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Written by Ross Wilkinson
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Saturday, 13 February 2010 20:31 |
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Our programme of meetings for 2009 is shown below
| Date |
Topic |
| 12th January |
Annual General Meeting - election of the Committee, and plans for the coming year |
| 26th January |
Lecture: Simple wire antennas – for portable and fixed station use, with Bill G3NQX |
| 9th February |
Lecture: The GB2CI Expedition to Caldey Island, with David G4MVU |
| 23rd February |
Lecture: HF contesting - including the 80m Club Contests, with Mike G4VSS |
| 9th March |
Activity night: Preparation for the 2009 contest season on HF and VHF |
| 23rd March |
Lecture: Non-black-box radio - transverters, PMR conversions and homebrew radios, with Ross G6GVI |
| 6th April |
Site visit: Bolton Mountain Rescue HQ |
| 13th April |
No meeting: Bank Holiday |
| 27th April |
Lecture: Advanced APRS techniques - including synchronised direction-finding, with Ross G6GVI and Chris G4HYG |
| 11th May |
Lecture: D-STAR - digital voice communications for the Amateur, with Darren G7LWT |
| 25th May |
No meeting: Bank Holiday |
| 8th June |
Activity night: Preparation for the PW 2m QRP Contest and BWC 2m DF hunts |
| 22nd June |
2m direction-finding field event starting from the Britannia Hotel |
| 13th July |
Activity night: practical VHF beam construction, with M0ICK and G7ROM |
| 27th July |
Summer break - no meeting |
| 10th August |
Activity night: using the Morse code, with Eric G4FSN |
| 24th August |
2m direction-finding field event starting from the Britannia Hotel |
| 14th September |
Lecture: Life above 70cm - an introduction to the microwave bands, with Ross G6GVI and David G4MVU |
| 28th September |
Lecture: Low Earth Orbit Amateur satellites with Andy G1EFP |
| 12th October |
Lecture: HF bicycle mobile around the world with world record-breakers David G4AKC and Keith G7LPW |
| 26th October |
Activity night: RF test and measurement techniques with Chris G4HYG, Darren G7LWT and Ross G6GVI |
| 9th November |
Lecture: Meteor observations by radio a presentation from the Bolton Astronomical Society |
| 23rd November |
Activity night: radio question and answer session |
| 16th December |
(note this is a Wednesday) Christmas Party - a buffet and disco at the Britannia Hotel |
| 28th December |
Christmas break - no meeting |
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