Ian Solly's digital radios
At Thursday’s meeting Ian Solly M0CAG demonstrated two digital radios. His Windows 10 PC was connected to the internet using a hotspot on his phone. On the left hand side of the photo you can see his DV Access Point Dongle, DVAP, plugged into an Icom 51E Dual Band D-Star handheld. The DV Access Point […]
Relativity and Amateur Radio
John Hislop gave a fascinating talk about how Einstein's relativity has relevance to hams. We talk about the ether but does it exist? Do radio waves need a medium to travel through? The Michelson and Morley experiment proved the non-existence of the ether but Einstein realised that the result led to the fact that radio […]
Intermediate successes
Good news from the Hilderstone radio club. After months of study and practical assessments four members, Patrick Bean, Philip Challans, Morgan Flynn and Steve Brett, sat the examination for the Intermediate level of the Amateur Radio Licence. Clive Widdus had guided them through the theory and they had already completed rigorous practical assessments. […]
National Women in Engineering day
‘Girls can’t what?’ stickers were much in evidence at Wellesley House school’s celebration of National Women in Engineering Day organised by STEM coordinator Kerry Sabin-Dawson. 30 girls from Wellesley and 30 girls from local primary and secondary schools came away from the event with the thought that they too could become an engineer. Chemical engineers […]
Museums on the Air 2016
Museums all over Europe put on special amateur radio stations to celebrate International Museums on the Air weekend including the Manston Spitfire Museum. The Hilderstone radio club set up GB1MSM and we were able to make radio contact with other museums in the UK, France, Germany and as far as Switzerland. […]
Wonderful News!
The Hilderstone radio club has won the top club of the year in Sussex and Kent for the third year running. The regional manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain Mick Senior presented the Hilderstone radio club with the shield. Mick said that the club’s application was outstanding for its outreach work, its organising […]
Three Youngsters give talks
The theme of Thursday’s meeting was how there are wonderful opportunities for young people to be had in amateur radio. The evening started with 12 year olds Ethan Beckett and Benny Yu giving a presentation on their once in a lifetime event speaking to astronaut Tim Peake on the International Space Station. They explained how […]
New gateway node
Matt Payne gave an excellent talk about his setup which enables amateur radio enthusiasts in the area to link up with other amateurs across the world. Matt originally created his gateway to allow him to connect to his cliff top home and link to the local repeater whilst walking on the beach using a handheld […]
Mills on the Air 2016
To highlight the wonderful heritage of windmills around the country amateur radio enthusiasts set up special event radio stations on National Mills weekend. The Hilderstone radio club set up theirs at the beautiful White Mill in Sandwich using the special call sign GB2WM. We were in the tiny Miller’s cottage with the antenna strung from […]
"GB1SS, this is GB1WHS calling"
What an experience at Wellesley House school! Everyone had an exciting time whether it was building a radio, trying on a space helmet and gloves or voyaging through space in a planetarium, culminating in the amateur radio contact with Tim Peake in the International Space Station. The club also contributed to the Space Extravaganza by […]