NO SUMMER DOLDRUMS AT WYTHALL RADIO CLUB.TUESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES LAST WEEK
| August may be traditionally a downtime for activities but last Tuesday the Club was humming with activity both inside and out as members turned off the Olympics and convened at Wythall house | |
| Inside in the Dart’s room Martin 2E0XFI linked up his impressive Icom 705 to the Club 240′ doublet and was active on both FT8 and SSB. A problem with SSB TX was resolved when club members rallied round to problem solve (see picture) | |
| Outside on the Wimbledon-shaped lawn members erected the recently donated Cushcraft HF Vertical (Thank you G0EYO) and were delighted to record impressive SWR’s on all the major bands; this will be a useful addition to our Plug and Play Field days, the Transport Museum activation and the upcoming Steam Festival in September. | |
| In a quiet corner of the Patio (?) Neil G1TZC had set up his QO 100 satellite station with a drone antenna and before long M6KET was relieved from his duty of holding a guy rope and was calling CQ on CW and working Gabriele IK7FMQ on the satellite. The next challenge to download the QSO on LOTW!! | |
| Meanwhile back in the Dart’s room Martin’s TX problem with SSB transmission had been diagnosed as a faulty microphone – members Neil G1TZC and Gary G5RGS and Mike G4VPD rallying round to problem solve.
Great to meet up during this usually quiet time for Amateur radio activity and share expertise and experiences .. and just chat!! COMING SOON.. BRILLIANT CONDITIONS ON THE HF BANDS (!??)….. HOW TO WORK THE BEACONS ON 10M …PLUG AND PLAY ON THE FIELDS OF WYTHALL PARK (7-8TH SEPTEMBER)…THE STOKE PRIOR STEAM RALLY WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 21ST-22ND FULL DETAILS TO FOLLOW |