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Lockdown? Wythall Radio Club still busy!

May 06, 2020 By: Chris G3YHF Category: Club, Fun, News

Wythall Radio Club has moved in to ‘virtual’ mode during lockdown!

Members keep in touch ‘on the air’ – on our Club 2M channel and via our GB3WL 70cm repeater.

The Club’s Easter Contest was very popular, with over 40 members participating. And the results were shared via Zoom.

We are also using Zoom so that members can give talks and chat about radio activities – last night we had a talk on ‘getting on the air with RTTY’ (radio teletype) with around 20 members participating.

This is all part of the way radio amateurs are connecting people during lockdown, as the BBC reported yesterday.

Club members have also been working on creative projects at home.

Allen 2E0VVG comments: ‘Last week i turned an old laptop mouse into a morse key.

Yesterday I decided to build a frame for my 817, LDG tuner and battery for when I can finally get back out on the hills (see photo above).

And as I’m seriously restricted on where I can put my shack, I build a shelf to go above the unit out of left-over copper pipe fittings and an off-cut of wood.’

Meanwhile Kev 2E0NCO decided to rebuild his shack! (photo right)

Maybe woodworking and DIY should be part of the Licence exams?

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