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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

DateVenueTopic
15th JanBritanniaOpen Committee Meeting
28th JanBritanniaActivity 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 FebBritanniaActivity night: power supply repairs, and the use of an oscilloscope
plus operating the Club Station on 4m
25th FebTICLecture: Wiring up to your wireless – radio interfacing with G6GVI
10th MarchBritanniaActivity night: simple antenna construction
plus operating the Club Station on 2m & 4m
24th MarchnoneNo meeting: Bank Holiday
31st MarchBritanniaLecture: Summits on the Air – with Ian G7KXV
14th AprilTICLecture: Pictures by radio – SSTV with M1NUS and M1DOT
28th AprilBritanniaLecture: World-Wide Wireless – IRLP and EchoLink with 2E0CRX
Plus a review of VHF contesting
12th MayBritanniaLecture: In Plane Sight – SBS RADAR with M1NUS
26th MaynoneNo meeting: Bank Holiday
9th JuneBritanniaActivity night: VHF direction-finding techniques and 2m beam design
23rd June 2m direction-finding field event starting from the Britannia Hotel
14th JulyBritanniaLecture: 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 SeptBritanniaEGM (to update our Constitution)
Lecture: DXing with digimodes – PSK operation on HF, with Noel M0VOM
22nd SeptBritanniaLecture: ATV – fast-scan television on the microwave bands, with Darren G7LWT et al.
13th OctBritanniaActivity night: interfacing and setting up for digimodes
plus operating the Club station on HF PSK
27th OctBritanniaLecture: Aerials for the MF bands – loading up wires, masts and fishing-rods on 160m and 80m!
with G6GVI
10th NovBritanniaActivity night: Question Time - a panel of experts discuss radio topics suggested by the audience.
24th NovBritanniaLecture: Vintage Wireless Restoration - valves and veneers with Keith G1RAO
10th DecBritanniaJoint Christmas social with GM RAYNET (note that this is a Wednesday)
22nd Dec Christmas break - no meeting
12th Jan 2009BritanniaAnnual General Meeting - election of the Committee, and plans for the coming year.
26th Jan 2009BritanniaLecture: Simple wire antennas – for portable and fixed station use, with Bill G3NQX

Updated 22-Sep-2008