News Archive

Posts within the last year

Ops sought for mills and beer stations

Operators are needed for two stations being run by the club next month. Our Mills on the Air weekend, as usual, will be at Thwaite MIlls, Stourton, Leeds, and help is required for Saturday and Sunday,
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INTERMEDIATE COURSE

THE INTERMEDIATE COURSE

the last meeting will be on SUN 20th March which will be a final revision session

Examination is planned for SUN 27th March at 12 noon at the Pie Hall. Let g3sdy
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GB200HNC over the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of Standedge Tunnel, Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society will be operating GB200HNC from Tunnel End, Marsden, near Huddersfield

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ANNUAL SURPLUS AUCTION

Thank you to all the members who turned up to help. To Dave G4IAU who provided the booking forms.

(and special mention to Brian M0GDJ and XYL for the beautiful beef stew,) - and, of course to
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TRAPPED IN THE PIE HALL

Wednesday 16th February saw an opportunity to build some traps.
Comments abounded like: "Where does the mouse go?"
Most were tuned on the spot. For further help contact Gerald gsdy

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QRP TALK by George G3RJV

The Club welcomed a visit by George Dobbs G3RJV who extolled the virtues and successes achieved with QRP operation.

The meeting was held in the Cricket Club at Shelley as the Pie Hall wasn't avail
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MORE ABOUT GB200HNC

Saturday morning dawned and the warm spring sunshine glistened on the once more suspended trap dipole, all was well with the world as the FT-1000 roared into life “calling CQ 40 metres”. That was
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THIS WEEKEND 1940s at Thwaites

I regret to report that we have had to cancel our involvement with Thwaites Mill 1940s weekend this year. The reasons include illness, holidays and lack of old equipment for the show. g3sdy
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GB2 HS-Honley Show

Operating GB2HS on June 11th from Honley Show proved to be a bit special for the club, despite very poor band conditions. We used the new tent purchased with a donation from Honley Show committee for
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COAX TESTING

On Wednesday we checked the clubs feeders and patch leads. There were many suspect leads from recent events and numerous faults were identified. These included loose plugs, dry joints, break in cent
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GB200HNC AGAIN

Hi Folks, GB200HNC was on the air again from Tunnel End Marsden to help Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the completion of the longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel in our country.
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MINI RALLY

The turn out for tables was disappointing, but the pie and peas and the beer were excellent!! Thanks to LAM who supported us again and donated the first raffle prize:

A DUAL BAND HAND-HELD.

Sh
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RAFFLE FOR THE SPECTRUM FUND

Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society have made a generous donation to the RSGB Spectrum Defence Fund thanks to a raffle which was held at their recent Mini Rally.

Over 40 members and local clubs atte
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TOWER "LAUNCHED"

The New tower was "launched" by the Vice President, Brian G0BFJ with a bottle of "bubbly" donated by the chairman. Lots of members squeezed into the shack and tried the club's rigs out on the bands o
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The G8PUT Logbook

On September 21st Chris G8PUT gave a very interesting and informative talk to about 17 members on his G8PUT Logbook Project.

Chris outlined its development over the past 4 years and how he had be
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CONTEST THIS SAT

THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT DONE ANY (OR MUCH) CONTESTING BEFORE see What's on for more info..
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AGM new committee

The AGM was well attended and the new committee was elected:

Gerald Edinburgh G3SDY Chair

Darran Chappell G0BWB secretary

Philip Morley G4FSQ treasurer

COMMITTEE Barry G4TML, Brian M0G
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National Science & Engineering Week

National Science & Engineering Week: 9–18 March 2012

National Science & Engineering Week (NSEW) is the BA's biggest celebration of the sciences, engineering and technology and there are so ma
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Andy's visit to Siberia

I’m sure that everyone really enjoyed Andy’s talk about his recent visit to Siberia last night.

Personally I thought it was one of the most informative and interesting that I have heard and
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DSTAR NEWS

French Amateur Radio regs to be modernised The French regulator the ARCEP looks set to permit French radio amateurs to use modern means of communication such as D-STAR.

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Making curves on 3 legs

Remember the talking dog who came along to the club with Ian G4LUG earlier this year; well he was back last Wednesday along with lots of his animal pals who opened Ian’s latest talk with a hilarious
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VISIT TO LAM

On Saturday 8 club members and committee made the trip to LAM Communications to test and review the Kenwood TS-590S. Lee had set the radio up alongside the IC0M IC-7700 (nearly5 times the price) so we
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