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Written by Ross Wilkinson   
Saturday, 13 February 2010 20:34

Our programme of meetings for 2008 is shown below

Date Venue Topic
15th Jan Britannia Open Committee Meeting
28th Jan Britannia Activity night: Presenting the Club's plans 2008, and operating the Club Station on 2m APRS
(contacts with Peterborough, and via the Space Station into Belgium)
11th Feb Britannia Activity night: power supply repairs, and the use of an oscilloscope
plus operating the Club Station on 4m
25th Feb TIC Lecture: Wiring up to your wireless – radio interfacing with G6GVI
10th March Britannia Activity night: simple antenna construction
plus operating the Club Station on 2m & 4m
24th March none No meeting: Bank Holiday
31st March Britannia Lecture: Summits on the Air – with Ian G7KXV
14th April TIC Lecture: Pictures by radio – SSTV with M1NUS and M1DOT
28th April Britannia Lecture: World-Wide Wireless – IRLP and EchoLink with 2E0CRX
Plus a review of VHF contesting
12th May Britannia Lecture: In Plane Sight – SBS RADAR with M1NUS
26th May none No meeting: Bank Holiday
9th June Britannia Activity night: VHF direction-finding techniques and 2m beam design
23rd June 2m direction-finding field event starting from the Britannia Hotel
14th July Britannia Lecture: RAYNET – Amateur Radio serving the community, with G7JKK
28th July 2m direction-finding field event starting from the Britannia Hotel
11th August 2m direction-finding field event starting from the Britannia Hotel
25th August Summer break - maybe some portable or DF activity?
8th Sept Britannia EGM (to update our Constitution)
Lecture: DXing with digimodes – PSK operation on HF, with Noel M0VOM
22nd Sept Britannia Lecture: ATV – fast-scan television on the microwave bands, with Darren G7LWT et al.
13th Oct Britannia Activity night: interfacing and setting up for digimodes
plus operating the Club station on HF PSK
27th Oct Britannia Lecture: Aerials for the MF bands – loading up wires, masts and fishing-rods on 160m and 80m!
with G6GVI
10th Nov Britannia Activity night: Question Time - a panel of experts discuss radio topics suggested by the audience.
24th Nov Britannia Lecture: Vintage Wireless Restoration - valves and veneers with Keith G1RAO
10th Dec Britannia Joint Christmas social with GM RAYNET (note that this is a Wednesday)
22nd Dec Christmas break - no meeting
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