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Pat passed away peacefully on Monday, 15th February 2010 at Gloucester Royal Hospital after a short illness. Our sympathy to his family and friends.

His Funeral Service will be held at Christ Church, Abbeydale on Wednesday 10th March at 10am. Family flowers only.

An obituary will appear on this website shortly.
If you have any memories of Pat that you would like to contribute to this obituary, please email them to gares@g4aym.org.uk or use our Contact Us form.

We reserve the right to edit or exclude submissions.

New Club Project and Contest

Our second construction project is a QRP (5W) 80m SSB transceiver with optional CW adaptor.

Coupled to this, we have also announced an 80m QRP Countries Ladder

Click here for more details of the construction project

Click here for more details of the countries ladder

News Mick and Smithy Talk Antennas Now read episode SIX Click here for more. The Mayor of Gloucester visited our special event station, GB2GHW Did you? Click here or on photo for more about listening to Amateur Radio signals. Photos Click on this panel to see more photos of these events and photos of more events. Club members at the 2010 Harwell Rally Another skittles match against Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association Special Event Station GB2GHW August Bank Holiday at Crickley Hill Country Park

Next Few Meetings     Monday, 15th March 2010 at 7.30pm       Bring and Show your station       Bring your favourite piece of equipment or a photograph of your station.        This meeting will be held at Churchdown School        Monday, 22nd March 2010 at 7.30pm       Workshop/Operating VHF        This meeting will be held at Churchdown School        Monday, 29th March 2010 at 7.30pm       Informal Meeting        This meeting will be held at Churchdown School    Gloucestershire Repeater Group run the local repeaters on 2m and 70cm, a beacon on 10GHz and various packet systems. NEW 70cm REPEATER Please follow this link for more details. Our neighbouring clubs: Cheltenham Worcester Stroud Thornbury Forest of Dean Amateur Radio Group Software Defined Radio Click here to listen to a software defined receiver in Holland 10GHz Following the successful 10GHz demonstration, more information on 10GHz can be found on the G3HPO web site. Follow this link for more details. PIC Basics Click here for files to support the book "PIC Basics" which has been written by Cliff Powlesland, who is a member of GARES, and published by the RSGB. This year, several club members once again enjoyed the National Vintage Communications Fair, which was organised by the British Vintage Wireless Society. Many members intend to go again this year. The rally was on Sunday, May 10th 2009 at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, at the junction of the A425 and the B4455. Click here to visit the rally web site. www.amateurradiotraining.org are now running on-line Amateur Radio training courses. Follow the link for more details. Reciprocal Links

To contact the club please send an e-mail to gares AT g4aym DOT org DOT uk, or just come along to one of our meetings.