Club Diary for 2011

I have had to change the dates of the Annual Club meal and the August meeting. Please advise me soonest if this will cause problems. If it does, we will need to discuss it and make further changes.

FEB:
Monday 7th. At Earlsgate at the usual time (19:30) Matt M1CMN will give us a talk on “Global Tuners” & “APRSIS-32”. If you are not sure what these are, look them up on Google.

Thursday 10th. The FADARS Annual club meal. This will be held at the club room at Earlsgate. 18:00 for 18:30. A menu will be provided for you to choose. This will be ordered and the monies collected and then “someone” will go and collect it. Bring your own wine etc. Tea & Coffee will be available as usual.

MARCH:
Monday 7th. At Earlsgate at the usual time. Dick, G0BPS will give a talk on “Hidden Antenna's”

APRIL:
Monday 4th. At Earlsgate at the usual time. John G3GIE will give a talk entitled “The Life & Death Of The Sun”.

MAY:
Monday 9th. To Be Arranged. Any ideas anyone? Please let me know ASAP.

JUNE:
Monday 6th. An outing to Crete Road West. Weather permitting. Please monitor GB3FK from 18:00 for confirmation. Please bring whatever equipment you will need for operating on your favourite frequency. Also any refreshments you may require. Meet at 19:00.

JULY:
Monday 4th. An outing to Farthing Corner. Weather permitting. Please monitor GB3FK from 18:00 for confirmation. Please bring whatever equipment you will need for operating on your favourite frequency. Also any refreshments you may require. Meet at 19:00.

AUGUST:
Monday 1st. Another appearance of Folkestone Flashers! Denis will advise us of the venue when he has worked out the details.

SEPTEMBER:
Monday 5th. To Be Arranged. If you have any ideas, please advise me soonest. We do have some standby videos if nothing else comes up!

OCTOBER:
Monday 3rd. To Be Arranged. If you have any ideas, please advise me soonest. We do have some standby videos if nothing else comes up!

NOVEMBER:
Monday 7th. To Be Arranged. If you have any ideas, please advise me soonest. We do have some standby videos if nothing else comes up!

DECEMBER:
Monday 5th. To Be Arranged. If you have any ideas, please advise me soonest. We do have some standby videos if nothing else comes up!

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It was suggested that we might visit the Capel Battery. If anyone is able to get in touch with the guys who own the land there and could perhaps arrange a visit, please let me know.

Matt M1CMN has suggested we have a Fox Hunt. He has said he will organise it if there are enough people interested in taking part. If you would like to have a go, please let me know. Date to be arranged.

If you have any ideas (It doesn't have to be radio related, just interesting) for talks or activities, please let me know as soon as possible. It would help if you were able to organise these yourself. (I can't do it all on my own!).

Hopefully we will have a happy and busy year.

73 de Stan, G6ZNW, Chairman and general dogsbody.

 

Past Events

The Folkestone Flashers out during 2010!

Hi all, the Flashers evening was a success, but was cut short due to a very cold wind! And we just about avoided getting arrested after attracting the attention of the Military security. (Nice to see they were on the ball though).

Thanks to Denis G0SLJ for organising this event which was enjoyed by Paul, 2E0AYY, Roy, G4TGP, John, G3GIE, Tim, G4IVL, and of course, myself.

The sending and receiving went very well and all was copied correctly. However, the biting cold wind eventually got the better of us and we called
it a day around 20:30. Perhaps next time we could do it in the summer Denis?

The next meeting is Monday 10th May at Earlsgate. I am awaiting news from Keith about the trip to Dungeness Lifeboat Station. The aim is to go on an evening when they do a training launch, usually on a Wednesday. I am informed that it is now no longer possible for non Lifeboat members to go on the boat as it used to be, but never the less, I am sure we will enjoy the event anyway. As soon as I know the date I will let you know.

In the meantime, don't forget the Monday evening net on GB3FK at 19:30 local time. 73, de Stan, G6ZNW, General dogsbody and incidentally, Chairman.

10th August 2009 - The Folkestone Flashers return! - Take a look at the report and Photos
Coastguard Station in Dover visit - Click here for the photos!
Lighting experement 9th July 2007 - Click here for more information
Christmas Meal Pictures published 28th Feb 2007 Click here to view
Events Page updated - published 5th June 2007 Click here to view the events page
Portable evening 14th August 2006 take a look at the photos!