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Link to be sent my email as usual and also posted in the Discord group.

Keep an eye on the Events calendar as the school is currently unable to confirm meeting dates more than a few weeks in advance so we may have to change some dates as we move to holding two meetings a month at the school during the summer months. The second meeting this month being a case in point due to the school’s half-term break

Incidentally, the Events calendar on our website https://www.m0xhs.uk/events/ has some links at the bottom that allow you to synchronise it with Outlook or Google or iCalendar so meetings will automatically appear in your normal calendar.  Meetings are usually easy to schedule manually as the online meeting is on the first Tuesday of the month and the meeting at the school is on the third Tuesday, but subject to change because of school holidays. Setting up synchronisation will make it much easier.

Hope to see you on Tuesday.

A lively meeting with a reasonable turnout. Lots of discussion about Baofeng and other entry-level radios, and good radios for beginners.

Next meeting is online on 1st September and all going well we’ll be back at the school on 15th September.

As the Met Office forecast is somewhat contradictory and sunset is now much earlier we’ll meet at The Rutland Arms on the riverside walk around 100m west of Hammersmith Bridge from around 7pm. That said, I checked out the Riverside Studios complex and it looks as if it could easily accommodate around eight people or more in the bar area but subject to there not being a busy event taking place, so if the Rutland is mobbed we might try that – keep an eye on Discord for up-to-the-minute information.

This doesn’t preclude another POTA evening on a weekend if the next promised/threatened heatwave materialises.

As usual check the Discord server for up to the minute info and chat. Email for an invitation link if you don’t have one.

Hope to see you Tuesday!

JJ

It’s taken a long time but post-Covid we’ve found a new home which tentatively seems to be suitable so we’ve adapted our hybrid approach. We’re now holding one meeting online on the first Tuesday of the month and another at a school outbuilding in the Hammersmith area on the third Tuesday. In the summer months – May, June, July – we’ll instead have both meetings at the school, and we may change meetings in August and December when we won’t have use of the school room.

We also organise some other events like field days, taking part in the 145-Alive events and contests.

As we have currently have no major expenses, regular meetings are open to non-members but for the time being membership is a bargain at just £2 a month. If you’d like to join in look at the Events calendar for forthcoming meetings and the next meeting announcement on the front page where the online link will be published on the day.

The Chesham and District Amateur Radio Society is hosting a presentation on the subject of ‘A Pictorial Introduction to Data Modes’ by Mike Richards G4WNC on Wednesday 29th September 2021 at 20:00.

As a member of the Radio Society of Harrow, Godfrey received an invitation and contacted Malcolm Appleby the secretary of Chesham who confirmed that HARS members would be welcome.

The link is:

Date: Wednesday 29th September
Time: 20:00 BST
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86048047050?pwd=bFZCdTRyL1BoU1dNM291UTloZFpodz09
Meeting ID: 860 4804 7050 Meeting Passcode: CDARS

It’s suggested that we join the Zoom meeting using our names, call signs and an indication that we’re with Hammersmith ARS so the host knows who we are before admitting us to the meeting.