Ragchew
Long before the age of the Internet, the club had a newsletter called “RAGCHEW”. In 2012, the late Brian Millard (M6BRI) resurrected this publication. He edited and published it until his untimely death in early 2016 when control passed to G4CIB.
These documents are "pdf" files.
Edited by the G4CIB
2019
- From the editor
- Contest Update
- Stan G4YYR - From the Archives
- RF Notes
- RadCom Plus
- Before Amateur Radio
- GARES on Facebook
- The Bands Explained: 19m, 16m and 15m
- Morse Practice on the Air
- G4CIB/P and G4RHK/P on Lundy
- From the editor
- Nick Perkins - G3MA
- Contest Update
- Cricket World Cup Amateur Radio Marathon Activity - GB19EB
- G2HX/P - Low Power Field day
- GB4RSE - Special Event Station
- 80m Club Championship
- Resurrection of a Classic
- Now it can be told
- The Bands Explained: 31m, 25m and 20m
- Minutes of the Meeting held at “The Lamb” Inn, Kings Square on 20th October 1966
- From the Archives
- From the editor
- Bank Holiday Operating on Crickley Hill
- A Crickley Hill Selection
- And Finally...
- From the editor
- Contest Update
- The Future of Radio Clubs
- From the Archives
- Semaphore and Morse Signs
- POW Radios Part 3
- NFD 2019
- 50MHz Test (UKSMG)
- Thinking Day on the Air
- Construction Contest
- From the editor
- RSGB AGM Birmingham
- Gloucester Repeater Group AGM
- POW Radios Part 2
- Contest Roundup
- From the Archives
- A Marconi Mystery Key
- The Bands Explained (80m and 60m)
- Spring is Sprung (/P operating)
- From the Archives
- From the editor
- A Flying Visit to Lundy
- POW Radios
- Is This a Stream key
- A Selection of Photos
- Homeward Bound From Lundy
- From the editor
- New Year - New Challenges
- A New 2m Beacon
- Heathkit Becoming Collectable
- Development of a CI-V (Remote) Interface for the Icom IC-7300
- Christmas Holiday Operating
- Archive Photos
2018
- From the editor
- Christmas & New Year Holiday Tasks
- Contest update
- RF Notes
- Calling all ships
- A comment about RF Notes
- Portable station for the winter challenge
- Marconi Kestrel radio
- From the editor
- Contest Round-Up
- Antenna Workshops
- IC703 vs FT817
- A Rare (and Valuable!) Telegraph Key
- A windy day at the Priory
- And a Chilly Day at Crickley!
- G4CIB and G4RHK on Lundy
- A Lundy Improvisation
- RF Notes
- From the editor
- Contest Round-Up
- Antenna Workshops
- Summer Picnic
- RF Notes
- British Inland Waterways on the Air - GB4RSE
- A selection of photos submitted by members
- From the editor
- New Members
- RSGB Training and Log Books
- Errors, Corrections and Ommissions
- Contest Round Up
- RF Notes
- G2HX/P - NFD 2018
- 6m QSO with USA
- Construction Contest
- From the editor
- G4CIB and G4RHK in Lundy
- RSGB AGM - Birmingham
- Intermediate Training outdoors
- Portable on the Exe Estuary
- Contest Round Up
- RF Notes
- Portable Operation on Crickley Hill
- From the editor
- GARES Spring Challenge
- RSGB AGM
- RF Notes
- My entry in the Spring Challenge
- Amateur Radio Insights
- From the GARES Archives
- From the editor
- Contest Roundup
- From the GARES archives
- RF Notes
- 2m/70cm Antenna
- Lundy to Scilly Isles QSO attempt
- Here's one I made earlier
- From the RSGB and GARES archives
- From the editor
- Contest Roundup
- A 4m/6m Multiband Dipole
- GB4QBP Quedegley Brownie Pack 2018
- Here's one I made earlier
- Club visit to BBC Droitwich Transmitter - 1983
- RF Notes
- March 1970 144MHz Contest
- From the editor
- January AFS 80m-40m
- January UKAC
- An introduction to using Amateur Satellites
- How to Become a Cool Grandad
- Listening Through Oscar 6 in 1972
- RF Notes
- New Aerials for 6 thru 70
January 2018 (Contest Edition)
- From the editor
- January 144MHz UKAC
- 80m (3.5 MHz) Club Championship
- AFS (Affiliated Societies) 3.5-7MHz CW & SSB
- AFS (Affiliated Societies) Super League 2016-17
- Overall UKAC
- 50MHz UKAC
- 70MHz UKAC
- 144MHz UKAC
- 432MHz UKAC
- 2017 UKAC Comments
- Practical Wireless 70MHz Contest
- Hints for Hams
- Christmas Crossword Answers
- VHF Championship
- Low Power Contest (80m, 40m and 20m)
2017
- From the editor
- Congratulations
- Hints for Hams
- Any Mac users out there?
- Christmas Crossword
- RF Notes
- An Interesting Trip to the Isle of wight
- A Small World
- Should I sign /P or /M?
