Western area amateur repeater

Last meeting we discussed items that we might want to acquire or build for use in operating events. Among the items discussed were coax, push-up poles, and antennas. During the august meeting we will discuss and decide what if any purchases to make. Item up for consideration are:. Winter Field Day will be on January , - start planning now! We are an ARRL affiliated club and we offer a wide range of Amateur Radio activities, as well as licensing test sessions every other month. Meetings start at PM.

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We also encourage a range of technical, instructional and social events to promote the development of all radio amateurs, be they newcomers to the hobby or the already advanced amateur. If you would like to become a radio amateur, then please read this page which tells you how to achieve it. We can provide training at Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced level and have a good record of exam passes at all three levels. We seem to be running Foundation training courses almost all the time but we do run Intermediate and Advanced courses as and when required - generally, it's when we have sufficient candidates.

The club has members with many different backgrounds, and technical training and interests. The two meter repeater operates on The MHZ repeater frequency is An open operating night is held at PM each Wednesday, and everyone is welcome to visit. This means we have a few youth guest operators at the station to learn more about contesting.