Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club
Home of the Wiltshire Radio Rally
Our friends at Newbury ARS will be hosting their annual Bootsale at the Newbury Showground this weekend, just off the M4/A34 junction. This event attracts many traders and you’re likely to find plenty of bargains there.
Look out for our Club Chairman Brian G6HUI and Vicki M3HUI handing out Wiltshire Radio Rally flyers.
With good weather forecast it’s certainly not one to be missed.https://www.nadars.org.uk/
Due to a village event there will be no Club Meeting on Tuesday 27th June.
We will meet again on Tuesday 4th of July.
What started as a lovely warm evening ended up rather damp but we did manage to get 4 portable stations set up.
Jon G0IUE – brought an IC-705 and a Chameleon F Loop and worked 30m FT8 from the boot of his car.
IC-705 FT8 on 30m and the Chameleon Loop
Brian G6HUI opted for the Xiegu X6100 also using a Chameleon F Loop using 20m and 10m
Robert M0RWX brought a Discovery 500 transceiver and mono band HF wire antennas.
Robert M0RWX and his portable HF and VHF radios and antennas.
Jacek M0PLS also went for a Discovery 500 hooked up to the optional 60w amplifier and used a Buddipole antenna on 20m.
Shortly after we got going the heavens opened and we hastily headed in to the hall. It was a fun evening despite the rain. We did manage a Facebook Live event on the public Chippenham and District Facebook page and this can be found on a simple search once logged on.
No Club next week (27th June) due to a prior booked village event but we will be back at the hall on Tuesday 4th July.