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Welcome to the July 2018 edition of the LEFARS newsletter. With a scorching June (the hottest for several years) the warm weather seems to be with us for a few more weeks.
With the June newsletter being late, this edition covers a smaller period. There’s a report and photos from the Air Britain Fly In held on June 30th and July 1st at North Weald Airfield.
The newsletter is taking a break for the Summer and possibly longer. Very little feedback is received from Club mem-bers, some I know do not read the newsletter at all.
There will still be news items posted on the LEFARS blog and regular emails sent to all paid-up members with Event news, updates etc. The LEFARS Blog will also be updated regularly and in-clude more timely content.
I have enjoyed editing the newsletter
Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society.
RSGB Region 12 Large Club of the Year 2016 Est. 1962
LEFARS Social Media links
LEFARS Blog www.blog.lefars.org.uk
www.facebook.com/
groups/lefars
LEFARS Website
www.lefars.org.uk
@LEFARS
2m Club Net There is a club net every Thursday evening on 2m FM. Start time is 8pm, ending when everyone has gone!
Special points of interest:
• GB2NWA Air Britain Fly-In report.
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• Theydon Bois Donkey Derby GB0IS on 8th July
Inside this issue:
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Issue 134
July 2018
but increasingly find it hard to devote the time at the end of every month research-ing content for the newsletter which should be sent to me by club members and the committee.
My thanks to the contributors to this edi-tion and to those who supported the newsletter over the last two years; It was YOUR newsletter!
My thanks also to Richard G4DDP, John G0VEH and John G1DJI for proof read-ing.
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John Ray G8DZH
LEFARS Newsletter editor.
Email: [email protected]
Chairman's Column 2
Membership’s Secretary Report 2
Club and Member News 3
Secretary’s page 4
Essex CW ARC CW Boot Camp 12
SNB Field Weekend announcement 5
GB0IS Theydon Bois Donkey Derby 5
Air Britain Fly In GB2NWA report 6
Wanted 12
Training News summary 12
LEFARS Merchandise and Clothing 12
Contact details 12
July/August meetings + Rallies 13
Looking forward, the meeting this Friday will have a short presentation by myself and John G8DZH about our recent escapade to Friedrichshafen for the Ham Radio Show fol-lowed on Sunday by our display at the Theydon Bois Don-key Derby.
Our final club meet in July will be a film night provided by John G1DJI about the Mariner Project 1977 and map skills understanding Longitude.
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Richard Clark G4DDP
Chairman
Loughton & Epping Forest ARS
E-mail: [email protected]
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Chairman’s Column
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The late June newsletter due to attendance at the Frie-drichshafen Ham Radio Show has meant that the July issue is coming out with only a couple of weeks events to report. The Essex CW club gave an interesting talk about CW and the resources to support you if you wish to learn morse. The only other event of note was the Air Britain Fly In held at North Weald Airfield at the end of June. We put on a small exhibit together with a VHF and HF station although conditions on HF were poor but 2M conditions were much better with a station on the top of Snowdon heard at 5&9.
David Coles M0IDF put on an exhibit of a SCU9 Signals tent and operated on 80M working stations around the UK on the VMARS net. As an event, the Fly In was disap-pointing with a perceived lack of attendees and aircraft flying. The continuation of the hot weather and the excel-lent catering provided by Ron G6LTT and XYL Karen real-ly made for an enjoyable weekend.
Right: Richard G4DDP
operating the 2m sta-
tion at the Air Britin Fly
In (GB2NWA) on June
30th.
Photo credit: John
G8DZH
Membership Secretary’s report
There’s been no change from the last report in the June
2018 newsletter. Membership numbers opposite.
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John Short G1DJI
Treasurer & Membership Manager
Loughton & Epping Forest ARS
Email: [email protected]
Exam Passed Full 63 45.65%
Intermediate 32 23.19%
Foundation 34 24.64%
None 9 6.52%
Total 138
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Club and Member News
June meetings at All Saints and external events.
