Society News
| Winner of Presidents Challenge |
| March 23rd, 2008 21:14 |
| Jack G7ACG has won the challenge set by SADARS President Robin Miller. At last year's AGM, Robin set a challenge for members of the Society to present essay's with the title "The effect of Global Warming on Propagation". Robin judged Jack's excellent essay to be the winner. Jack will be presented with his prize of £20 at this years AGM on the 3rd of April. Graeme G4NVH |
| Stafford Castle - Science & Technology Week |
| February 22nd, 2008 19:54 |
| Stafford & Districts Amateur Radio Society will be operating from Stafford Castle over the weekend of 8th & 9th March in support of the Science and Technology week. All bands 160 to 70cm will be in operation. The society would be pleased to meet any members of the public/fellow Radio Amateurs who would like to visit the Castle over the weekend. Graeme G4NVH |
| Return of the ZI |
| September 2nd, 2007 13:52 |
| After a prolonged absence, the 70cm Stafford Repeater, GB3ZI has recently returned on the air waves. Further details can be found on the Stafford Repeater Group web site:http://www.staffordrepeatergroup.org.uk/ Reception reports are very welcome and should be sent to the repeater keeper, Brian G8VPR, who's address details are correct via QRZ.com. A big thank-you to all involved in getting this excellent resource back on the air. Graeme G4NVH |
| Web Site for GC3SBL/P - www.gc3sbl.org.uk |
| June 29th, 2007 00:01 |
| There will be a special web site running for the Isle of Anglesey Field Trip over the weekend of 29th June -2nd July. Latest news, Operating Schedule, Photo Gallery and Blog should be up and running. See: www.gc3sbl.org.uk Thanks to Peter 2E0VTS for getting this operational Graeme G4NVh |
| Isle of Anglesey Field Trip -GC3SBL/P |
| June 15th, 2007 23:11 |
| On 29th June - 2nd July the Stafford & Districts Amateur Radio Society will be holding it's Annual Field Trip on the Isle of Anglesey. 24 members of the Society will spend four days operating all bands from 160m to 70cm. It is hoped to run a live web page detailing operating frequencies and modes etc. |
| New Chairman Elected |
| April 14th, 2007 18:50 |
| Allan, G4NJR, was elected as the new SADARS Chairman at the recently held AGM. The officers of the committee remained largely unchanged but several additional members were co-opted in. Thanks to all for the stirling work during 2006/7 Graeme G4NVH |
| New Radio Masts |
| February 2nd, 2007 09:28 |
| The club's equipment inventory has recently been boosted with the addition of two radio masts. A 30ft Altron mast donated by the wife of Jim G4POH and a 60ft Versatower donated by Brian G8VPR, both of whom we thank very much. The masts are not yet in a useable state but it is hoped that over the next few months this can be rectified. In addition Jon, G7PFT has indicated that the mast currently being used to host GB3IP, will also be available later in the year for club use. Thanks Jon. Graeme G4NVH |
| Appointment of QSL Manager |
| September 22nd, 2006 23:09 |
| Brian G8VPR, has been appointed as the Stafford and Districts Amateur Radio Society QSL Manager. Graeme G4NVH |
| SOTA Team Ousted by National Trust Wardens |
| September 17th, 2006 17:06 |
| The recent SOTA operation from the summit of the Cloud SP015, were cut short by the visit of two National Trust Wardens, who requested that the Aerials be taken down immediately. According to the Wardens, a licence is required to operate a radio station from National Trust Property. Six members of the Society took part in the event. Excellent contacts were made on 2m & 60m. Graeme G4NVH |
| New WX Sat Web Site |
| September 10th, 2006 19:21 |
| John G0FSM, a member of the Stafford & Districts Amateur Radio Society, has launched his new Web Site. The site contains many High Definition WX images recently captured from the Geostationary and Polar Orbiting Satellites. For further details see www.g0fsm.net 73 Graeme G4NVH |
| Isle of Anglesey 2007 Activity Weekend |
| September 1st, 2006 14:30 |
| Further to the excellent 2006 weekend, the date for the Isle of Anglesey Activity Weekend has been set for Friday 29th June - Monday 2nd July 2007 inc. Please let Allan G4NJR, know of your provisional interest, so that we get some idea of numbers etc. Graeme G4NVH |
| Website News and Calendar Updates |
| August 27th, 2006 09:47 |
| Thanks to the stirling work of John G0FSM (Web master) we now have the ability to update various sections of the website without John being involved. The big benefit of this will be that the Calendar (Activity Schedule) will be updated as soon as changes are known and should result in it being up to date at all times. Graeme G4NVH Chairman |
| The Societies New Website goes live |
| August 26th, 2006 15:26 |
| The Stafford And Districts ARS website has been completely redesigned and after testing has gone live. The work has been carried out over the last few weeks since the society moved hosting to a more reliable ISP. The old website, although having served us well, was "flat" in that it could not be edited easily by anyone other than the webmaster (me!). This new site has both a dynamic calendar that can be edited by committee members, but also a news publishing system that can be easily updated. The new site also makes heavy use of CSS for its formatting rather than tables. The site has been coded for Microsofts browsers, although work is continuing to make it cross browser compatible. Enjoy! John G0FSM |
