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BARSCOMDUNMOW

STEBBING

NOTLEY

RAYNE HALSTEAD

WITHAM

COLCHESTER

COGGESHALL

Monthly Communication of theBraintree and District Amateur Radio Society

GX3XG

G3XG G6BRH

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Meeting ReportsTony, GØIAG

December 7th, the ChristmasParty.

I travelled down on Monday withAnn and in the afternoon we joinedEdwin, John and Geoff at the ClubHQ. There we set to, cleaning,decorating and preparing for theevenings festivities. We arrivedback in the evening to prepare andset out the food, I prepared andserved hot alcohol free fruit punchto those who wanted it. Neil seemedto be addicted to it, good man.Edwin and John had sorted out abrilliant buffet, Jenny and Annhelped lay it all out.

After formalities, we all tucked inand enjoyed a greatbuffet. Daveprovided festiveb a c k g r o u n dmusic and wheneating hadfinished we had afun quiz providedby Geoff and theTombola raffle. There were 16prizes, a few of which wereprovided by the club but the most

were donated by members. 11members plus 2 guests turned up toenjoy the festivities and our thanksmust go to Edwin and John for theirprep aration, planning and

hard work,p l u s

Dave and Geoff f o rtheir input. It is a shame moremembers do not turn out to supportthe social side of the club.

Cont.d on P7

Contents Meeting Reports ……………. 2

Christmas Quiz .…………….. 4

Chairman’s Chat ……….….… 7

Club Meetings and Nets ……. 8

Contests …………………….. 8

Rallies ………………………. 9

Quiz Answers ………………. 10

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CHRISTMAS QUIZQuiz Round 1

Match the foods to the people

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Answers on Page 10

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Round 2.

What is…1. The title of the First major film

role for Michael Caine released51 years ago this month?

2. The sound reflected back to thelistener from a surface?

3. A ballroom dance originatingin Buenos Aires characterisedby marked rhythms andpostures and abrupt pauses?

4. A material manufactured inthin sheets from the pulp ofwood or other fibroussubstances, used for writing,drawing, or printing on, or aswrapping material?

5. A Ford car in the same sizerange that was produced insequence between the Cortinaand the Mondeo?

6. The first name of TV’s Mr.Meldrew?

7. A green citrus fruit not unlike alemon in size but more roundin shape?

8 The female lead in the title toShakespeare’s well known loveplay set in Italy?

Two of the above answers are oddones out…….. why?

Round 3.

Sound-alikes… think of the actualanswer, and then write down thenearest sounding unit, or fraction,or abbreviation of common unitsof electronic measurement…Warning, some very bad puns!!

1. Box or basket full of fancyChristmas Goodies

2. “Sorry I didn’t hear you” anuncouth person might say

3. Where we live

4. The sound of a dud fireworkor explosive (damp squib)

5. Stubbed my toe, and it ….

6. Los Angeles HomicideDetective on TV 1971 to 2003(+O)

Ed - Don’t blame me for these,thank Geoff , G1WRH

Answers are on Page 10

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Dec. 21st, the shortest dayand the last club meeting of2015 was a natter night.

Most of the evening was taken upwith progress reports by memberson the Construction Challenge andproblem solving. Howard, who isbuilding the ATU kit is modifyingit to suit his requirements. Edwinand John gave progress reports ontheir kit s within the challenge.

Other topics discussed during theevening included the new layout ofRADCOM, which met with mixed

reviews, personally , I am notimpressed.

OFCOM's revoking of non re-validated licences was talked about.SO REMEMBER! If your licenceis out of date or you have recentlymoved re-validate or you may loseit. Ofcom is just a phone call or anemail away.

Next years club programme wasdiscussed and ideas put into the pot.After an interesting evening all wenthome to prepare for Christmas.

Well, here we are, just overhalf way through theBraintree club's 40th

anniversary year. By the time youread this you will have developed amild hatred for Turkey andsprouts,understandable.

In the first half of the year we hadour 40th anniv' special event station,Summer camp, Railways O.T.A.and of course JOTA, a very busycalendar. Neville introduced hisconstruction kits as part of the 40thchallenge which kindled quite a bit

on interest. This has been followedby the construction challengeinvolving G-QRP TX/RX/ATUkits. This momentum should carryon into the future and to my mindbe taken into the local schools andyouth groups.

