RadCom reports
RadCom Report April 2014
The Hilderstone R & EC took part in the SOS Radio Week at the Ramsgate Lifeboat Station with the call sign GB1RLS, raising funds for the RNLI. They had many contacts during the day and thoroughly enjoyed the successful event. Fifteen exam candidates filled the Crampton Museum hall for their foundation and intermediate exams. Everyone […]
RadCom Report March 2014
The Hilderstone R & EC’s first meeting of 2014 saw a pleasing turnout on a cold wintry evening. We welcomed a new member, Michael Elston G6GJT, who has been an amateur radio enthusiast for many years but never joined a club. We discussed arrangements for the special event radio station GB1RLS at the Ramsgate Lifeboat […]
RadCom Report February 2014
Some members of the Hilderstone R & EC joined in the fun with the year 2 pupils of the Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School making traffic lights using LEDs and conductive dough. The pupils loved getting their circuits to work and flashing the LEDs on and off. Thanks go to Chris Turner G0VUT, Chrissie […]
RadCom Report August 2014
The members had a wonderful day celebrating the International Museums Weekend at the Manston Spitfire and Hurricane museum. Early in the morning we set up a large tent in the grounds. As well as making lots of contacts with other museums across the country using our call sign GB1MSM we were able to publicise the […]
RadCom Report July 2014
The club had an excellent weekend celebrating Mills on the Air at the White Mill in Sandwich. We set up a special event radio station, with Matt Payne holding the call sign GB2WM. The White Mill has a fascinating history and one of our radio stations was in the tiny Miller’s Cottage where the miller’s […]
RadCom Report January 2014
The Hilderstone club is now fully functional in terms of HF and VHF/UHF thanks to the efforts of Ian Solly M0CAG, Len West G0GNQ, Matt Payne M0LMK and Don Turner G4TKR in putting up an antenna. We were able to show off Icom’s IC-7800 to ten students from the University of Kent, who had come […]
RadCom Report December 2013
An enquiry about amateur radio from the Tinker Society at the University of Kent at Canterbury led to a fruitful visit from the HIlderstone club. John Hislop G7OHO expounded the varied aspects of amateur radio while Don Turner G4TKR explained the virtues of the Kent repeaters in which he is involved. They appreciated seeing some […]
RadCom Report November 2013
After months of planning the Hilderstone club hosted the G100RSGB call sign. It was a tremendous day, with everyone helping and working together as a team. We held the event at Monkton Nature Reserve using only batteries! The weather was kind to us and we were able to operate outside as well as inside the […]
RadCom Report October 2013
After months of planning and organising the Hilderstone club hosted the G100RSGB call sign for a day. It was a tremendous day, with everyone helping and working together as a team. We had been evicted from our club premises by the Broadstairs Folkweek so we held the event at Monkton Nature Reserve using no mains […]
RadCom Report September 2013
At the Hilderstone AR & EC two successful intermediate candidates Denis Kirkden 2E0ZDE and Bob Fidler 2E0CVJ are going for their advanced exam soon - we wish them luck! The club has purchased an ICOM 738 transceiver for members to use at the special events coming up - the Centenary, Lighthouses on the air, Wireless […]
