WTRG have a website

Just a note that WTRG now have a website
www.wtrg.co.uk

REPEATER GROUP UPDATE

Well even though we have passed all the vetting stages we are still awaiting clearance by the MoD but on another note we now have changed our name form STRG to WTRG Wears Tees Repeater Group to fall in line with the area we will cover.

Funds have reached the £400 mark and we have had some generous donations from clubs in our region (Houghton Radio Club,  DADARS Durham and District  Amateur Radio Society, Stanley Crook  BARAC Bishop Auckland Radio Amateur Club and New Marske / Cleveland RAYNET Group  )

BREAKOUT BOX

Just a short update for the blog ....

We had a short meet the other day so we could tidy our wires up so to speak and we have now installed a breakout box for HF 2 & 70 with a earth which looks good.

GOOD & BAD NEWS....

Hi all well first the bad news... i have been so busy i have not had the time to do radio or update my blog. SORRY !
The good news is i have been so busy because i have been part of a project to start a new radio and electronics club.

So here's the low down, "WEARS" Wearside Electronics & Radio Society meet on a Monday night 7:00 pm at the 2nd Herrington scout hut, Middle Herrington, Sunderland SR3 3TE.

Callsign G0BNK
Locator IO 94gu
WAB NZ35
Email: radio@wears.org.uk
Web  http://www.wears.org.uk

Repeat Repeat

Well the 1st blog just doesn't even cut the mustard when i say we have a repeater well we have 2 

 This is our 2nd repeater kindly donated by Alistair G4OLK from the New Marske Radio Group and also associated with Cleavland RAYNET, This is the original GB3TS repeater which was originally sited at Eston Nab.

Need the dentist?...Cavities ? well we have plenty here all ready and waiting for a Tune up

Finally i thought i would add the lovely little extra item donated by Ian Blackman G4OCQ, a Zetron Repeater Controller with CTCSS and CWID.

Do i need to repeat myself !

Hi all sorry i have not blogged for a while.... whats been happening i here you ask ... well my friends.

I have been very busy with a new repeater project in the area which i am the treasurer, fund raiser, switch off op and general dogs body ( but only because i want to be)

This venture was a dream i had a long time ago after GB3DC lost its site, leaving South Tyneside a radio black spot.

This is our site we have acquired and we have been busy little bees getting hardware and software to work together.

We have had a Motorola 70cms repeater kindly donated by Crook-Stanley Amateur Radio Club, the owners of GB3CD.

MRG223 Saga

Well i got a super deal from ebay from David (a seller) and he has a job lot of coaxial 50 ohm cable MRG223 for £20 a roll (100Meters) and i have asked if he can sell me 5 more rolls

the specs are

Silver-plated copper conductor 1//0.9mm, with polyethylene insulation. Double-screened with silver-plated copper wire. The outer sheath is black PVC.

Connector / Cable group C

Attenuation (per 10m)	10MHz	100MHz	1000MHz
	0.44dB	1.4dB	4.7dB

The price to you is £20 a roll (Note this is for STARS & DADARS club members) i dont want emails from all over the world as i will not post ...cheers...Barry G0SCI

Been clubbing all week

Well its been a busy busy week and i have attended 3 Radio clubs (STARS South Tyneside) (DADARS Durham and District) & (BARAC Bishop Auckland)


The STARS 4 / 6 Meter group ...1 member and counting

Looks like we have our own sports presenters

A busy night at DADARS

007 licenced to kill radio noise

Hello all i have just had a visit to Nick G7EVW's QTH as he needed a access hole drilled for his coaxial feeds and a new earth wire fitted.

SCI to the rescue

Hi all well i did not get the chance to post what i have been up to over the weekend but it seems Dave 2E1AII has had locking up problems related to RF getting into his laptop whilst using his Flex 3000

A plan of action was hatched by myself to resolve this and i thought a replacement PC would be a good start as the case on the laptop may not have the screening to hold off the RF

I started with my old media center and a  fresh install of Windows XP

So far so good ! with a install of PowerSDR running there was no problems using my Flex

Just to round it all off George G4RNI came to the club with his wireless Microsoft keyboard and mouse and told me he wanted £5 for them as he didn't like the ergonomics of them so i grabbed them for Dave which will make it a nice starting setup.

Im a WINNER

well lucky old me won the raffle at the STARS radio club tonight (a large box of wine gums and a £20 voucher http://www.starsradioclub.co.uk/
and here's the pictures

 The gift card was kindly donated by the Air Cadets who are being taught at the STARS club

As you can see a wine gum frenzy ensued

It wasn't long before teeth started to fly (well fillings anyway)

Hustling the Hustler

Since the weather has been nice i decided to bury the wife ... oops i mean scaffolding pole into the garden and mount my Hustler BTV6 antenna to do a few tests before i permanent installation is done

It was all good until the thunder clouds appeared

Flexible Friend

Dave 2E1AII has been getting a early birthday gift and we have been working through a few minor learning issues but all in all it has worked out brilliant... a few QSO's later and he has contacted a station in Israel and a few in Europe, So its early days but i must say it does look nice.

  The Hercules DJ Deck works just like the front end of a radio with twin vfo's

Windmills on the air

A trip to GB1CWM at Cleadon Windmill with Nick G7EVW

Nick G7EVW hard at it while G1FNE  has a grandad nap

Just before the rain

How many sugars do you take in your tea Robert ?

F1 GOLD

What a fun week i have had working to get my gold award (premio de oro) from the Spanish F1 Grand Prix special event (info from http://www.f1award.com/ )

Bank Holliday Steam Mobile

Like a moth to a flame i returned to help out GB2SRM and go steam mobile....

i asked little Elliot what callsign he would like to have and his answer was Elliot 1 million...i replied "what a lot of zero's, it may complicate other stations log books" he just laughed and ran off to see Gordon the train

Lets operate a special event station

Well today started with a contact with Stephenson railway museum's special event station GB2SRM and i decided to have a drive over to North Tyneside with my wife to attend and help out my club S.T.A.R.S. ( South Tyneside Amateur Radio Society )

..... a good day was had by all :)

I'm going up in the world!

I decided it was the right time to call to see Dave 2E1AII at his QTH and make improvements to his antennas after a catalog of issues for high SWR and signal problems.

A nice new W2000 triband antenna was installed and his HF long wire balun antenna was erected and all worked out fine (MFJ says YES)

A nice tidy coax plug 

 

 

JOB DONE!

more power, more power Mo Farah

Well i had another compulsive purchase after a small problem in the shack ( i was on psk and transmitting whilst chatting on the 145.425mhz DADRAS clubnet  Durham And District Amateur Radio Society) two radios TXed at the same time and my poor Watson 25A PSU detected to much current and switched off..... it is still ok and it is designed to do that but i decided to buy a 40A which is not the best of colors but its 40A so who cares? and should work 2 radios just fine

Its been a busy week guys!

Well it started with a few purchases via eBay

1) a set of 8pin plugs and a socket to make a
Signalink Yaesu Lead for Dave 2E1AII

 

2) I made a extension 8 pin lead for my MD100 mic and the pins on the 8 pin socket were shorting  out so after a few clips with the wire cutters all was ok

 

3)I purchased a DSP speaker which really makes a difference and will upload a video to you tube when i get a bit more time to do so