2015 brought its share of sadnesswith the sudden death of EddieM6RHA. we shall miss his gruffvoice and his keen support of theclub and his enthusiasm for the"club net"

In 2016 we must try to get newblood into the club so any ideas thatyou have should be put forward. Asyou all are aware, I live far away

Chairman’s ChatTony, GØIAG

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January4 Natter night/TX Factor - 911 Club Net18 PAT testing for the clubs equipment.25 Club Net

February1 Talk on Astronomy by Mike Adcock G8DJO8 Club Net15 Construction evening22 Club Net29 Club Net

March7 Rig clinic, by Dave GØDEC14 Club Net21 Construction evening28 Club Net

April4 TBA11 Club Net18 TBA25 Club Net

May2 Natter night. Mills weekend update.9 Club Net16 AGM23 Club Net30 Club Net

June6 Construction Contest evening13 Club Net20 TBA27 Club Net

HF

Jan10 1400-1800 AFS CW16 1400-1800 AFS PHONE

Feb1 2000-2130 80m CC SSB10 2000-2130 80m CC DATA13 1900-2300 1st 1.8MHz

VHF

Jan5 2000-2230 144MHz UKAC12 2000-2230 432MHz UKAC19 2000-2230 1.3GHz UKAC26 2000-2230* SHF UKAC26 2000-2230 50MHz UKAC* denotes times vary per band

Club Meetings and Nets

Contests

Club Net - 08.00 pm local time2 Meters (S15) (145.375 MHz)

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17 JANUARYRED ROSE WINTER RALLY,John 07840 389 427. [www.wmrc.org.uk]

31 JANUARYHORNCASTLE WINTER RALLYSupporting the Wolds RepeaterGroup and GB3FJHorncastle Youth Centre,Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6DZThe venue is all on one level anddoors open at 10.30am. Admissionis £1.50. There will be refreshmentsavailable, including hot baconbutties. Details from TonyNightingale, G3ZPU 01507 527 835,tony.nightingale@YAHOO.CO.UK

7 FEBRUARY31st CANVEY RADIO &ELECTRONICS RALLYThe Paddocks’, Long Road, CanveyIsland, Essex SS8 0JA (southern endof A130).The venue has disabled facilities, isserved by public transport and alsohas free car parking. Doors open at10.30am. There will be radio andelectronic component exhibitors,special interest groups and an RSGBbookstall. Details from Vic Rogers,G6BHE on 07957 461694, emailN v r 1 9 4 5 @ b t i n t e r n e t . c o m .[www.southessex-ars.co.uk].

Rallies

now and my visits to the club havereduced, however, I have managedto take part in all outside clubactivities,unlike some others wholive closer. Please support clubevents and meetings,the committeework hard to sort out an interestingcalendar for you.

Finally a thought for the new yearas you finish the last of the

Christmas fare. At the AGM in mayI will NOT be seeking election toany committee post. I have not beenable to fulfil my remit asChairman/Publicity Officer to myown requirements because of thedistances involved. My replacementwill need to be local and able to doboth jobs. If i can do it any one can.My thanks to the rest of thecommittee for their support.

Good DXing and Happy New Year.

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CommitteeChairman:Tony King GØIAG 07972 850232 01733 718276

Tony.g0iag@hotmail.com

Secretary/Membership Secretary:John M5AJB 01787 460947 1 Ross Cottage, Southey Green

Treasurer:Neville G8CDG

Ordinary Members:Geoff G1WRH 01376 323223 07745 569564Melvin GØEMK

Christmas Quiz Answers

Round 1

Banana Bananarama

Coxs Apple Prof Brian Cox

Pink Lady Apples Pink Ladies (From Grease)

King Edward potato King Edward

Fry up Stephen Fry

Bacon Jim Bacon (Weather Man & Radio Ham)

Fish Michael Fish

Round 21. ZULU2. ECHO3. TANGO4. PAPER5. SIERRA6. VICTOR7. LIME8. JULIETAll of the answers are words inthe phonetic alphabet exceptPAPER and LIME (replacingPapa and Lima).

Round 31. Ampere2. Watt3. Ohm4. pF (Sorry about that one

folks!)5. Hertz6. Coulomb

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Braintree and District Amateur Radio SocietyThe club meets every 1st and 3rd

Monday of the month at BraintreeHockey Club, Church Street,Bocking. Doors open at 7.30 pm,meetings run from 8 pm to 10 pm.

Membership is £16 annually;Senior members (State Retirementage) and Junior members, under18, pay £10. A door fee of £1 isalso payable at each meeting bymembers and visitors.

BARSCOM is sent to members bye-mail on the first of the month;paper copies are available at thefirst meeting of the month (pluspostage if appropriate). The usual

deadline for copy is the 28th of eachmonth. Members may sell orexchange equipment etc. before thestart of each meeting, during thetea/coffee break and may advertisein BARSCOM free of charge.

Some members have had problemswith UHF and BZ access, and as aresult the Club Net will nowoperate on 2  metres only. Thisshould make it easier for allmembers to remember thefrequency, and for non-membersto find the net. The net will useV30 (S15) 145.375 MHz, starting20.00 hrs local time on the 2nd, 4th,and 5th Mondays of each month.

The deadline for submissions for the next edition is 25th of the month. Items will be published in the first

available edition subject to space availability.

For more information and pictures of events and projects seeour Web Site at www.badars.co.uk

Please contact our Chairman for details about commercialadverts.

BARSCOM Editor (Ian, G8MKN)) © BADARS 2015 - E.& O.E.

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