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The December Meeting - Kitmaster
Talk by Geoff Carter.
Geoff surprised the meeting by saying in his
opening remarks that he knew little about radio!.
He did know a lot about packaging as Director of
Turner Packaging - and a lot about selling after he
had bought Greenweld. He found he had purchased a
huge warehouse in Southampton full of goodies.
He moved this to Essex and sold the many bits and
pieces as he identified them.
He said that the main Kit Building business has been
overtaken by selling "nearly completed"
items including a range of valve receivers for
those who had never seen such a device.
A fantastic talk by an enthusiastic salesman
who could sell anything to anybody. CARS will be
organising a trip to West Horndon to look around the Warehouse.
Watch this space.
The November Meeting - Over the
Horizon H.F. Radar.
Illustrated Talk by Ken Perry, Ex Marconi.
Ken gave an illustrated history of Radar from Chain
Home to today. He then concentrated on H.F. Radar
and gave the example of the Falklands conflict as a stimulant
for development in being able to detect a low flying missile -
not possible with microwave Radars. Mention was made of
the Russian Woodpecker system which thankfully is no
longer operational. It's chatter had driven most of
the audience nearly mad at one time or another!.
It is a tremendous tribute to the purity of the Marconi
H.F. amplifiers that they were not knowingly noted by keen
H.F. Operators in the audience.
Ken concluded his absorbing talk with a brief description of
the Australian H.F. Radar - mainly designed and built in
Chelmsford.
Thank you Ken for such an interesting talk and incorporating
so much information about the Ionosphere which is of
interest to the Radio Amateur.
The October Meeting was the
Society's Annual General Meeting.
The September Meeting was a Table
Top Sale organised by Colin, G0TRM. It was very
well attended with 45 CARS Members and 14 visitors.
The August Meeting was "The RSGB"
by Malcolm Salmon, GXVV and "Repeaters" by
Murray, G6JYB. The July Meeting was "Satellites"
by Frank Howe, G3FIJ. The June Meeting was the Annual
Constructors Competition
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Dr Geoff Bowles, Keeper of the Science and Industry
Museum at Sandford Mill was made a Honourable Member
of the Society and then presented with the Amateur
of the Year Award.
This is presented annually to a person who has supported
the Society well and in Geoff's case it was for the
cooperation he has provided for International Marconi
Days at the Sandford Mill.
The AGM was opened by Chairman John, G8DET who thanked
the past Committee for their support and ideas.
The past year had been very successful.
He thanked Bob, M0CSV for his year on the Committee,
his place being taken by Trevor, M5AKA.
Reports were read by the Secretary, Treasurer and President.
After a discussion about Subscriptions the Raffle was
drawn before a break for tea.
The Raffle was organised by Chris, G0IPU and Martyn, G1EFL
who provided 13 Prizes. Well done.
After tea a quizz was organized by Colin, G0TRM and then
a Question and Answer session provided interest.
Club Members, Harlow ARS and Walters and Stanton provided goods
for sale.
Many purchases were made and plenty of chat was evident.
A good evening was had by all - thanks Colin.
Malcolm introduced himself as the new Regional Manager. He also introduced
Alan Maylin, M1DKP as his Deputy Regional Manager.
Don Beattie, RSGB President in December 2000 talked about changes he
proposed making - they are now taking shape. The idea is to be more
responsive to the Membership.
Malcolm talked for half an hour and then answered searching questions from
the floor.
A good introduction to the new scheme - we will see how it will work out.
Malcolm wanted the Club to nominate a Member as the RSGB Club
Representive - we have nominated Brian, G3CVI.
Murray described the new 6 Metre and 23 cm Repeaters which
are about to be switched on near Chelmsford. He projected a picture
of the Cavity Filters used on the 6 metre Repeater - very impressive.
He also talked about the new Internet Repeaters which are springing
up all around the country. They are also called Radio Internet Gateways
A superb evening given by 2 excellent speakers - thank you.
A good turn-out listened to Frank give the history of Amateur
Satellites. Frank even played a tape recording of the Russian
Sputnik which was really the start of the satellite era.
There were many Amateur Satellites - each was described with
its frequency of operation - many examples of QSOs via the
satellite were played. This included part of a QSO with
Helen Sharman and Andrew Foulds when they were on th Russian
Mir space station.
A superb evening given by an excellent speaker - thank you Frank.
The President, Harry, G5HF presented the Certificates to
the winners of the June Constructors Competition. These were:-
First Prize - Bob, M0CSV for his PIC Tuned ATU
Second Prize - Anthony, SWL for his 12 volt PSU.
Third Prize - Geoff, G7KLV for his Synthiser
Controlled medium wave radio
Special Prize - Peter, DK7SP for his E-Mail entry of a
2 Tone RF Oscillator.
Peter's Certificate will be sent to him in Germany.
Excellent Raffle Prizes were won.
At the February Meeting, Ela, G6HKM was presented
with a pot of flowers and a Service Certificate
by The President, Harry, G5HF for running the
CARS Raffle for 18 years.
Ela said that after such a time she felt she wanted
to be able to mingle with the Members and to enjoy
the Social side of a Club Meeting.
She is pictured here with Chairman John, G8DET
who is holding the Raffle Tub for Ela to draw out
Raffle Prizes which she has selected for the last time.
Well done and thank you Ela.
Last revised:- 15th July 2005