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British Science Week at Sandringham School
Verulam Amateur Radio Club were proud to support Sandringham School in St Albans with their British Science Week (BSW) event on Tuesday the 12th March. Students built AM receiver kits and operated a radio station using the schools callsign of M0SCY. Here are some photos from the day. On the day, the school made several […]
Intermediate Exam Successes on Armistice Day
Eight students at Sandringham School, together with two adult members of VARC passed their Intermediate level examination on the 11th November 2018. The two school girl students had previously passed their Foundation exams together just in time to take part in the School’s contact with Tim Peake aboard the ISS in January 2016. Verulam Amateur […]
Amateur Radio in WW2
Stan Ames (G4OAV) gave a talk at the July meeting on the role of Amateur Radio in WW2. Stan explained, nothing public was known of radio intercepts and the role of Bletchley Park until an article appeared in May 1976, in the ‘Time Out’ magazine. The first time radio hams had even been involved was […]
Antenna Shootout – Wet String
In June the Club held its annual ‘antenna shoot out’. Poor antennas are sometimes referred to as comparable with ‘wet string’. Peter (G4HSO) took the opportunity to try such an antenna in real life. Brine soaked length of strings acted as a vertical and counterpoise. Connection to the feeder coax was made via buckets of […]
Jean Faithfull (G0DCU) – Silent Key
Verulam Amateur Radio Club are saddened to hear that long-term member Jean Faithfull (G0DCU) passed away on June 15th 2018 at Addenbrookes Hospital. Although not active on the amateur bands in recent years, amateur radio was something Jean enjoyed very much and gave her many years of pleasure throughout her life. Verulam Amateur Radio Club […]
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 […]
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