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In 2008, the Club's main meetings take place from 7:30pm on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, at the Britannia Hotel:
 | The Britannia Hotel is on the A58 Beaumont Road.
From junction 5 of the M61, follow the A58 into Bolton, and turn left at the petrol station. The Hotel is then the second turning on the right, and has a large car park. Meetings are held in the second-floor Lostock Suite or the ground-floor Garden Room. |
This 
shows the location.
Our programme of meetings is shown below
but check this site regularly for updates
| 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 | |
| 12th Jan 2009 | Britannia | Annual General Meeting - election of the Committee, and plans for the coming year. |
| 26th Jan 2009 | Britannia | Lecture: Simple wire antennas – for portable and fixed station use, with Bill G3NQX |
Updated 22-Sep-2008