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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
OCTOBER 2011 ISSUE No 161
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NEW AND REJOINED MEMBERS.
1807 G1ASR DAVE
2411 G0HBV TOM
4741 G0JSC JOHN
SILENT KEYS.
3348 G0HTF DONALD
3905 SWL NORMAN
CALL SIGN CHANGES.
None this month.
RAFARS AGM 2011 BRIEF REPORT.
First, you will all be pleased to hear that the Membership Subscriptions
are to remain the same at Eleven Pounds.
27 attended the Dinner, the AGM by 7 Councillors and 15 Members with 70+
apologies received.
Our President, Air Cdre Ian Kirkwood and Vice President, Wg Cdr Mark Wilson
the OC No.1 Radio School attended both events. Both are thanked for their
attendance and the privilege of using No.1 Radio School.
The furthest travelled member to attend the Dinner/AGM was Bob GM4DLG from
Stranraer.
Awards presented this year were the G2LR Trophy to Peter G0JKW; Christmas
Contest All Band:1st Ronald G4DDX, 2nd Kevin G0PWR; VHF Single John G1TAG;
Spring VHF Contest: 1st Bernard G0SWO, 2nd John G1TAG; Rolling 3 CW: 1st
Brian G4IYC, 2nd Roger ON6WR.
The G3FVC Shield went to Ronald G4DDX and the Construction Contest Cup to
Martyn G4SOH.
Next year, as a trial, the AGM Meeting and Dinner will be held on the same
day, Saturday. Date to be confirmed.
Due to high costs and planning it is becoming difficult to hold the AGM
away from Cosford.
RAFARS AIR TRAINING CORPS COORDINATOR AND DEVELOPMENT.
Mark 4735 2E0CFS (Serving) is the new RAFARS ATC Coordinator.
Mark is also a member of 1003 (Leighton Buzzard) Sqn ATC.
Council and Members wish Mark the best of luck at his new post. Thanks go
to Roy G0TAK (QRV Ed) who held the post for a number of years.
PACKET RAFARS NEWS.
News Desk wishes to find out how many members use Packet to receive the
News Letters.
So if you receive this NL via Packet, please inform News Desk by sending a
packet message to G4PSH@GB7VLS.#35.GBR.EU, or email terry@g4psh.co.uk.
It would also be interesting to find out if the RAFARS News Letter is read
by non RAFARS Members either on Packet or the RAFARS Website.
RSGB NFD 4/5 JUNE 2011 RESULTS
The RSGB have just released the NFD Results for 2011. RAFARS came 18th out
of an entry of 22 in the Restricted Section.
We claimed 364 contacts with 1498 points, which means we lost 53 contacts
through errors. This may seem a lot but had we not lost any we would still
have been 18th. Last year we came 17th out of 25 with 100 more QSOs.
SSB FIELD DAY 3-4 SEP 2011 SHORT DE-BRIEF.
All went according to plan except a mast broke which was rectified by Paul.
A big thank you once again from Council and Members to G3KWY M0DZB G0WFV
G0NVY G4DQP 2E0EZN who made it possible to put RAFARS on the air and the
hard work done by Roger G3ZDW our Contest Manager for the organising.
Results will appear in the RSGB RadCom in due course.
LLANDUDO RADIO RALLY 29 30 OCTOBER 2011..
RAFARS will be represented at the Llandudno Rally on 29th and 30th October
2011 by Mike the Gen Sec, (QTH Cosford) and Roy QRV Editor (from Kendal).
Please make our trip worth while by attending, signing in and buying lots
of RAFARS commodities.
If anyone, particularly those who are more local to the event, wishes to
help us on the stand, please get in touch with Roy g0tak@kencomp.net ASAP.
With your help we may be able to make this an annual event for RAFARS.
BARAC RADIO RALLY 4 DECEMBER 2011.
There will be a RAFARS stall at the Bishop Auckland Radio Amateur Club
Annual Rally 4th December 2011.RAFARS Commodities will be on sale, sign in
book will be available. Talk in will be on 145.550. The BARAC Rally is the
only rally in the north east of England with RAFARS representation.
Contact Mike GONRK RAFARS 2450 FR who I am sure would like some help from
members.
Autumn QRV Journal page 8 - amend date to read 4 Dec 2011 not 4 Jan 2012.
AOTA, AIRFIELDS ON THE AIR.
