Eden Valley Radio Society - G0ANT
(affiliated to the R.S.G.B.)
The society met at the Merlin (formerly BBC) club in Penrith until February
2007 when the Merlin Club closed due to the re-development of the centre of
Penrith.
NEW Yahoogroup for those building, or just following the
club construction project, the "Eden9" 4m SSB transceiver
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eden9/
Club Photo page (recent) and
Photo Album (all).Club Location.
A new meeting place was found! As from
the April 2007 meeting, the EVRS has been meeting at Penrith Royal British Legion
Club. The R.B.L. club is at the bottom of Brunswick Road and car parking is
available in the public car park behind B+M Bargains which is accessed from
Brunswick Road.
In the maps below the R.B.L. Club is shown in orange and the car park in blue.
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service.
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
Meetings for 2009/10
|
May 28th |
"Easy-satts" a refresher,
Club project intro. |
| June
5th |
Kite aerial demo at G8KAP's QTH (phone Dave
for exact location). |
| June 25th |
Barbeque at G0AUG's QTH 6.30 for
7.00. |
| July 30th |
Guest speaker |
| Aug 13th |
Visit to Skelton - focus on aerial farm |
| Aug 27th |
Foxhunt -
Win a handheld! Brunswick Rd car
park 7pm |
| Sept 24th |
Guest speaker |
| Oct 29th |
Video from RSGB library - Club project. |
| Nov 26th |
Club meeting. |
| Dec 10th |
Christmas Dinner - Lowther Castle
Inn, Hackthorpe |
| Jan 28th |
Quiz night and Club Project. |
| Feb 25th |
Test equipment night - come and test your radio! |
| Mar 25th |
Annual General Meeting. |
| April 9th |
Club project + Simple 4m aerials to
make. |
Amateur Radio Foundation Licence Examination
Although the EVRS does not run courses for the Foundation
licence, two members are foundation instructors. Individual tuition and support
can be provided in the Appleby area. A Foundation Exam was taken at the May Club
meeting by Paul Higgins, seen here on the right being presented his pass certificate by Chris Poulson M0JKQ.
Paul now holds the callsign M6PRH.

Society Committee.
| Chairman |
Dave Patrick |
G8KAP |
| Deputy Chairman |
Walter Scott |
G7UNZ |
| Secretary |
Dave Shaw |
M5TXJ |
| Treasurer |
John Pape |
G0NYQ |
| Committee |
John Roze |
G0VMP |
| |
Seamus Import |
G7ITT |
|
Michael Wills |
G0TNF |
|
Bill Capstick |
G3JYP |
|
Chris Poulson |
M0JKQ |
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