CLUB QUIZ NIGHT
Dont forget March 23rd at Newport NARS 19.00hrs..
Quiz night ....Our team is :
Dave RQM
Gerwyn JDE
Peter RPB
John OAJ
Reserve Richard Waller..
Please could all members make every effort to attend for moral support and a bit of friendly banter....Clubhouse halfway up brynglas hill on right..
At present we are not sure whether Blackwood are putting a team forward but are welcome on the night...Good luck
TITANIC AND BLACKWOOD www.gb100.ggm
1912 - 2012 Centenary of the Titanic Disaster.
On the weekend of 14th 15th April 2012 the BLACKWOOD and DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY, formerly Blackwood Transmitters Club founded 1927.
Will be operating a special event station callsign GB100GGM from the Gelli Groes Mill at Pontllanfraith near Blackwood in Gwent.
Website www.gb100ggm.co.uk for more info
The Mill is a 17th century Water Mill and was home to the Moore family.
What is the link between the TITANIC and an old Welsh Water Mill?
It was the eldest son Arthur (artie) Moore (1887 – 1949) who being a wireless experimenter using his home brew, crude radio equipment on that fateful night, received a faint morse code transmission this was.
“CQD CQD SOS de MGY Position 41.44N 50.24W Require Immediate assistance Come at once We have struck an iceberg Sinking We are putting the women off in the boats”
He continued to copy out the signals he was receiving not believing what he was writing down, the final signal was,
“ Come quickly as possible old man our engine room is filling up to the boilers”
Artie raced to inform the locals and the constabulary of the dreadful news but they did not believe him. That was until two days later when it was confirmed in the national press. This confirmed that Artie had received the transmissions. As Artie had said that the old CQD, was used alongside the new SOS, by the Titanic radio operators.
The reception of these transmissions, by Artie is believed to be the only land-based reception in the UK and possibly in the World as they were relayed to Newfoundland by other ships.
On hearing of Artie, Marconi met him and employed him within his company as a draughtsman. In 1932 Artie patented the “Echo meter” an early form of Sonar.
The history of Artie and the Mill can be found on various internet sites and our website http://www.gw6gw.co.uk.
We will be operating phone(SPEECH) and cw(MORSE) from the Mill over the weekend using the call GB100GGM. The station and mill will be open to all visitors in conjunction with the present mill owner Mr David Constable and Caerphilly County Borough Council.
If you wish to visit the Mill the postcode is NP12 2HY . By road leave junction 28 M4 travel A467 to Newbridge then A472 towards Blackwood then follow brown tourist signs to candle workshop and mill.
More info contact
STUART Fireham@aol.com
O K FOLKS WE ARE LOOKING FOR IDEAS FOR CLUB NIGHTS..WE HAVE THE SHACK (IT IS NOT USED ENOUGH..USE IT) CHRIS (LLO) DOES THE BUILDING THING.. JOHN (OAJ) IS THE BRAINS WITH HIS EXPERIMENTING CORNER....IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPENING TELL US, IF WE DONT KNOW WE CANT DO IT
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Welcome to Cwmbran and District Amateur Radio Society :
(SITE UPDATED DAILY)
Our Address Is: Community Centre . Rear of Council Building . Ventnor Road . Old Cwmbran . Torfaen . NP44 3JY
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WEDNESDAY night is 80s night...Anyone wishing to join our 80mtr net at 20.00 hrs local,,, FEEL FREE to join in We are on or around 3.722 ish so switch on and have a chat
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THIS CLUB HAS BEEN LOTTERY FUNDED WITH THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED
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Well our shack is now complete....with the new icom 7600 and the icom dual band with dstar...
New PSU...Verticle for 2 and 70.
And our Comet and Long wire for HF..
Thanks to the people at lottery funding for all the help in putting this together and all the hard work by club members for all the little jobs like getting the locked high security steel cupboard and all the wiring and welding that goes with it.
Well done all involved....
The station manager Peter will be on hand to assist anyone wishing to use the new shack so please ask...
Dont forget the shack and building are heavily alarmed..
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DONT FORGET OUR GUESTBOOK WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMMENTS GOOD OR BAD ................Come on, We have not had a message for days...
guestbook@mc0yad.co.uk
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Cwmbran and District Amateur Radio Society, can now proudly boast that it has purchased it`s own WebServer and is able to host its own site and unique EMail service where all members have a unique address PLEASE USE IT ! ! ! To set yours up, contact Ken MW0YAC
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Our Address Is: Community Centre . Rear of Council Building . Ventnor Road . Old Cwmbran . Torfaen . NP44 3JY
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