Numerous RAF Neatishead Norfolk GB2RAF 20 40 80m Contact G4PSH
Numerous RAF Harrington Northants GB2HAM 20 40 80m KDRS Members
Numerous RAF Holmpton E. Yorks GB2VQJ 20 40 80m Contact M0UTX
No other information received of AOTA Activations this month.
RAFARS QRV JOURNAL.
The editorial team have made a start on the Spring 2012 edition and, as
usual, are looking for articles, snippets, stories and your pictures to
include in the new format Journal.
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
COUNCIL MEETINGS 2011
Oct 01(AGM), Nov 08.
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.
RAFARS CONTESTS, RALLIES WITH RAFARS STANDS AND OTHER EVENTS IN 2011.
1 Oct-30 Nov GB25AFS 25Yrs Air Formation Services SO53 1FJ Contact GW4XKE
16 Oct Hornsea Radio Rally Contact Bernard G0SWO
29/30 Oct Llandudno Radio Rally LL30 1LF Contact Roy G0TAK
1-30 Nov GB4AFR Armed Forces Remembered NG9 5LB Contact Dennis GW4XKE
4 Dec BARAC Radio Rally County Durham DL16 6DB Contact Mike G0NRK
4 Dec RAFARS Christmas Contest and Greetings Logs to Roger G3ZDW
8 Jan 2012 (RSGB) AFS CW Get a small team together Contact Roger G3ZDW
14 Jan 2012 (RSGB) AFS SSB Get a small team together Contact Roger G3ZDW
All Contest Volunteers/Queries and Contest log sheets to Roger G3ZDW QTHr
GB2RAF AIR DEFENCE RADAR MUSEUM RAF NEATISHEAD RAFARS PERMANENT S.E.S.
De-brief Sat 10 September 2011. Conditions Good, Number of station worked
41 and it was also Churches on the Air Weekend.
Members worked on 80m G3HWQ G2AFV G0SDZ GB2IWM G3IFV GB0YAM all at 5/9.
CQ CW DX 14.055 at 1200-1220A S57ATO
CQ CW on 3.567 at 1300-1315A No Replies
GB2RAF will be Operational every 2nd Sat of the Month.
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.
AIRSHOW EVENTS AND FLY-INS FOR 2011. (Phone before you go)
16 Oct IWM Duxford Air Show CB22 4QR
End of Season Major Flyins/Air Shows.
RAFARS QSL BUREAU, IS YOUR CALL-SIGN BELOW.
As of 20/09/2011 outstanding QSL Cards await SAEs from the same 35 Members
as per last month and the month before that. Call signs are
G0FUV G0KTF GW0PDB G0RPX GB2LGR G3CRH G3DQY G3ERD G3IFB G3IUC G3IYT G3JFR
G3KCF G3MWN GM3MAS G3NPB G3RLF G3TIX G3TQX MW3ULG G3WBP G3ZRZ G4DDX G4EBL
G4FIG G4KMW G4KTX G4YFH G6PAA G7HPI M0AEO M0MRW M1RAL M0TWA MM0WHA.
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
SAEs to RAFARS QSL Bureau or advise Andrew what action to take.
AIR TRAINING CORPS.
See above Paragraph RAFARS AIR TRAINING CORPS COORDINATOR AND DEVELOPMENT
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> or News Desk.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (CITY IN THE SKY) AND RUSSIAN SOYUZ VISITS.
NASA latest News - NASA Deep Space Explorations Rockets, the size of
34 storeys tall, all 165 tons of it with a crew of 6 in an Aeron module,
with unmanned Lift Off tests around 2021, then to Planet Mars by 2030.
Due to a Soyuz crashing after lift off in Aug 2011, delays have occurred.
The 6 crew already on the ISS are in no danger whatsoever and can last
for many months without supplies or a crew change over.
30 Oct Soyuz Progress 45P L/O 1011GMT Stores Supply only to/from the ISS.
14 Nov Soyuz 28S L/O 0414GMT Manned spacecraft to/from the ISS crew change
21 Dec Soyuz 29S L/O 1310GMT Manned spacecraft to/from the ISS
27 Dec Soyuz Progress 46P Stores supply only to/from the ISS
30 Mar 2012 Soyuz 30S Manned Spacecraft to/from the ISS crew change.
25 Apr 2012 Soyuz P47 Stores Supply craft only to/from the ISS.
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 times, Next evening sightings from 18 Oct for 11 days.
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.
or 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 132 Members by News Desk (on your request)
Uploaded on to RAFARS Website by Gary G0DNI under News Letters.
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