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ROYAL AIR FORCE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
DEFENCE COLLEGE AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING COSFORD
WOLVERHAMPTON WV7 3EX ENGLAND
VOICE ON THE AIR G8FC/G8RAF
WEB SITE www.rafars.org
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RAFARS NEWS LETTER VIA E-MAIL/PACKET WW/WEB SITE/NATIONAL NET/ROYAL MAIL
APRIL 2012 ISSUE No 167
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NEW AND REJOINED MEMBERS.
4755 M6PAP PETE
SILENT KEYS.
1730 G3JNW HARRY
2886 GM1ZCD PHILIP
CALL SIGN CHANGES.
1439 G3NHS JON was G8XFT
AOTA, AIRFIELDS ON THE AIR 7/8 APRIL 2012.
7/8 April Airfield on the Air Weekend. Registered with Vince G4DQP, e-mail
earlval38@o2.co.uk to make it official, so you can give points out.
For the Rules, see QRZ Call Book 2011 pages 55-57 or visit www.rafars.org
under RAF Airfields on the Air.
7/8 Apr RAF Weybourne Norfolk GB2MC 2 20 40 80m Contact G4FAI
7 Apr RAF Haldon Moor Devon MX0RIV 2 20 40 80m Contact G2DXU
7/8 Apr RAF Tangmere West Sussex M6PAP Bands n/k Contact M6PAP
7/8 Apr ATC 308 Sqn Colchester G3MQR/A 20 40 80m Contact G3MQR
7/8 Apr RAF Yatesbury Wilts G3KBU/P 2 4 10 20 80m Contact M3KBU
12/13 May RAF Stanbridge Beds GB4STB 20 40 80m MKARS and ATC
If Active, RAF Neatishead Norfolk GB2RAF 20 40 80m Contact G4PSH
If Active, RAF Harrington Northants GB2HAM 20 40 80m MKDRS Members
if Active, RAF Holmpton E. Yorks GB2VQJ 20 40 80m Contact M0UTX
If Active. RAF East Kirkby Lincs GB2CWP 20 40 80m LWWC Members
If Active. RAF Stow Maries Essex GB0SMA 2 20 40 80m DHARS Members
No others confirmed up to the 25 March.
COUNCIL MEETINGS 2012.
17th Apr., 12th June., 18th Sept., AGM 27th Oct., 27th Nov.
Any member may attend Council meetings but travel costs can not be paid.
Members wishing to attend (and applying by snail mail) must contact Mike
G7JPN our Gen. Sec., one month before the due date or two weeks by e-mail.
NATIONAL FIELD DAYS.
The Society's Field Day Team (G8FC/P) will be taking part in NFD over the
weekend 2/3 June as normal, despite it being the Queen's Jubilee weekend.
Any members who would like to take part please contact the Contest Manager,
G3ZDW. The Field Day Site is near Metheringham, Lincolnshire LN4 3BQ not
far from RAF Digby.
LANCASTER BOMBER EASY ELSIE
Richard SM2TOS (not RAFARS) informs us that he will make an expedition to
the Lancaster bomber NF-920 Easy Elsie which crashed at Porjus in Sweden
on 29 October 1944. Provisional date for the expedition will be June 16/17
2012. See SG2SNF on qrz.com or contact <sm2tos@telia.com> for information.
RAFARS CONTESTS, RALLIES WITH RAFARS STANDS AND OTHER EVENTS IN 2012.
