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Field Days and Club Calls
Gloucester Amateur Radio and Electronics Society takes part in numerous radio contests. We've even won some of them!
In 2008, we intend to take part in the following contests.
| Date
| Contest
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| 7-8th June
| HF NFD (National Field Day)
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| 20th July
| Low Power Field Day
See panel on right
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| 8th November
| Club Calls
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Click here to see some photos of the 2005 field days
Our recent contest entries (and results) were:
| Contest
| Result
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| 2007 Low Power
| 5th, 10W Portable section, 930 points
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| 2007 (HF) National Field Day
| 25th, Restricted Section, 2131 points
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| 2006 Low Power
| 4th, 10W Portable section, 860 points
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| 2006 National Field Day
| 21st, Restricted Section, 2711 points
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| 2005 Club Calls
| 45th, 864 points
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| 2005 Low Power
| 2nd, 10W Portable section, 915 points
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| 2005 National Field Day
| 22nd, Restricted Section, 2377 points
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| 2004 Club Calls
| 42nd, 945 points
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| 2004 Low Power
| 3rd, 10W Portable section, 962 points
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| 2004 National Field Day
| 23rd, Restricted Section, 2348 points
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| 2003 Club Calls
| 36th, 1036 points
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| 2003 Low Power
| 2nd, 10W Portable section, 1015 points
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| 2003 National Field Day
| 25th, Restricted Section, 962 points
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| 2002 Club Calls
| 66th, 464 points
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| 2002 Low Power
| 4th, 10W Portable section, 795 points
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| 2002 National Field Day
| 4th, Low Power Section, 528 points - all from 40m
Leading 7.0MHz (40m) entry in this section
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| 2001 Club Calls
| 17th, 1206 points
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Earlier successes included:
- 1934 National Field Day, winner
- 1957 National Field Day, leading 3.5MHz (80m) entry
- 1970 National Field Day, leading 1.8MHz (160m) entry
- 1977 SSB Field Day 2nd British Station, 4th European Station
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Low Power Field Day 2008
This year, we plan to use our "Equipment of Yesteryear" to enter the Low Power Field Day. This means:
- separate transmitter and receiver
- valve based equipment
- homebuilt transmitter
- WWII receiver
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Construction
We run our own Construction contests, for members. This is normally held in April of each year. The prizes are:
The Morgan Key
This 1940's vintage morse key, mounted on a wooden plinth, was presented to the society by Tom Morgan. Tom was a former chairman of the club.
The Key is presented at the Annual General Meeting and is the only award
where the committee decide who should receive it.
The key is awarded to the member who, in the judgement of the committee, has
contributed most to the furtherance of the society during the year.
The Stan Cook Shield
The shield was presented to the Society in remembrance of Stan Cook. The
shield goes to the winner of the simple section of the annual construction
contest.
Those of us that knew Stan can remember the encouragement he gave especially
to the younger members.
The Kingscote Award
This award was instigated in remembrance of Tony Kingscote, a chairman of the
society for many years. It is the prize for the winning
entry in the complex section of the annual construction contest.
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Direction Finding
During the winter months, we run a series of informal direction finding contests around the school premises. These are conducted on top band and 2m.
The Direction Finding Trophy, which was generously donated to the society by Dave Miller, is awarded to the most successful participant in the DF hunts run by the society during the year. Dave Miller was a keen DFer.
For more details about our DF hunts, click this panel
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