On Tuesday 15th January a social and dinner was held by the club at The Culcheth Sports Club. The evening was well attended by about 20 members and wives.
The meal was enjoyed by all and there was an informal quiz.
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Annual awards for the IQE and constructors Trophy were presented and this year the constructors award went to G3OGQ who continues to build variants on the CDG2000 design to a very high standard.
G3OGQ was also presented with the IQE award. Paul, G7ODJ won the interclub contest
The awards were presented by the chairan Paul G1DVA.
Thanks to the National Lottery the club is now in a position to fit ramps and move a support pillar which causes an obstruction if a wheelchair user needs to turn in the clubroom. It is expected that this work will be completed by the end of the year.
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Work on mast repair and resiting is progressing well with several recent work sessions. Bill G0PZP aided by Paul G7ODJ and George M0MSF spent the best part of a morning up ladders and on the roof rawl bolting the bracket which supports the lower section of the mast.
Meanwhile the ground party was led by George G3OGQ who was assisted by the rest of the working party in assembling the sections of the mast with the pulleys and cable in place, also the fitting of the top section.
The mast was finally raised into a vertical position and it is hoped that the antennas will be fitted to the mast when another work session is convened in the next few weeks
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Over the bank Holiday weekend of 25-28th May Scout groups throughout the UK celebrated with Centenary Camps. WARC was one of three local radio clubs in the Greater Manchester region running a Special Event station on the weekend to commemorate 100 years of Scouting using the call GB5COS. Photos below by M0BXR
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Left View of both stations in the tent Below Cliff M0CNP Man's the HF Station Right Jim G3NFB man's the 2m station. |
The new 40 metre section for the steppir arrived recently and it was hoped that this could be upgraded easily by a members working party. The mast was lowered with a substantial steel cable supported by a pulley, although the cable was good enough to take the weight fracture of the pulleys casing had not ben anticipated and the mast tumbled down damaging bothe the antenna and the top section of the mast.
Thanks to Mike G4VSS and Paul G1DVA this has not left the club without an antenna as they have fitted two trap dpoles which cover the 5 HF bands to 3.5 7 14 21 and 28 Megs . The same antenna setup was also used at the recent special event station for 100 years of scouting.
Below Left: damage to the mast Right: Our tempory antenna: Photos by M0BXR
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Owing to good work my the membership the new clubroom has progessed well. A suspended ceiling and downlighting has now been installed.
The overhead projector has now been properly installed along with other wiring thanks to Mike G4VSS. Many members have been involved in cleaning and painting and the sink, workbench, and operating bench are now in position. with plumbing being done in house thanks to our chairman Cliff M0MRC and Paul G1DVA
There is more work to be done such as the removal of the supporting wall which will be replaced by an RSG but we are already enjoying the benefits of the new room.
Our new suite has a separate room at the rear which for the operatiing shack also with an area for construction.
The photos show the progress and comparison with our old room.
Above Our Old Room, Below the meeting room in our new suite.
Photos by Ian M0BXR 27/02/2007
The club played a major roll in the Fun Day this year with a demonstration of satellite communications thanks to G4VSS and other members who opened the clubroom so that visitors could view our equipment and be shown around.
This year will probably be the last fun day in our old clubroom as arrangements are being made to hold the club in one of the ground floor meeting rooms.
Photo by M0BXR
As well as opening the club shack the Radio Club provided a BBQ for visitors which was manned by our chairman Cliff M0MRC, John, G0RPG and Ian M0BXR
Photo by Ian M0BXR
Another award was presented to the club at the NARSA Blackpool rally on 21st March 2005 in recognition of the work done by Ron, Chris and Brian calls G0WJX G7GZB and G8XRE respectively in producing our excellent magazine QSX.
Once again in 2006 we entered the Club calls contest and Albert G3ZHE offered the use of his shack, he has a good antenna with the end pointing back down towards ground which gives a higher radiation angle for UK working. 22 club stations and 22 member stations were worked giving a total of 792 points
The operators were Paul G1DVA, Keith G8MKO, Dave G0RVW, Albert G3ZHE and Ian M0BXR
Photos by M0BXR 2005 club calls contest
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