7/8 Apr AOTA Airfields on the Air (RAFARS) see Para 4 Contact Vince G4DQP
15 Apr Norbreck Rally, Blackpool. Contact Mike G7JPN
15 Apr RAFARS Spring VHF Contest logs to Roger G3ZDW
TBA May GX0RAF Newark Air Museum Notts NG24 2NY Contact Barry G4DBS
6 May Dambusters Rally Lincs LN4 4PE Contact Peter G0NVY
12/13 May Mills on the Air by Denby Dale ARC (not RAFARS)
2/3 Jun CW NFD RSGB Metheringham, Lincs LN4 3BQ Contact Roger G3ZDW
9 June GB0RAF RAF Leeming Families Day Contact Mike G0NRK
11-17 Jun Freedom of Bath GB21FCB/GB4SHF (see NL166) Contact Dennis GW4XKE
16 Jun International Museums on the Air GB2RAF 5101 Contact Terry G4PSH
16/17 Jun GB0WWW Wickenby Wings and Wheels Contact Barry G4DBS
16/17 Jun SES SG2SNF Lancaster Bomber Easy Elsie Contact Richard SM2TOS
30 Jun to 1 Jul GB2WAD RAF Waddington Air Show Contact Barry G4DBS
7/8 Jul North Coates Wings and Wheels GB0VWW Contact Barry G4DBS
14/15 Jul Fir Park Wings and Wheels GB0FWW Contact Barry G4DBS
TBA Sep Newark Air Museum GB0NAM Contact Barry G4DBS
1/2 Sep SSB Field Day RSGB Metheringham Lincs LN4 3BQ Contact Roger G3ZDW
6 Sept RAFARS Rolling 3 CW Contest Contact Roger G3ZDW
1 Oct to 30 Nov Freedom of Bath GB21FCB at SO53 1FJ Contact Dennis GW4XKE
27 Oct RAFARS AGM Insert in your organiser today.
1-30 Nov Signals Helicopter Flight GB4SHF from NG9 5LB Contact GW4XKE
2 Dec RAFARS Christmas Contest and Greeting Logs to Roger G3ZDW
13 Jan 2013 AFS CW RSGB RAFARS Get a team together and advise Roger G3ZDW
19 Jan 2013 AFS SSB RSGB RAFARS Get a team together and advise Roger G3ZDW
The contact names for the SES/Contests are there for you to contact that
person and give them your help and support, they cannot do it alone.
So if the event is your area pop over even if its only for a few hours of
your time, I am sure if you do not like Operating/Setting up the SES then
I am sure even just making the Tea/Coffee would help out a lot.
All Contest Volunteers/Queries and Contest log sheets to Roger G3ZDW QTHr
MUSEUMS ON THE AIR.
Museums on the Air this year will be 16/17 and 23/24 June 2012.
GB2RAF 5010 will be operational on Sat 16th therefore GB2RAF will be
operational on the third Saturday in June not the second Saturday.
If any RAFARS Clubs/Members wish to register and take part see
www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/imw/ and inform News Desk.
GB2RAF AIR DEFENCE RADAR MUSEUM RAF NEATISHEAD RAFARS PERMANENT S.E.S.
De-brief Sat 10 March 2012. Only 20 Stations worked. RAFARS members G2AFV,
G4PFR and G3NCB. As conditions not very good and not many G land stations
on the bands, I went on 20m CW and worked a few Continental stations.
There was also an all band contest on.
CQ CW DX 14.055 at 1200-1215 OM3YEY DL6UKW
CQ CW on 3.567 at 1300-1315 No RAFARS on Freq
What I did notice is that the continental stations did not require any
QSL Card which in the past was always a must, what has happened.
GB2RAF will be operational for Museums on the Air, Jun 16, instead of the
usual 2nd Sat.
GB2RAF will be operational normally every 2nd Sat of the month. Primary
frequency is 3.710Mhz but if 80m is down we will be found on 7.065Mhz.
Any RAFARS Member can operate the station but contact Terry G4PSH first
for your licence Call-sign confirmation and please bring an ID with you.
RAFARS QRV JOURNAL.
The editor G0TAK, is already looking for your articles, snippets, stories
and pictures for the autumn and future editions of QRV.
Please send your items, if possible as a MS Word attachment to a covering
e-mail. Send diagrams and photography as jpg attachments to the QRV Editor
g0tak@kencomp.net or Royal Mail QTHr
RAFARS QSL BUREAU, IS YOUR CALL-SIGN BELOW.
As of 20/03/2012 outstanding QSL Cards await SSAEs from 39 Members.
Call signs are as follows:
G0ECJ G0EYJ G0FUV GW0PDB GW0MQU G0RPX G4NRZ/GB2LGR G3CRH G3DQY G3ERD?
G3IUC G3IYT G3JFR G3KDP G3MWN GM3MAS G3NPB G3RLF G3TQX MW3ULG G3WBP
G3WPP G3ZRZ G4DDX G4EBL G4FIG G4KMW G4OST G4SXR G4YFH G6PAA G7HPI
G8HUY M0AEO M0KIT M0MRW MM0WHA MW1ARM, M6EMT now 2E0LSR.