It was an informal evening on June 8th. David M0VID “rang the bell” and provided the latest news received. There was also an update on Marc G0TOC and an oppor-tunity to sign a Get Well card. Several lively discussions ensued.
The meeting on 22nd June was a talk by Founder member Andy Kersey G0IBN and Chairman Dean G4WQI (right and left, below respectively in the photos below) from the Essex CW Club (ECWARC) entitled `Morse Code”.
Andy G0IBN and Dean G4WQI gave a very interesting lecture and reminded us that CW is alive and well, not just in Essex but further afield. There are regu-lar Morse Classes held at Danbury Village Hall. Andy G0IBN tutors the complete beginner up to 10wpm; Dean G4WQI takes over for higher speeds.
A straight morse key is used for tuition alt-hough there was a vari-ety of paddle keys demonstrated as well. Further details of ECWARC can be found at www.essexcw.org.uk
LEFARS attended the Air Britain fly in at North Weald Airfield on 30th June/1st July. See report elsewhere in this newsletter.
Marc Litchman G0TOC
Marc G0TOC is recovering from his triple heart bypass operation at Barts Hospital earlier in June. He is now at home although visiting the Royal London Hospital at Whitechapel regularly for follow-up treatment for another ongoing condition.
Marc (centre, photo below) attended the Air Britain Fly In at North Weald Airfield on Sunday 1st July.
July meetings at All Saints and external events.
6th July will be a talk by Dick G4DDP and John G8DZH entitled `Review of Friedrichshafen`.
8th July. Donkey Derby. Theydon Bois Village Green. Noon to 4pm.
20th July “16mm Film night. Films the Mariner Project 1977, Map Skills understanding Longitude …” with John Short G1DJI.
LEFARS Website
Visit the LEFARS website for the latest club programme
updates. www.lefars.org.uk
LEFARS on Facebook
Have a look on the LEFARS Facebook page for the latest
news, happenings and comments. There’s always
something new. LEFARS members post re-
ports on their portable activities and there is a
lively exchange of views and comment. Lot’s
of photos in June were uploaded by mem-
bers..
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lefars/
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John G8DZH
Newsletter Editor.
Email: [email protected]
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Secretary’s page
Not a lot to report this month, The GB2NWA Air Britain Fly In at North Weald Airfield was a success, lightly at-tended by a few familiar faces and well reported else-where in this publication. Dave M0IDF's Vintage Radio display was interesting and informative drawing a lot of attention from the public who soaked up the atmosphere in the cool dark shade of his display. Lots of charismatic old stuff and nearly forgotten aromas, warm valves, crisp clean smell of canvas, (flax to carrot crunchers). He was getting out to distant foreign lands as well, despite the age, low wattage and AM mode of his equipment. The next event on 8th July is the Donkey Derby on Sun-day at Theydon Bois 12 ‘till 4.30pm. Free entrance and free parking on the green. See page 5. 73
David Priest M0VID
Email: [email protected] or
Sitting here as I am in the hot sunshine under a big blue sky on top of a hill overlooking the gently rolling hills sur-rounding the valley with the Welland river meandering along a mile away, I am distracted by the view of the tree- lined fields laid out below and the Lilliputian villages all with different shaped church spires. It’s difficult to put finger to tablet and write something interesting radio relat-ed what with low flying Chinooks and red kites passing overhead at tree top height trying their very best to look like land-locked Frigate birds. Well here goes, lessons learned are that if you want to get out and be heard and hear as well then it’s the ability of your aerial that counts. Almost any modern 100watt radio will do. A big single band beam on a decent mast is a good starting place and for most of us it will have to be a portable QTH. I shall be driving Team SNB potty with silly questions (Oh the trials and tribulations of being a Radio Guru!). A cheaper alternative will be a half wave vertical with a big roach pole and four tuned counterpoise wires a meter off the ground fed by a 1:1 balun. Onto club matters…
L to R opposite: Dave
Coles M0IDF and David
Priest M0VID outside the
Vintage Radio tent at the
Air Britain Fly-In at North
Weald Airfield on 30th
June.
