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Chairmans Award presented to G0OIK
At the AGM in February 2018, Peter King G0OIK (pictured left), was presented with the Chairman’s award for outstanding service to the Club. The award is a mounted piece of slate from the Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall. Not only had Peter taken part in all aspects of the Club’s activities, he had been responsible […]
More Foundation Exam Passes For Sandringham School
Four students from Sandringham School passed their Amateur Radio Foundation Exam on the 4th February. This brings the total of Sandringham students who have passed in the last six months to over 10 with more in the pipeline.
Winning Entry
We are very proud to say that Verulam ARC has taken the first place position in General Section of this years 1.8 MHz AFS Club Calls Contest. Well done to all those who took part, a good time was had by all! Coming up we have three AFS contests in January in which we encourage […]
Youngsters On The Air
Youngsters on the Air is a yearly event arranged between IARU Region 1 and the RSGB. This is the fourth year it has been supported by the RSGB and it encourages young people to experience the excitement of amateur radio.
CQ WW CW Contest and the Reverse Beacon Network
At the club meeting in September, Peter G0OIK (right) gave an illustrated talk on the equipment needed and the procedures followed for taking part in the CQ WW CW contest and how the club intends to go about taking part in this year’s event. The plan is to operate four stations from the club’s cabin […]
Club Championship Results – 2017
Contesting Pages Contest Home Page On Going Contests Cabin and Contest Diary CQ WW CW Contest The final results have been released for the 2017 Club Championship competitions. We have managed to hold on to our seventh position in the ‘General Club’ category. This is out of a total of 45 entrants in that category, […]
August Fox Hunt
In August the club held a ‘Fox Hunt’. Seven teams gathered at the start point, displaying a wide range of designs of hand held antennas for use on the VHF (2 metre) Band. Each team was given a sealed envelope with details of the Fox’s location before setting off by car. The Fox made a […]
CQ WW CW Report
Contesting Pages Contesting Home On Going Contests Cabin and Contest Diary Club Championship Results 2017 The weekend of November 25th / 26th saw the cabin in full swing throughout the 48 hours of the CQ WW CW contest. This contest is probably the primary contest of the year with stations from literally all parts of […]
My Love Affair with Impedance
At the club’s meeting in July 2017, club member Roger Bleaney (M0RBK) gave an illustrated talk entitled ‘My Love Affair with Impedance’. Roger explained the mathematics and electronics of Resistance, Reactance and Impedance and how to adjust your equipment for optimum performance. Several home-brew antenna matching units were displayed which demonstrated just what can be […]
Mick Moffat (M0MMI) – Silent Key
All members of Verulam ARC were saddened to learn that one of its members, Mick Moffat (M0MMI) had died on the 26th May at the age of 73, after a battle with cancer. Mick was one of the club’s most respected members, a lovely person always happy to help others. He contributed greatly to many […]
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