Antennas
Erwin David gave the club the benefit of his many years experience as an amateur radio operator with a fascinating talk about the different antennas he has experimented with. Erwin worked for Philips in Holland and then emigrated to Canada to join RCA electronics. He keeps in regular touch with his friends there, of the […]
Public address systems
Alan Smith gave an interesting talk on how he designed the alarm and public address systems on the gas and oil rigs in the North Sea. Alan also designed the first amplifiers used by the Beatles which were one kilowatt of power to overcome the screaming of the fans!
National Science Week 2014 at St Lawrence college
The pupils of St Lawrence college had fun making a radio that powers itself, with no need for a battery, as part of National Science week. The Hilderstone Radio club, assisted by the Ramsgate Vikings model boat club, explained the basics of radio and how the signal is carried by the radio wave using amplitude […]
Thinking day on the air 2014
TDOTA e-QSL cards from our great event station can be found here, just select your callsign from the drop down list. You personalised e-QSL card will then open in a new window ready for you to download or print. Select your callsign2E0TGLGB100SWDGB2SPXGW0WWRM0ACLM0ZAEM1CMNM3ODM/PM6JLGOO2OON4LEM
Thinking day on the air 2014
The strong winds and a sudden shower on Saturday did not dampen the enthusiasm of the 3rd Margate St John’s Brownies for their Thinking Day on the Air event at the Monkton Nature Reserve. This event is an opportunity for the members of Girlguiding, from the youngest Rainbow to the oldest Trefoil Guild member, to […]
SOS Ramsgate lifeboat station
SOS e-QSL cards from our great event station can be found here, just select your callsign from the drop down list. You personalised e-QSL card will then open in a new window ready for you to download or print. Q</>SL e-card Select your callsign2E1DNC2E0ATZ2E0JCM2E0PBJ2M0GMBEI6KHG1PIEG1VABG3LAZG3OKAG3NYYG3PGAG3PRUGA4XQJG4CMMG4XXMG6UXKG7FSIG3PKUG3PXTG3WEBG3YCRG4DVFG4CFPG4FABG4RACG4RNI/AG4UMJG4WBOG6GJTG6NTGG6URRG7TCWG0ABYG0CEGG0EJQG0FEXG0IFSG0KAFG0LEEG0NBIG0GWYG0LGFG0PVJG0TRBG0UYNGW4PUCGB2RNLIGB5RNLIGD3SKZGW1OZWGW3XCRGW6GWRM0ACLM0BZZM0COJM0GAVM0FJAM0HEMM0MCYM0MWAM0SLTM0ZDEM0ZPKM1BQFM1FWDM3DAFM3JFMM6BAQM6EUSM6FORM6NARMW6VRCMW0MCXPA1IFPA1MVPA3DMC
Club visit to Bletchley Park
It was a cold snowy day! Bletchley Park is a fascinating place which tells the story of how we,  with a little help from Alan Turing, cracked the enigma code using the first computer.
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 […]
Circumnavigation
The club's president Don Turner opened Thursday's meeting with news of the club's involvement in the Olympic torch parade. Also the club is organising a special event in June for 'museums on the air' in conjunction with the Spitfire Memorial Museum. He then introduced the evening's speaker David Townsend on his voyage around the world. […]