Photo credit
John Ray G8DZH
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Field Weekend at the Secret Nuclear Bunker 25th-27th August.
A note for your diaries.
August Bank Holiday 25th—27th August 2018
SNBCG & LEFARS FIELD WEEKEND.
August Bank Holiday at the Secret Nuclear
Bunker, Kelvedon Hatch.
RADIO, CAMPING
AND BBQ.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW
GB0IS will be on 2m FM on Sunday 8th July at the 31st Donkey Derby at The Green, Theydon Bois, Epping, Essex. We will be in the same place as last year, near the pond. Set up starting at 9am. Please use the official car park or come up by train—Theydon Bois Station is very close! Two pubs nearby.
Photo credit
John Mulye G0VEH
GB0IS Theydon Bois Donkey Derby 8th July.
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Air Britain Fly In, North Weald Airfield 30th June/1st July 2018
The 70th Air Britain Fly In was held at North Weald Airfield over the weekend of 30th June and 1st July. LEFARS once again were there to promote Amateur Radio and activate Special event callsign GB2NWA. The sun shone — brightly! 32C was recorded on Sunday and no chance of rain. Setting up started on Friday afternoon (29th June) with main tent, gazebo and trailer mast in place by 6.30pm. Dave M0IDF also set up his SCU9 station and stayed over-night and the whole weekend. It gave him the opportunity to test out the Vintage Station - A KW Vanguard AM/CW transmitter (1960) and HRO receiver (1941) set up for 80m AM operation. Net control on 80m achieved with a Class D Wavemeter. Dave M0IDF worked several stations on three separate VMARS nets over the weekend. [photos on pages 10-11]. Two (VMARS) visitors were Derek M0VRA and Steve G3ZRS.
More modern equipment was in use but disguised—photo below shows the “FT-857m” transceiver and battery pack in green livery.
The LEFARS publicity table was held down by a T1154 and R1155 with room for the usual display literature and space for a Morse key, an opportunity for children (and older ones) to send their names in Morse. [photos page 10]. The LEFARS trailer mast was put to good use to support the Club’s new Diamond X-300 2m/70cm colinear and 80m inverted-L wire antenna, Its height limited to 35 feet as
fairly close to the short runway. The 2kVA Honda Gen-erator and two Jerry cans of petrol kept the stations on air over the weekend. On Saturday 30th June “reinforcements” arrived in the form of Ron G6LTT and XYL Karen. They brought with them the Field Kitchen from which emanated a steady supply of tea and food over the weekend. There’s noth-ing quite like partaking in a BBQ on a Saturday evening. Also Derek M0XDC and XYL Sharon who camped over the weekend and looked after the equipment overnight.
On page 8 there’s a selection of aeroplanes seen over the weekend. This year was light on visiting pilots but
this could be attributed to a change of date, and other events taking place at the same time. The main Air Brit-ain marquee had a large selection of books on sale plus
a few other stalls and vendors.
The C-54 Skymaster was open to visitors. Andy G8RZA and Dave M0IDF spent some time looking over the old
aircraft . This could be an article its own right!
The main 2m LEFARS station comprised the Icom IC-
7000 and the X-300 colinear at 35’. Conditions were good with a station on Snowdon being heard. In all 45
contacts were made on 2M FM, mostly local. Operators were Dave M0MBD, John G0VEH, Andy G8RZA, John G8DZH and Richard G4DDP. On 70cm Dutch FM re-
peater PI2NOS was heard with good signal strength. In addition 144.725 MHz was monitored for local talk-in.
The Icom IC-7300 was used on 40m and 80m SSB for a few contacts by Johns G0VEH and G8DZH respectively.
Conditions were fairly flat during the day. A few DL sta-tions on 40m and a local net on 80m on Sunday.
The vintage station run by Dave M0IDF made 45-50 AM QSOs on 80m (exact number unknown at the time of
writing but logs to be made available soon). 80m was more lively in the evenings and early mornings. Some of
the contacts were duplicates (with participation in three VMARS nets). Dave M0IDF reported on the LEFARS Facebook page….
