About Our ClubThe Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society (HARS) was formed in the mid 1980s and amalgamated with the local repeater group for GB3OV meeting in local pubs and later in 1988 at the Medway Centre in Huntingdon. For 4 years up until 2015 we met at Hemingford Abbots Golf Club and now we meet in Buckden Village Hall. Newcomers will find a warm, friendly and informal atmosphere. Currently HARS have about eighty members, including ladies, with wide interests in amateur radio including an active CW training and appreciation group. Club Details HERE |
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13th February 2020
Natter Night
HARS Club Special Event Station Round Up – 2019
This is a quick review of the Clubs Special Event Station (SES) activity which took place during 2019, some of the following may whet your appetite so that you may join us during 2020, you are more than welcomed just let the organiser know beforehand.
To kick off this year’s tranche of SES’s we attended Royal Air Force Wyton over a weekend in April for the RAFARS "Airfields on the Air" event by the way this was our fifth year of being able to operate on the station. The Team was led by Flt Lt David Webb, MØSKT who is the point of contact for this activity as he is a Region Radio Communications Officer for the RAF Air Cadets in this area, we have radio qualified cadets and staff come along to help with the operating and logging for the callsign GB0WY. We managed to log 110 HF and 24 VHF QSO’s during the weekend with some long exchanges of information especially regarding our location and equipment in use. This is event always provides the club with a good start to our radio year.
In early May we attended Duloe Windmill in Eaton Socon for the National "Mills on the Air" Weekend, this again is one of the club’s regular events we put on and organised by David MØSKT, the owners of the Mill grant us permission to ‘invade’ their front lawn and garden for the duration of the activity. We arrive during the Friday afternoon to set up the station and test out the kit and usually clear away by late afternoon on the Sunday. For callsign GB2DWM we logged 193 QSO’s during the weekend which was up on the previous year’s tally.
June provided the club with the "Museums on the Air" event which is organised by Steve G1KWF and an ideal time to work outside in the summer conditions, this year was no exception as we operated from the Ramsey Rural Museum (if you ain’t been there well worth a visit) inside a marquee with brilliant views of the Fens and the Ford Corsair Owners Club vehicles who had a get together. We managed for GB2RRM 87 HF and 2VHF QSO’s, plenty of tea, coffee, bacon rolls and cake during the weekend.
September and it was onto "Churches and Chapels on the Air" this time using the GB1SMB callsign. This time our station was organised and arranged by G4KLE and set up inside the church at the end of the tea room, yet again with plenty of tea, coffee and cake to hand which was served by some lovely church people. We managed to log 42 QSO’s on HF of which 10 were churches/chapels from around the UK.
As you will have read we have been pretty active out and about the local community by putting interesting locations on the map, make people from around the world aware of what we have around us locally, promoting amateur radio with many questions being answered by the ‘Team on site’, and above all plenty of banter and teamwork which makes the day special for so many of us. We have experienced an uptake in club members attending our SES events this year which is really supportive to the ‘Set Up Team’, please do continue to attend and bring others along you are more than welcome…we will always have the kettle on! Is there anyone who would like to run a SES for the club do let our Club Chairman know and talk through the details. And finally, a special thanks to the ‘Set Up Team’ who collect, rig up and de-rig the stations during the year your efforts are always appreciated.
This is a quick review of the Clubs Special Event Station (SES) activity which took place during 2019, some of the following may whet your appetite so that you may join us during 2020, you are more than welcomed just let the organiser know beforehand.
To kick off this year’s tranche of SES’s we attended Royal Air Force Wyton over a weekend in April for the RAFARS "Airfields on the Air" event by the way this was our fifth year of being able to operate on the station. The Team was led by Flt Lt David Webb, MØSKT who is the point of contact for this activity as he is a Region Radio Communications Officer for the RAF Air Cadets in this area, we have radio qualified cadets and staff come along to help with the operating and logging for the callsign GB0WY. We managed to log 110 HF and 24 VHF QSO’s during the weekend with some long exchanges of information especially regarding our location and equipment in use. This is event always provides the club with a good start to our radio year.
