Callington Amateur Radio Society News
Our next meeting is on the 5th of February.
Bring along your latest project working or not, Have you let the smoke out? who knows our experienced constructors maybe able to help!
Our March meeting is on the 4th of March.
Bring along your latest project working or not, Have you let the smoke out? who knows our experienced constructors maybe able to help!
Our March meeting is on the 4th of March.
Having a shack clear out? bring along your surplus gear to sell to members.
Anything left can be entered onto the bring and buy stall at the Annual Rally at Callington Town Hall which will be on Sunday the 29th March 2020 1000 to 1300 BST.
An illustrated talk and demonstration of 3D printing by Chris G7MFR (Fareham & District Amateur Radio Club)
Lyn Crawley, from the Red Arrows support/publicity team will give us a talk on the world famous aerobatic display team. All other Radio Club members are very welcome to join us for this exciting evening. In order to defray expenses there will be a small charge of £3.00 for non members. Callington ARS members to pay the usual meeting fee. This meeting is being held subject to the presenters' Military Defence commitments.
********Unfortunately this presentation for the 6th of November has had to be cancelled due to Defence commitments and we apologise for any disappointment. We hope to be able to reschedule this event for early 2020, keep checking the website for further details********
********Unfortunately this presentation for the 6th of November has had to be cancelled due to Defence commitments and we apologise for any disappointment. We hope to be able to reschedule this event for early 2020, keep checking the website for further details********
Due to the Callington Honey Fair on Wednesday October 2nd, our next meeting will be held in Callington Town Hall on Wednesday 6th of November.
Our weekly get togethers at The Engine House, Florence Hill, Kelly Bray on Wednesdays at circa 2pm are not affected, so hope to see you there.
Our weekly get togethers at The Engine House, Florence Hill, Kelly Bray on Wednesdays at circa 2pm are not affected, so hope to see you there.
In a change from recent years, there will now be a meeting in August at the usual venue, Callington Town Hall, 7pm for 7.30 on the 7th of August. Following the usual natter we hope to have a short radio related film (details TBC). Also, remember, subs are due!
VHF NFD takes place over 24 hours Saturday 6th to Sunday 7th July. We'd like to put a station on the air - even if not strictly competitive, and probably not operating overnight (but feel free if you're so inclined!) - from near the Engine House, Florence Road, Kelly Bray. If you're interested in helping to run the station please let Roger 2E0RPH ( 2e0rph@gmail.com
) know of your intentions.
The next CARS Monthly Meeting will be at Callington Town Hall Council Chamber on Wednesday the 3rd July, 7pm for 7:30 start as usual, and will feature a half-hour film called "The Silent Listeners" detailing the activities of radio amateurs who were engaged to "listen in" on WWII German radio traffic. A thoughly informative film, very well presented, and worth seeing.
For those of our Members who were not present at the AGM, or havent yet renewed their subscriptions, a gentle reminder that subs are now due: come and make Alastair a happy Treasurer...
If you're unable to get to meetings - either at the Engine House. Florence Road, Kelly Bray, most Wednesday afternoons between 2 and 4, or the CARS Monthly Meetings - but wish to remain a CARS Member, do let us know: that way you won't fall off the mailing list!
The next meeting of CARS will be on Wednesday 1st May at the usual (Callington Council Chamber) venue at 19:00 for 19:30, and will feature a presentation from Cambridge via Skype about Summits On the Air (SOTA).
Two Members of Dartmoor Radio Club will also be in attendance.
The Annual General Meeting of the Callington Amateur Radio Society (CARS) will take place on Wednesday 3rd April 2019 in the Council Chamber of Callington Town Hall commencing at 7.30pm.
Members are invited to submit nominations for election of Officers and Committee members for the following year.. The Secretary has already sent out the Agenda, Nominations form, and covering letter by individual e-mail to all Members. Please note that the current Secretary is not standing for re-election, and that the Webmaster also wishes to stand down from that post. Nomination forms to be returned by 30th March.
Time to clear out your unwanted "stuff" - as Milady calls it! Sell it at the Callington Rally BRING and BUY stall
February 1st - A two part evening with M0DXR talking about Kenwood & Contests
- By Alan Heritage
- •
- 22 Nov, 2016
We are lucky to have secured Mark M0DXR to present at the club meeting on 1st February 2017. Mark will be giving a 2 part talk, firstly about Kenwood and their products and then about his experiences and techniques in major contests.
Mark is the UK Sales Manager for Kenwood and an accomplished contester. He was also the founder of the contest university. He holds the call M0DXR and G9W. Just look at some of his recent achievements (courtesy of his QRZ.com page).
This is a great opportunity and we want to make sure that Mark's time and effort in coming to Cornwall is well rewarded with a great turnout. Make sure you have this in your diary. 7PM 1st February 2017 at Callington Town Hall.
I have extended an invite to this meeting to other clubs in the region and if you haven't expressed an interest please do so quickly. We would love to welcome all Radio Amateurs from across the region to join us. If you are not a CARS member and wish to join in please contact me via the Contact Us page.
Alan G4EOG
Mark is the UK Sales Manager for Kenwood and an accomplished contester. He was also the founder of the contest university. He holds the call M0DXR and G9W. Just look at some of his recent achievements (courtesy of his QRZ.com page).
| Year | Contest |
Call |
Country | Category | Final Score | Position Country | Position Continent | Position World |
| 2016 | CQWW SSB | K3LR | USA | M/M | 13,241,088 (claimed) | 1 (claimed) | 2 (claimed) | 7 (claimed) |
| 2016 | ARRL DX SSB | G9W | England | SOSB 15 HP | 334,341 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | RSGB AFS Phone | M0DXR | England | HP | 1,912 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | RSGB AFS CW | M0DXR | England | HP | 1,667 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | CQWW CW | TI5W | Costa Rica | SOAB HP | 9,558,246 | 1 (Country Record) | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | CQWW SSB | G9W | England | SOSB 20 HP | 1,352,575 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | RSGB IOTA | G9W | England | SO 12 CW LP | 450,870 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | CQWPX CW | G9W | England | SOAB HP | 9,632,154 | 1 (Country Record) | 10 | 26 |
| 2015 | CQWPX SSB | 5E5E | Morocco | M/2 | 78,854,065 | 1 (Country Record) | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | ARRL DX SSB | TI5W | Costa Rica | M/2 | 13,087,122 | 1 (Country Record) | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | RSGB AFS Phone | M0DXR | England | HP | 1,775 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
This is a great opportunity and we want to make sure that Mark's time and effort in coming to Cornwall is well rewarded with a great turnout. Make sure you have this in your diary. 7PM 1st February 2017 at Callington Town Hall.
I have extended an invite to this meeting to other clubs in the region and if you haven't expressed an interest please do so quickly. We would love to welcome all Radio Amateurs from across the region to join us. If you are not a CARS member and wish to join in please contact me via the Contact Us page.
Alan G4EOG