“Wow! what a weekend at North Weald - superb weather, great company, good food (thanks again Karen!) and for me a very successful vin-tage station. Loads of contacts on 80m AM on the VMARS nets and friends up and down the country. Just brilliant.
Here's a pic or two ** of the main Vintage sta-tion.. 1960 KW Vanguard transmitter with a 1941 HRO receiver with Astatic D104 "chicken choker" microphone.
A large doublet would have been nice but the
aerial options for 80m were restricted by Health and Safety considerations. Fortunately nobody objected to the semi improvised inverted L from
the trailer mast to the large Marquee I set up after hours on a Friday night! Worked a treat on the VMARS nets the following morning..”
** See pages 10/11
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Air Britain Fly In, North Weald Airfield 30th June/1st July 2018
Marc G0TOC was amongst the LEFARS visitors over the weekend. It was nice to see him so soon after his recent return from hospital [photo on page 3]. There is a new QSL card for confirmed GB2NWA contacts.
Some familiar LEFARians over the weekend….
Thank you to all those who helped set up on Friday af-
ternoon/evening, dismantle on Sunday PM and provided support over the weekend. A special thanks to Karen and Ron G6LTT for the catering! It was appreciated by all.
Helpers
Dave Coles M0IDF
Richard Clark G4DDP
Derek Copsey M0XDC and Sharon,
Dave De La Haye M0MBD
Andy Markham G8RZA
Brian Porter 2E0FHU
David Priest M0VID + Pam
John Ray G8DZH
John Short G1DJI
John Glover M0JGR
Ron White G6LTT and Karen
We were also visited by LEFARS members over the weekend.
Dave Cutts M0TAZ
Dave Godfrey 2E0OFP
John Hodson 2E0RMM + Eileen
Marc Litchman G0TOC
Chris Smart G8OCV
George Smart M1GEO
Dave Swaby G1OAH
Other visitors
Steve G3ZRS (VMARS)
G8TBI (Hainault)
Keith M0JDC
Derek M0VRA (VMARS)
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John Ray G8DZH
Email: [email protected]
LEFARS on Facebook
Have a look on the LEFARS Facebook page
for other photos from the Air Britain Fly In.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lefars/
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Air Britain Fly In, North Weald Airfield 30th June/1st July 2018
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Air Britain Fly In, North Weald Airfield 30th June/1st July 2018
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Air Britain Fly In, North Weald Airfield 30th June/1st July 2018
Photo credits (pages 6 – 11)
Andy Markham G8RZA
Dave Coles M0IDF
John Ray G8DZH
John Mulye G0VEH
New radios seen at the show.
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Air Britain Fly In, North Weald Airfield 30th June/1st July 2018
Top: Dave M0IDF operating his Vintage Station on 80m AM. KW Vanguard Tx, WWII HRO receiver.
Above left: Netting on frequency courtesy of a Class D Wavemeter.
Middle right. L to R. VMARS visitors Derek M0VRA, Steve G3ZRS and Dave M0IDF.
Right: Another view of the HRO receiver and coil packs.
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Refer below for current prices, available colours and sizes T-Shirts (£10.00)
Size Guide Colours S M L XL 2XL 3XL Black – Forest Green – Navy
34-36 38-40 42-44 46-48 50-52 54-56 Royal – Sport Grey – White
Polo Shirts (£12.75)
Size Guide Colours XS S M L XL 2XL Black – Forest Green – Navy 34-36 38-40 42-44 46-48 50-52 54-56 Royal – Sport Grey – White
Sweatshirts (£16.50)
Size Guide Colours S M L XL 2XL Black – Forest Green – Navy 34-36 38-40 42-44 46-48 50-52 Royal – Sport Grey – White
Available in both left and right-handed variants, LEFARS logo ceramic mugs can be purchased on club nights for £6.00.
LEFARS logo car-window stickers are also available to members. Pric-es are £2.50 for logo only or £3.00 for logo + callsign.