- I Saw The Light - A Jackanory with a Happy Ending
Autumn 2017 (October and November)
- From the editor
- Contest Roundup
- RF Notes
- Metrovna VNA Pro Touch Antenna Analyser review
- Practical Wireless 4 Metre Contest
- Should I sign /P or /M?
- QSO Workshop
- G4CIB and G4RHK on Lundy
- 70cm Contact Attempt: Scilly to Lundy
- Caption Competition
- From the editor
- GB4GHF - Saturday 2nd September
- RF Notes
- A Simple Dipole for 2 Metres
- Low Power Field Day 2017
- Crickley August Bank Holiday 2017
- A New Club Initiative - Training Workshops
Summer 2017 (June, July and August)
- From the editor
- GB4GLM - Saturday 17th June
- GB4GHF - Saturday 2nd September
- RF Notes
- Tony Kingscote (BRS479)
- From the GARES Archive
- ICOM CI-V Interface project overview
- More from the GARES Archive
- From the editor
- Contest Roundup
- Coming up: Informal meeting and special event stations
- Bits for Homebrew VHF/UHF Antennas
- Operating GB0WMD at Alum Bay on Saturday 25th April 2017
- From the Archive: May 1987 Newsletter
- AMSAT-UK
- RF Notes
- Photos from the Archives
- Digital Speech using ‘Continuous 4 level FM’ (C4FM)
- Celebrating 20 Years in GARES
- From the editor
- RSGB Study Books
- The Radio Amateur Old Timers’ Association (RAOTA)
- Contesting (by a beginner)
- RF Notes
- from the Archives
- From the editor
- The UK Six Metre Group
- RF Notes
- Lundy Island
- Interference on 2 Metres
- And Finally
- From the editor
- The GQRP Club
- Contest gossip
- You're S0 here OM
- From the G8CIB and G4CIB QSL Archives
- The scanning years
- The club DF scene
- From the editor
- 2016 Contest roundup
- An Interesting QSL Card
- From the GARES Archives
- A Day on the Mountain 1978
- The BBC Micro:Bit
- G4CIB/P Operating on Boxing Day
2016
- From the editor
- An initiative worth supporting
- Contest gossip
- A short history of my way into Amateur Radio
- Time to check those batteries
- From the archives
- The Lundy "Old Light" award
- GARES members enjoying the Christmas meal
- From the editor
- Contest gossip
- Operating QRP from IM97kp
- More photographs from the GARES archive
- From the editor
- Contest gossip
- The Top band Cycling Club
- G3SGS
- How I got into Amateur Radio
- From the archives
- GARES - UKAC update
- From the editor
- How I became interested in Radio
- Spring challenge
- Operating on Lundy
- Cheap and cheerful Moxon loop for 70cm
- From The contest archives
- From the editor (G2HX)
- Contest gossip
- Construction competition 2016
- 28-70 MHz transverter kit from transverters store
- More NFD photos (1980)
- Use it or lose it!
- Contest gossip
- My DAB domestic radio experience
- QRP Operating - part 2
- Brian Millard (M6BRI)
- Pauline Clayton (G8MZV)
- Tuesday night is UKAC on VHF/UHF/SHF Bands
- Club championship contest happenings
- Computer logging software
- QRP Operating
- Ragchew - the future
Edited by the late M6BRI
2015
- Holiday Operating in EI - Then 1982 and Now 2014
- Monuments to Guglielmo Marconi - a quick quiz
- 2 Metres – Then and Now
- A New Year Resolution
- Some jokes from the crackers
- Giving a Few Points Away Can Be Fun
- Portable Operating in the clouds
- G4CIB and G4RHK on Lundy
- More Welsh David's
- Simple Cable Tidy
- RSGB Low Power CW contest G4AYM/P 'Field Day'
- Extract from Ragchew June 1985
- Visit to Severn Area Rescue Association
- Youngest GARES Member
- Nicknames in South Wales
- Camera Batteries
2014
- GB4GC
- The Year We Had a Lot of Fun – 1973 (Part 1)
- Crickly Hill Country Park Meeting
- Further 1970s 2 Metre Contest Reminiscences
- History in a Shoebox
2013
- The night before Christmas
- This takes the biscuit
- Ofcom policy review
- An Inverted Delta Loop for 6 Metres
- Electronic Love
- Times Past - In Celebration 1858
- Who was Hans Beggerow?
- A Quick, Cheap and Easy Desk Microphone Project
- Who Was Loren Windom?
- G0ULH Verticals
- Hve u hrd?
2012
- An Amateur working in Antarctica
- Military Wireless Museum
- Heard on the air
- Dxpedition to Black Rock
- A tale to tell
- JOTA Station GX4AYM at Wotton-under-Edge
- G2BI Aerial
- Heard on the air
- Watts in a name
- Olympic Torch
- The Radio Ham (poem)
- 1988 RAE
- Heard on the air
Unknown Editor
1999
- GARES wins Frank Hoosen Trophy
- 1999 Club calls contest
- Thanks from Margaret
- The AGM
- What goes on at Barrow Wake?
- The DF Hunt
- From the fox's point of view
- Dates for your diary
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