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 ?