In early May we attended Duloe Windmill in Eaton Socon for the National "Mills on the Air" Weekend, this again is one of the club’s regular events we put on and organised by David MØSKT, the owners of the Mill grant us permission to ‘invade’ their front lawn and garden for the duration of the activity. We arrive during the Friday afternoon to set up the station and test out the kit and usually clear away by late afternoon on the Sunday. For callsign GB2DWM we logged 193 QSO’s during the weekend which was up on the previous year’s tally.
June provided the club with the "Museums on the Air" event which is organised by Steve G1KWF and an ideal time to work outside in the summer conditions, this year was no exception as we operated from the Ramsey Rural Museum (if you ain’t been there well worth a visit) inside a marquee with brilliant views of the Fens and the Ford Corsair Owners Club vehicles who had a get together. We managed for GB2RRM 87 HF and 2VHF QSO’s, plenty of tea, coffee, bacon rolls and cake during the weekend.
September and it was onto "Churches and Chapels on the Air" this time using the GB1SMB callsign. This time our station was organised and arranged by G4KLE and set up inside the church at the end of the tea room, yet again with plenty of tea, coffee and cake to hand which was served by some lovely church people. We managed to log 42 QSO’s on HF of which 10 were churches/chapels from around the UK.
As you will have read we have been pretty active out and about the local community by putting interesting locations on the map, make people from around the world aware of what we have around us locally, promoting amateur radio with many questions being answered by the ‘Team on site’, and above all plenty of banter and teamwork which makes the day special for so many of us. We have experienced an uptake in club members attending our SES events this year which is really supportive to the ‘Set Up Team’, please do continue to attend and bring others along you are more than welcome…we will always have the kettle on! Is there anyone who would like to run a SES for the club do let our Club Chairman know and talk through the details. And finally, a special thanks to the ‘Set Up Team’ who collect, rig up and de-rig the stations during the year your efforts are always appreciated.
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Repeater
• GB3OV
• 70cm (RB05) • TX Frequency 433.125MHz • Rx Frequency 434.725MHz • CTCSS = 94.8Hz • Locator = IO92VG Echolink node. (G6OHM)
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Digital Nets to be held every Monday
The Digital Voice NET new schedules on Mondays at 20:00hrs and will continue on a weekly basis.
The Frequency and details for the nets will be as follows:
First week of month is : DMR
Frequency: 438.600MHz DH:2 Simplex
Colour Code : 1
Talk Group: 9
Time Slot: 1
The Second week of month is : DSTAR
Frequency: 144.600MHz Simplex
Mode: DV
The Third week of month is: C4FM (Fusion)
Frequency: 144.600Mhz Simplex
Mode: DN
The Frequency and details for the nets will be as follows:
First week of month is : DMR
Frequency: 438.600MHz DH:2 Simplex
Colour Code : 1
Talk Group: 9
Time Slot: 1
The Second week of month is : DSTAR
Frequency: 144.600MHz Simplex
Mode: DV
The Third week of month is: C4FM (Fusion)
Frequency: 144.600Mhz Simplex
Mode: DN
SSB Nets to be held on the Fourth Monday of each month scheduled at 20:00hrs
Listen first on GB3OV for any changes: Net Controller Denis G6PRL
Listen first on GB3OV for any changes: Net Controller Denis G6PRL
Scheduled Dates and Frequencies:
January 27th = 28.350 Mhz
February 24th = 144.350 Mhz
March 23rd = 70.250 Mhz
March 30th = 432.350 Mhz
April 27th = 50.350 Mhz
January 27th = 28.350 Mhz
February 24th = 144.350 Mhz
March 23rd = 70.250 Mhz
March 30th = 432.350 Mhz
April 27th = 50.350 Mhz
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