Month: August 2021

The evening was enjoyable despite a low turnout and there was general agreement that alternate physical and online meetings is the way forward for the foreseeable future.

The main topic of conversation was rechargeable batteries, but less in the context of amateur radio but that of Godfrey’s new ‘wheels’. Aerials for flats and small gardens were also discussed.

Despite the beer prices we’re going to meet again this Wednesday at the Pear Tree pub at 14 Margravine Road, W6 8HJ from about 19:00 and also have a Zoom meeting running so anyone who can’t get there in person but is otherwise free can join us.

If you have any new shiny toys by all means bring them, and if you have any suggestions for other venues we’ll be happy to discuss them.

The pattern of meetings was discussed and it was felt that the pub meeting had been very enjoyable but that we didn’t need two online meetings as well, so it was proposed to meet online on the second Friday of the month and at a pub (or other suitable venue) the second Wednesday after that.

It was agreed to cancel the Zoom subscription if it’s only going to be used in anger for one or possibly two meetings a month when free alternatives like Teams and Jitsi are available.

We’re also going to try to have more organised topics of conversation, possibly with a member giving a short presentation, but not at this stage visiting speakers until we’re confident we’d have enough people present to justify it.

It’s back to the virtual world this Friday but we can pick a date for the next Pear Tree evening and perhaps discuss how Zoom meetings would fit around those in the absence of a club venue.

If you’ve got 10m FM capability, fire it up from about 19:30 on 29.600MHz and we’ll see who can reach whom.

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Zoom details:

Topic:  HARS online club meeting Fri 13th August 2021

Time: Aug 13, 2021 20:00 London

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82703108183?pwd=ZzhIWmNpdjEwRkRrQmM0eEVPNzRnUT09

Meeting ID: 827 0310 8183

Passcode: 570160

Although not many members attended there was an old friend who hadn’t been able to join via Zoom, and the weather was kind to us. There was plenty of space both inside and out so we’ll meet at this venue at least once more before the summer is over. Zoom meetings will resume next Friday.

David Zoomed in from IE again and showed off his new aerial which worked well once he’s remedied a number of manufacturing errors and omissions.