{"id":18110,"date":"2017-08-18T14:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T14:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=18110"},"modified":"2017-08-18T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T14:19:20","slug":"news-for-england-south-east-20-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/all-regions\/region-9\/2017\/08\/18\/news-for-england-south-east-20-august-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"News for England South-East – 20 August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

We start with news from Cray Valley Radio Society that they will be running a fully taught and mentored Advanced exam course this autumn, commencing on 2 October and leading to the exam on 25 November. The course will run in Eltham, London SE9. For details, contact Kevin, M0KSJ via email to courses@cvrs.org.<\/p>\n

Now for clubs that have several events this week.<\/p>\n

Coulsdon Amateur Transmitting Society has nets this Sunday and next Sunday at 11am on 145.4MHz \u00b1 QRM and 5pm on 3.7MHz \u00b1 QRM. Wednesday sees a net from 9pm on 70.425MHz. Details from Andy Briers, G0KZT, via email to secretary@catsradio.org.<\/p>\n

Surrey Radio Contact Club has a net this Sunday and next Sunday on 1905kHz from 9.30am. On Monday there\u2019s a chat-and-fix-it evening with John, G8MNY. Thursday sees a net on 70.300MHz from 8pm and on Friday there\u2019s a net on 145.350MHz from 8pm. Contact John, G3MCX, on 020 8688 3322.<\/p>\n

Peterborough and District Amateur Radio Club has a net on Monday on 1.908MHz. Wednesday sees a demo of digital mode transmissions. Contact Alan Ralph via email to secretary@padarc.co.uk.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Southdown Amateur Radio Society has a net from 8.30am on 145.275MHz, a cafe meeting at 12.30 and a CW net on 144.060MHz from 7pm. Next Saturday to Monday sees the Festival of Transport at Hellingly. Details from John, G3DQY, on 01424 424 319.<\/p>\n

Loughton and Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society has its net on Thursday from 8pm on 144.725MHz. Next Saturday and Sunday the club joins the Secret Nuclear Bunker Contest Group for a field day and barbecue at Kelvedon Hatch. Details from Dave De La Haye, M0MBD, on 0798 016 5172.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Thurrock Acorns Amateur Radio Club has an open net on 2m from 7.30pm. Saturday sees a special event at Thurrock Thameside Nature Park. Contact Gordon, M0WJL, via email to acorns@taarc.co.uk.<\/p>\n

Now we return to the traditional listing in date order.<\/p>\n

On Sunday South Essex Amateur Radio Society is operating GX4RSE at the Island Yacht Club as part of its 35th Anniversary. Details from Terry Howchen, G1FBW, on 07986 070 040.<\/p>\n

On Monday Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society is holding a skills night at Danbury Village Hall. For more information, email secretary@g0mwt.org.uk.<\/p>\n

On Monday Essex Ham has its net on GB3DA, 8pm, with chatroom and audio feed at www.essexham.net<\/a>. Contact Pete, M0PSX, via email to news@essexham.co.uk.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday Braintree and District Amateur Radio Society is having a natter night and preparing for the Summer Camp. Contact Edwin, G0LPO, on 01376 324 031.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Bracknell Amateur Radio Club has an open net from 8pm on 145.375MHz. Contact David, M0XDF, via email to m0xdf@alphadene.co.uk.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Bromley and District Amateur Radio Society has its net from 9pm, starting on 145.500MHz. Contact Andy, G4WGZ, on 01689 878 089.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Hastings Electronics and Radio Club is holding its construction contest from 7.30pm at the Taplin Centre. Details from Gordon, on 01424 431 909.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Norfolk Amateur Radio Club is having an informal evening plus Morse in the back room. Contact Chris Danby, G0DWV, on 01603 898 308.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club is having a practical evening. Contact Al, M0OAL, via email to information@wadarc.org.uk.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Echelford Amateur Radio Society is having a social evening with CW practice and the shack on the air. Contact John, G4GSC, on 01784 451 898.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Hilderstone Radio and Electronics Club has an informal meeting at Joss Bay in lieu of the regular meeting. Details from Ian, 2E0DUE, via email to secretary@g0hrs.org.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society is having a talk on SSTV by G6OHM. Details from David, M0VTG, via email to secretary@hunts-hams.co.uk.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Norfolk Coast Amateur Radio Society is discussing contesting. For details email Steve, G3PND, via info@norfolkcoastamateurs.co.uk.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Reading and District Amateur Radio Club is having a social evening. Contact Laurence James, G2DD, on 0758 470 6625.<\/p>\n

On Friday Mid-Sussex Amateur Radio Society is having a talk by Penny on the RNLI. More information from Dennis Conway, M0YDC, on 0747 630 1044.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We start with news from Cray Valley Radio Society that they will be running a fully taught and mentored Advanced exam course this autumn, commencing on 2 October and leading to the exam on 25 November. The course will run in Eltham, London SE9. For details, contact Kevin, M0KSJ via email to courses@cvrs.org. Now for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-region-12","category-region-10","category-region-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}