Gloucester Amateur Radio and Electronics Society



















Bank Holidays On The Air

We have moved to a new location and time for our Bank Holidays On The Air sessions. The new location is at Crickley Hill Country Park, which is about half a mile (1Km) from the old site. From the "Air Balloon" public house and roundabout, take the A436 which is signed to Oxford. After about 100yards (100m) turn left towards Cheltenham. The entrance to the Country Park is about 300 yards (300m) down the Cheltenham Road on the left.
The new times for the meetings are 1pm to 4pm.
We look forward to seeing you at our new location.


Why not join our

HF - On The Air Net

Sundays at 7.30pm local time - 3.650MHz SSB

Next Few Meetings

   PLEASE NOTE: There are NO meetings at the school until our AGM   
   on September 8th...
   
   but there's lots happening over the summer break   


    Monday, 14th July 2008 at 7.30pm   

    Visit to a Radio Cornucopia   

    Contact a committee member if you need the location.   


    Monday, 21st July 2008 at 7.30pm   

    DF Contest at Crickley Hill Country Park   

    Click here for details.   


    Monday, 11th August 2008 at 7.30pm   

    Picnic at Beechenhurst Lodge   

    Click here for details of the location.   

On The Air

Why not join our "meeting on the air." Every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm (19.30 hours) local time. We call on 145.500MHz and then move to a free channel (normally 145.550MHz).

You could also find us on-the-air on Monday evenings when we are operating from the School


On Bank Holiday Monday afternoons we operate from an elevated location at Crickley Hill Country Park (entrance at grid reference SO936163). Join us or listen for our call sign:

G4AYM

Click here to see some photographs of club members at our Bank Holiday "on-the-air" site.

This Year's Meetings

If the meeting is a link, you can click on the link for more details.

2008
January 7th 20 Questions Quiz Night
January 14th GPS (Global Positioning Systems) - by Steve (G4HFT)
January 21st Informal Meeting
January 28th Informal Meeting
February 4th Direct Conversion Receivers - by Tony (G4HBV)
February 11th Informal Meeting
February 18th A review of the club's Test Equipment
February 25th Informal Meeting
March 3rd Understanding Arrowsmiths - by Brian (G4CIB)
March 10th Book Sale - Bring a book - Proceeds to the club
March 17th Informal Meeting
March 24th Easter Monday - No meeting at the school
On the air from Crickley Hill Country Park (Note new location) from about 1pm to about 4pm.
March 31st Informal Meeting
April 7th Construction Competition
April 14th Visit of Trevor Bailey (M0KMB), The RSGB's new Regional Representative
April 21st Club Project - Top Band Direct Conversion Receiver for DF Contests
A talk on the project by Cliff (G8CQZ)
April 28th Informal Meeting and Project Building
May 5th May Day Bank Holiday - No meeting at the school
On the air from Crickley Hill Country Park (see panel top right) from about 1pm to about 4pm.
May 12th Interesting Engines, by Mike (G0VWH)
Another follow-up to his previous talks on Wind Power and Hydro Power
May 19th Contest Logging Software - Explanation and Hands-On - Steve (G4HFT)
May 26th Spring Bank Holiday - No meeting at the school
On the air from Crickley Hill Country Park (see panel top right) from about 1pm to about 4pm.
June 2nd Low End VHF (4m and 6m) Evening
June 9th Informal Meeting and Project Building
June 16th Club Project Test Evening
June 23rd Informal Meeting
June 30th QRP Transmitter Trials - Steve (G4HFT)
July 7th Informal Meeting
July 14th Visit to a Radio Cornucopia
All club members welcome
See committee members for location
July 21st DF Hunt at Crickley Hill Country Park - Club Members Only.
July 28th No Meeting (School Closed for Summer Break)
August 4th No Meeting (School Closed for Summer Break)
August 11th Club Picnic at Beechenhurst in the Forest of Dean
More details later.
August 18th No Meeting (School Closed for Summer Break)
August 25th August (Summer) Bank Holiday - No meeting at the school
On the air from Crickley Hill Country Park (see panel top right) from about 1pm to about 4pm.
September 1st No Meeting (School Closed for Summer Break)
September 8th Annual General Meeting


We tend to have a formal meeting, such as a lecture or DF Hunt, on the first Monday of each month and informal meetings on the other Mondays.

The informal meetings give members a chance to get on the air, do some construction work, just have a good old chin-wag with some old friends, or make some new friends.

We also have rigs and equipment for members to use

Tea, coffee and biscuits are normally available (for a very small charge) at our meetings

Why not join us? Come along and we will make you very welcome.

Previous Years' Meetings (Highlights)

If the meeting is a link, you can click on the link for more details.

2007
January 8nd Using Club Antenna Analyser
January 22nd Mini DF Hunt
February 5th The Birth Pangs of British Radar, by Tony (G4HBV)
March 5th Weather and Radio, by Anne (2E1GKY) and Brian (G4CIB)
March 12th Hydro Power, by Mike (G0VWH)
April 2nd The Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway and Leckhampton Quarry Tramroads, a slide show and talk by Malcolm (G6UGW)
May 21st Mini DF Hunt
June 11th 10GHz Demonstration Evening
July 9th Visit to Nuclear Bunker
August 6th Airport Visit
August 13th Newnham Picnic
September 10th Direction Finding Competition
September 17th Lundy Link?
October 1st Virtual Radio - by Cliff (G8CQZ)
October 15th Direction Finding Competition
November 5th Basic Receivers - by Steve (G4HFT)
November 12th Direction Finding Competition
December 3rd Gloucester Redevelopment - by Brian (G4CIB) and Malcolm (G6UGW)
December 10th Leta's Christmas Buffet
2006
January 9th Four Metre Evening
January 16th Vintage Receiver Renovation
January 30th Mini DF Hunt
February 27th Mini DF Hunt
March 6th Transceiver Talk by Steve, G4HFT
March 27th Link to Lundy?
April 10th Construction Contest
May 15th WEB Sites by Cliff G8CQZ
May 22nd Wind Power by Mike G0VWH
July 3rd Bring and Show Morse Keys
August 14th Newnham Ramble
October 2nd 144MHz Power Amplifiers, by G4CIB
October 23rd Mini DF Hunt
November 13th 2m Handheld Check
December 4th Slide Show: "Malcolm goes East"
December 11th Leta's Christmas Buffet
2005
January 10th Talk, "A Small Slice of Pye" by Cliff G8CQZ
February 7th "Cradle to Steeple" by Rev. Mike Rogers FRaeS
March 7th "The Story of the National Radio Company" by Steve, G4HFT
March 21st "HRO Demonstration" by Steve (G4HFT) and Brian (G4CIB)
April 11th "Early Days of Wireless" by Mike G0VWH
April 18th Construction Contest
May 16th Meeting with RSGB Regional Sub Manager to discuss Ofcom proposals for radio deregulation
July 4th Lundy Calling (G4CIB on Lundy)
August 15th GARES Summer Picnic.
September 26th DF Contest
November 14th DF Contest
December 5th "River Severn" by Tony G4HBV
December 12th Leta's Christmas Buffet
2004
August 27th Club Visit to a cornucopia of radio equipment
October 4th Visit of OH2LRD
November 1st Talk on "Oscillators in Amateur Radio" by Cliff, G8CQZ
November 29th Bring and Show: Classic Radio Books
December 6th Talk on "Acorn Valves" by Tony, G4HBV
December 13th Leta's Christmas Buffet
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