Dear club colleagues, some items of news and information that I hope will be of
interest to you and your club members, and I would appreciate if you would pass
this onto them.
Wellesley House School contact with ISS
This Saturday the 23rd of April, is the turn of students of the Wellseley House
School at Broadstairs to contact Tim Peake on the ISS.
The live contact is scheduled to begin at 12.10 UTC though a live video stream
from the school will start a little before then, and can be viewed at
https://principia.ariss.org/live/ If you are interested in listening live ;
on-air to part of the contact, the downlink will be on 145.800MHz FM.
A program of activities have been arranged with the school culminating in this
contact, which has already included training for some students to obtain an
amateur licence, and on Friday many of the students will be learning more of
electronics and radio, through working in a buildathon class to construct a
radio receiver.
Support for the school in the many activities has been through members of the
Hilderstone Radio & Electronics Club from Broadstairs, and we look forward to
seeing the report and pictures of the event in the next edition of RadCom.
New RSGB General Manager
The new RSGB General Manager has been announced as Steve Thomas M1ACB, who was
formally the RSGB DRM for Suffolk before taking on the role as Regional Manager
for Eastern England, Region 12, that used to include Kent.
Steve has now been appointed to take over the role of RSGB General Manager from
Graham Coomber G0NBI, who steps down at the end of April after giving Steve a
handover of the role. Before Kent moved into its current RSGB region 10, Steve
was our RM and has previously visited some of the clubs in the county, so will
be know to some already.
I am sure we all wish Steve well in his new role, and having previously been
engaged at the club/regional level, he will have an awareness of the issues
many clubs have to deal with, and I very much hope the Society will benefit
from Steve's experience.
Broadband-HamNet meeting
I have been asked to pass on details regarding a planned meeting of those
interested in the Broadband-HamNet system of digital comms, using the amateur
bands 2.4GHz and above
The meeting will be taking place at the Crawley ARC's clubhouse on Sunday the
22nd of May, with the objective for the day to introduce the Mesh Network
concept to newcomers, and to allow existing operators to exchange information.
Those interested are asked to contact Ted G4ELM at
BBHN.Event.2016@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:BBHN.Event.2016@xxxxxxxxx> to receive a copy
of the agenda and to indicate likely attendance numbers - as a courtesy to the
organisers and the venue hosts
See also http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/ for further information on BBHN.
Earthquake Emergency Traffic
Amateurs have been asked that in the wake of 16th April earthquake in Ecuador,
that they keep 7.060MHz clear for emergency relief traffic.
RSGB operating modes video
The RSGB has produced yet another video, the latest being to highlight a broad
range of the operating modes that are available to radio amatuers, some are of
modes that were more common years ago, while others are of newer ones. The
video can be found at
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2016/04/15/amateur-radio-a-world-of-possibilities/
East Kent RS meeting
The East Kent Radio Society are holding a Cheese and wine event on the 16th of
May at 19.45 for 20.00 at Herne Mill, CT6 7DR. Members and visitors are all
most welcome to attend the event, but an idea for catering would be much
appreciated
Email perkins.alan@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:perkins.alan@xxxxxxxxx> for more details or
to advise that you plan to attend.
SERF rally
The Sussex Electronics and Radio Fair is taking place this year over two days,
the 4th and 5th of June at the Eastbourne Sports Park, BN21 2UF.
Further details can be found at www.serf.org.uk<http://www.serf.org.uk/> or via
email to admin@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxxx> or click
http://serf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/SERF-2016-Promotion-Brochure.pdf for a ;
brochure.
Amateur Radio Observation Service
AROS are continuing to seek volunteers to help them monitor the amateur radio
spectrum, and to confidentially gather evidence on issues that are reported to
them.
While members are sought to join the team from all areas of the country,
applications for volunteers from the London and South East region are
especially required at this time.
Amateurs who are interested in volunteering to join the AROS team or for
further information should email aros@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:aros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
I hope the above if useful to you and your members, if you have anything for me
to share with other amateurs across Kent please get in touch.
73 Keith - G4JED
RSGB DRM - Kent
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