Contact Alan G4GQL for details [email protected]
LEFARS logo t-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts and fleece jackets can be ordered at club meetings or con-tact David M0VID for mail-order op-tions and delivery costs.
Foundation Licence...
The 40th LEFARS Foundation Licence training course and exam will take place during late September 2018.
Please contact Marc Litchman G0TOC at [email protected] for further information.
Intermediate Licence...
The 33nd LEFARS Intermediate Licence practical assessment day-course and exam provisioned for 28th July 2018 has not yet received enough candidates to run although there are still places available. Please contact Marc Litchman G0TOC at [email protected] to enrol.
Advanced (Full) Licence...
An Advanced Licence exam session will be taking place at All Saints House on the evening of Wednesday, 11th July 2018. All (six) places have been booked. We wish all candidates every success.
Congratulations to Tom Wills 2E0OTD who after attending an AL exam session on 10th April with ML&S is now M0LXB. Tom has relocated to Berlin and hopes to get a German callsign soon but to be venturing onto HF at some point as DL/M0LXB.
If you would like to enrol in the next LEFARS Foundation Licence course, for the next session of Intermediate Licence practical assessments, or if you would simply like information on any of the above topics, then please contact Marc Litchman via e-mail at [email protected]
3rd Witham Scout & Guide HQ Rear of Spring Lodge Community Centre Powers Hall End Witham Essex CM8 2HE
Saturday 27th October 2018. Doors open at 08:30 for registration. Begin at 09:00 finish approx. 16:30. Parking free. £10 Free soup, drinks, cakes.
Contact Andy G0IBN 0745 342 6087 [email protected]
Any spare tools for the club (portable) toolkit. Useful size spanners (10mm-15mm), soldering iron. screwdrivers etc….
Donations to John G0VEH.
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Wanted
LEFARS Merchandise and Clothing
Training News
Essex CW ARC CW BOOT CAMP 27th October 2018
July 2018
1st GB2NWA (North Weald Airfield - Air-Britain Fly-In), North Weald.
6th Club Meeting—”Review of Hamradio 2018” by Dick Clark G4DDP and John Ray G8DZH
8th GB0IS—Donkey Derby, Theydon Bois.
20th Club Meeting— “16mm Film night. Films the Mariner Project 1977, Map Skills understanding Longitude …” with John Short G1DJI.
August 2018 3rd Club Meeting - Details TBA. 17th Club Meeting - Details TBA. 18/19th GBØTBW (Trinity Buoy Wharf - International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend), London 31st Club Meeting - Details TBA.
Friday fortnightly meetings held at:
All Saints House Romford Road Chigwell Row
Essex IG7 4QD
Start time is 7.45pm. All visitors
welcome
Chairman
Richard Clark G4DDP
Secretary
David Priest M0VID
“The Cottage”
Loughton Lane
Theydon Bois
Epping
Essex
CM16 7JZ
Your Committee
For
further details contact:
E-mail: [email protected]
Treasurer
John Short G1DJI 7 Bushfields LOUGHTON Essex IG10 3JT 020 8532 1203 [email protected]
Honorary President Honorary Vice President
David Corner G3ZXF John Mulye G0VEH
Committee Members
Derek Copsey M0XDC Brian Porter 2E0FHU Equipment Manager Dave de la Haye M0MBD Public Relations Officer [email protected] John Ray G8DZH Newsletter Editor [email protected] Librarian Ron White G6LTT
Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society. RSGB Region 12 Large Club of the Year 2016 Est. 1962
4455 G4ONP
Diary of Events
Issue 1.1 7th July 2018
©2018 Copyright Loughton & Epping Forest ARS. No articles or part thereof should be copied or repro-duced without express permission of the Society. The views expressed in articles in this newsletter are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Society.
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Rallies
August 2018 12th FLIGHT REFUELLING ARS HAMFEST Cobham Sports and Social Club Ground, Merley, nr Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3D. Doors open at 10am. Admission £4. Info: www.frars.org.uk
