RadCom Report May 2014
The club received the excellent news that it has been awarded the Centenary Club of the Year, region 12. Everyone in the club worked hard to achieve that, by volunteering at events, giving talks, helping with training and by generally supporting the club. Alan Smith G3LHI gave a talk about his work on the oil […]
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 […]
Club Intermediate licence course
Five members passed their Intermediate Amateur Radio Licence examination this week - congratulations go to Graham Harris, Michael Berry, Matthew Prentice, Patrick Love and Leon Lee. They followed the online course organised by Steve Hartley G0FUW, thanks also go to the invigilators Andrew Taylor and Chrissie, and to the instructors Clive Widdus, Matt Payne and […]
International museums on the air 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 and erected our aerials. Contacts were made with other museums across the country and in Europe on the amateur radio frequencies. It was an […]
Museums on the Air 2014
The Museum of Welsh Life, the National Coalmining Museum and the Scottish Maritime Museum were among the many museums around the country contacted by the Hilderstone Radio Club during the International Museums weekend. We were based at the White Mill windmill in Sandwich which has a heritage museum. The windmill was built in 1760 and […]
Mills on the Air weekend
We had a great time at the White Mill in Sandwich. Could you put a brief report on the website with some photos please. I sent some details to Chrissie to send to members, much of which is below: The Mills on the Air weekend was a great success - thanks to Len West, Ian […]
