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 […]
Jamboree on the Air
Jamboree on the Air on 20 October 2013 at the Monkton Nature reserve with the 1st Birchington air scouts. We did various radio activities with them, such as fox hunting, Morse code and of course the special event station GB0BAS. (or was it GB2BAS?
Students from the University
Students from the University of Kent are doing their foundation practical of setting up an HF station at the Monkton Nature Reserve. We have twelve of them sitting their foundation exam next February.
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 […]
Drifting buoy
Matt proudly holding his drifting buoy which will measure temperature, speed and location as it drifts across the oceans.
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 […]
International Lighthouse & Lightship weekend
On the weekend of the 17 and 18th August we were at the Northforeland Lighthouse operating with the call sign GB0NFL.
RadCom Report August 2013
Hilderstone AR & EC took part in the Museums on the Air event by setting up an HF station at the Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum. It was a very windy day causing the antenna to come down at one point but the major problem was with wind noise! The photo shows Patrick Kirkden […]
RadCom Report July 2013
In May three more Hilderstone AR & EC members passed their foundation licence examination, two of them with 100% - Tim Digman, Bob Fidler and Ray Orr-Lang. Denis M6DES and Danny M6ZDD helped John G7OHO with lessons on communication at Bromstone Primary School. The children knew the story of Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail so […]