Send 2nd Class Stamp SAEs to Andrew M3NDZ RAFARS QSL Bureau Manager QTHr
in the RAFARS QRZ page 42 or inform Andrew to destroy them. QSL Cards will
be sent to the RSGB if not claimed within 6 months.
If you are in contact with any of the above, please advise them to send
SSAEs to RAFARS QSL Bureau or those on the above list advise Andrew what
action to take.
AIR TRAINING CORPS.
Any information relating to the ATC or those interested in joining as
Officers or Instructors please contact HQAC Radio Society Dave M5AGW
RAFARS 3477 QTHr or e-mail Dave at <dave.aco2@virgin.net>.
AIRSHOW EVENTS AND FLY-INS FOR 2012 WITH POST CODES.(Phone before you go)
6 May Abington Air and Country Show Oxford OX13 6JG
25-27 May Sywell AeroExpro UK Northants NN60BT
26/27 May Southend on Sea Festival of the Air SS1 1AB
27 May Duxford The Queens Jubilee Air Show Duxford, Cambs CB2 4QR
2 Jun Folkestone Jubilee Air Show (Shepway) Kent CT20 2EB
8 Jun Dawlish Air Show Devon EX7 0BS
16 Jun Queens Birthday Flypast The Mall London SW1
17 Jun Welshpool Airport Air Show Powys SY21 8SG
17 Jun RAF Cosford Air Show TF11 8UP
23 Jun RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day Somerset BA22 8HT
23/24 Jun Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival Suffolk NR33 0JS
30/1 Jul RAF Waddington International Air Show Lincs LN5 9NB
30/1 Jul Duxford Flying Legends Air Show Duxford, Cambs CB2 4QR
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (CITY IN THE SKY) AND RUSSIAN SOYUZ VISITS.
30 Mar 30S Delayed , now due for Lift Off 15 May 0258Z.
20 Apr Soyuz Progress P47 L/O 1250Z Stores Supply craft to/from the ISS.
15 May Soyuz 30S LO 0258Z Manned Spacecraft to/from the ISS. crew change
15 Jul Soyuz 31S Manned Spacecraft to/from the ISS Crew change.
31 Jul Soyuz Progress P48S Stores Supply craft only to/from the ISS.
15 OCT Soyuz 32S Manned Spacecraft to/from the ISS. Crew change.
1 Nov Soyuz Progress 49P Stores Supply craft only to/from ISS
5 Dec Soyuz 33S Manned Spacecraft to/from the ISS. Crew change.
26 Dec Soyuz Progress 50P Stores supply craft only to/from the ISS
The system used now is that when a manned spacecraft is sent to the ISS it
remains at the ISS until the next return schedule so, if anything should
go wrong, they have a means of escape by using the module back to earth.
Note - All Soyuz lift off are from Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan.
All missions are subject to delays.
If there are any members who wish to obtain ISS naked eye visual passes
contact News Desk for dates and times. Next sightings 11 to 23 Apr.
Also see under ISS Data on RAFARS Website www.rafars.org
To see it all on NASA TV Live, go to http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
NEW MEMBERS ROYAL AIR FORCE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY.
For Membership details contact: The General Secretary G7JPN, HQ RAFARS,
DCAE Cosford, Wolverhampton, WV7 3EX. Tel: 01902 372722 (Answerphone only)
The HQ office will be checked at least once weekly for mail and messages.
You may also e-mail <rafars.gen.sec@googlemail.com>.
Check eligibility for membership by logging onto:
http://www.rafars.org/html/are_you_eligible_to_join_rafar.HTM
then print the application form (PDF file format) on an A4 sheet, fill it
in, enclose the appropriate fee and then post it to the Secretary for
approval and processing.
RAFARS NEWS DESK.
Send your RAFARS EVENTS at LEAST one month in advance the cut off date is
the 25th of the month or send a News Flash to
Terry G4PSH 306 e-mail address terry@g4psh.co.uk
Packet at G4PSH@GB7VLS.#35.GBR.EU, Tel 01692 582064.
by letter QTHr, International Call Books or see www.qrz.com.
This Newsletter was produced by Terry G4PSH.
Edited by Mike G7JPN RAFARS General Secretary.
Transmitted from News Desk via GB7VLS for G8RAF to www.
E-mailed Bcc & mailed direct to 101 Members by News Desk (on your request)
Uploaded on to RAFARS Website by Gary G0DNI under News Letters.
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