Forum: General Discussion, Laugh, Joke, Humour & Links

Hi all After speaking to Stuart who has been looking after the GM6NX entry on qrz.com, he has released his admin role (thanks Stuart) I have grabbed it for now to stop someone else grabbing it but I would like to release it as soon as possible to whoever wants to spruce it up. I have quite...

Not totally radio related but a good web site all the same. http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/

QRP CONTEST CALENDAR - July 2010 Just got wind of these for this year folks. Perhaps there might be some of us in the group interested in takin' part in some of these from either the club or your own shacks ... RAC Canada Day Contest (CW/SSB) ... QRP Category Jul 1, 0000z to 2359z...

:thum :chee2 Big thanks to you both for fixing my IC7400 (yes you are right John the new IC7400 has 70cm band) :redface: And to all who helped on how the desk mike cable should be wired :idea but it came down to John again with back from Duncan. great day great banter. Thanks to all. 2M0BYI...

Hi all In preperation for the open day there will be a final burst of effort to clean up the middle room space (where John used to do morse) and get at least the bench installed as that will get rid of the final mess and restore order a bit. The old desk in the meeting room needs retired to...

Happy birthday wee man :bigg

Hi all Due to the now restricted storage space I have put forward the idea to take some tables at the Magnum rally and see what we can get rid of. 3 tables would probably be needed. The objective would be to visit with a van full of stuff and come back with nothing! Volunteers would...

Hi all I have been slowly working away on some online / interactive study aids for the RCE at all levels. The framework now exists to do this as a complete, timed online test exam (and email the results to the instructor) or as a PC based, local interactive version which feeds back and...

Bill had his birthday today and got away with it quietly :mrgr Happy birthday to Bill BR, John

The new room is now painted and nearly done. Sorry for the current mess around the place, I willa ddress that issue tommorrow on cleanup. Picture from the door are in the mebers area. BR, John

Second edition 50 questions random character and number blocks http://www.gm6nx.com/tmm2/TMM2.html Enjoy :cry:

Hi all morse wannabes I have been playing for a bit with some online stuff and wondered how many of you want to have a go online. You can have a play at http://www.gm6nx.com/tm/test_morse.swf Just enter your callsign when asked so i know who has played.

Hi all As discussed at the AGM we need some space as we have been letting down those trying to study morse as well as other things quite badly so we should try and make changes to accomodate them better. Before anything else can be done in the shack we will need to start the cleanup as we...

Hi all Just to let everyone know that Andy GM0NWI is currently in hospital and is due an operation on his shunt sometime today. He was taken in to SRI at the weekend by ambulance and then transferred to the Western. This is definately not good news and all prayers would be appreciated....

http://www.brscc.co.uk/latest-news/199-grant-stewart.html Formerly GM6CRQ Quite a shock when it was pointed out to me today. He was only two years older than me and i am sure many of us remember Grant.

Happy Birthday Frank Dont drink too much beer :chee2

Colours have been changed to hopefully show a better contrast and make the read a bit easier ;-)

Sorry everyone for the downtime. I upadted the s/w with the monthly service release and it went pear shaped. BR, John

Well i broke it The prune for the old Ebay listings to clear out the old ones cleared the whole RSS feeds section completely, which sucks Sorry all BR, John

1.3 GHz (23cm)Necessary UK UsageIARU RecommendationBandwidth 1240.000-1243.250 MHz150 kHzNote 7 1240.00-1240.750 MHzAll modes Note 8 - See below prior to ANY application or assignment in 1240-1325MHz1240.000-1240.750 Alternative Centre(Note 3)1240.150 MHz Packet Radio 1242.025-1242.250...

Congrats Bill, the big 60. After Janet/Gerrys suprise attack, anyone got a picture to post of the look on his face :mrgr Not very often he doesn't see something like that coming :geek BR, John

Congrats to Duncan now the big 18, new years eve and now 18, what a combo. hope you dont get too wassed up dude. All best John

with the recent spell of bad weather i have been tempted to give the beam a bit of a twirl BUT at temps below freezing there are unseen problems the pvc sheathing on most co-axial and control cables become brittle on control cables this is no big problem an bit of insulating tape and away...

ok what other hobbies do other members have ? i`ll kick this off with my shooting air rifles at Juniper Green air rifle club modding my skoda fabia vrs with help from briskoda.net not to mention mucking about with antennas :thum curently trying to model a linear loaded off center fed dipole but...

With all my endeavours I tend to like having an appropriate playlist. So, why should radio be any different? Looking through my iTunes library I have come up with: Shellac - QRJ Roger Waters - Radiowaves McFly - One For The Radio Rush - Spirit of Radio Scissor Sisters - Tits on the Radio

After having had to vacate my shack I never found a way to get the aerials moved to the other side of the house. I may have to move into the conservatory, its looking like the only option but until then I am back on 10,15 and 20m with a fan dipole in the loft. Equipment is in the corner of the...

Volunteer wanted to keep the UHF / VHF events updated in the callender Any help appreciated Can be same person as other areas but perhaps too much time involved for one person. BR, John

http://www.gm6nx.com/bbs/images/icons/icon1.gif Modern Day Christmas! The Rocking Song Little Jesus, sweetly sleep, do not stir; We will lend a coat of fur,

Volunteer wanted to keep the HF events updated in the callender Any help appreciated Can be same person as other areas but perhaps too much time involved for one person. BR, John

Forum might be out for an hour os so while I do some patches to the php scripts and optimise/compact/clean out the databse to reduce server loads. Email and web services/servers will not be affected. BR, John

Hi all As you might have noticed we have a new google search bar available around the place. This is a focussed search and optimised by key words to filter out non radio raleated searches. Feel free to give it a try, it will also automatically insert related adds top selected...

Usain Bolt.."The Worlds Fastest Jamacian"..! Well I AM "The Worlds Fastest 'n' Bestest CW Operator" (SO ! I'm told..!) complete with all those 8 Dits added in there !! This one goes out to all those folks on here that are music and hi-fi fanatics...! Watch the Video .. LISTEN !! (the...

Guys found this site, hopefully this might catch the theiving "b's" when they steal and then try and sell on our amateur gear. regards iain 2m0vvs http://rigregister.onlineham.net/

stripping wallpaper and finding this

Hi Guys and Galls I was passed this link by Colin 2m0gov the other day for a cheap power supply it might be of interest http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120448312686&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Not seen one this cheap before.:lol:

Forum s/w has been updated to 3.8.4 Any issues let me know BR, John

SORRY TO TELL YOU, GUYS, BUT DOV - DAVE McCRANDLES - GM4SNZ PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING JUST AFTER 8 AM. I'LL POST FURTHER DETAILS AS I GET THEM BILL GM6RGY