photography by Stuart M0SIM
During the evening Stuart gave us a fascinating insight into the equipment
that he uses and the superb results that he obtains
Jan 27th Natter night
Feb 10th Communication by Conrad M0HPC
Conrad challenged us to consider how we are perceived by others when
we operate on the radio, he provided us with some very useful and thought
provoking ideas.
Feb 24th Natter Night
Mar 10th AGM
Mar 28th Natter Night
Apr 14th Table Top Sale
April 28th Domestic Plumbing by Malcolm G0LMD
Malcolm shared some of his trade secrets with us and set off a lively
range of questions, which highlighted our lack of understanding of several
aspects of domestic plumbing.
May 12th Vertical Antennas by Bert G4XBZ
Bert outlined for us the thought processes that he has gone through
in developing an all band hf vertical antenna for use /M and /P
May 26th Natter night
June 9th Newspaper publishing by Quintin M1ENU
Quintin explained how a daily newspaper is published from the source
text and pictures, through the press work and distribution and convincingly
demonstrated that it is a minor miracle every 24 hours.
July 14th Treasure Hunt
Brian and Liz organised an excellent evening in the grounds of IBM at
Hursley, which allowed us to have a good look at the superb setting
and proved how un-observant most of us are when walking around.
July 28th Lundy Island Dxpedition by Ian G0GRI
Ian explained to us the challenges and problems associated with mounting
a Dxpedition to Lundy Island, together with the thrill of making contacts.
Sept 8th Natter Night
Sept 22nd Secret agents, radio and Mecca by Chris G4HCL
Chris gave an amusing talk on the problems and experiences associated
with designing and supplying a radio system to a country in the Middle
East
Oct 13th Table Top Sale
Oct 27th Canals by Bryan Evans
Brian shared with us his long-standing enthusiasm for canals and associated
activities.
Nov 10th Telegraphy and the WRNS by Shirley G0TBC
Shirley shared her reminiscences about her training and work with the
WRNS
Nov 24th Satellite data for all by Lawrence Harris
Lawrence explained the development of communications with weather satellites
and demonstrated the type of images that can be received relatively
simply.
Dec 8th Natter night
Dec 15th Christmas Social
Conrad and Penny kindly compiled another of their multifaceted quizzes
which was much enjoyed.
Bert G4XBZ
