Mills On The Air GB2DWM - May 2024
The HARS SES Team took part in the MOTA weekend with 11 Callsigns working the station equipment. Harsh HF conditions made HF operating a challenge, however we did get some VHF contacts logged.
The warm sunny weather and location made the weekend very enjoyable.
Submitted by David - MØSKT
The HARS SES Team took part in the MOTA weekend with 11 Callsigns working the station equipment. Harsh HF conditions made HF operating a challenge, however we did get some VHF contacts logged.
The warm sunny weather and location made the weekend very enjoyable.
Submitted by David - MØSKT
RAFARS Airfields On The Air - April 2024
A successful first Special Event Station GB0WYT for the start of HARS 'Field' Season with plenty of Club Members attending, working conditions were reasonable with everyone enjoying the warm spring sunshine and banter. We worked CW, Voice Data on HF, VHF and UHF Bands.
Submitted by David - MØSKT
A successful first Special Event Station GB0WYT for the start of HARS 'Field' Season with plenty of Club Members attending, working conditions were reasonable with everyone enjoying the warm spring sunshine and banter. We worked CW, Voice Data on HF, VHF and UHF Bands.
Submitted by David - MØSKT
At Buckden Village Hall 8th February 24
HARS Members held an Auction of radio items
Thank you to all the Club Members who attended on such a filthy weather night the auction. After the final Auctioneers hammer fell on the last lot of the evening the Club realised £175.00. Both MØOFF and MØVTG have now more room at home!
If anyone is interested in a ICOM IC-7400 which comes with matching ICOM Speaker and Desk microphone then please contact MØOFF Richard, any funds made will go to Phil G0AYX (SK) Estate.
HARS Members held an Auction of radio items
Thank you to all the Club Members who attended on such a filthy weather night the auction. After the final Auctioneers hammer fell on the last lot of the evening the Club realised £175.00. Both MØOFF and MØVTG have now more room at home!
If anyone is interested in a ICOM IC-7400 which comes with matching ICOM Speaker and Desk microphone then please contact MØOFF Richard, any funds made will go to Phil G0AYX (SK) Estate.
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Wartime Wavelengths - A POW's Secret Radio from 1943
By Tom Gaskill (aged 14) and Professor Malcolm Gaskill (Emeritus Professor of History UEA)
We had a very interesting talk about POW Camps and the building of a secret radio for use in the Camp
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Pictures by Christian G5DOC and Andy G6OHM.
HARS Rally pictures 2023
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Pictures taken by Christian G5DOC
YouTube of HARS 2023 Rally
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Totals from the HARS Rally
Firstly thanks go to Malcolm MØOLG and the Rally Team for organising and running a great event. We have received nothing but positive feedback from people who attended on the day. The Rally was very well attended and enjoyed by all.
The figures to date are shown below where taken on the day and gratefully received.
Gate - £926.70 Traders - £565.00
Bring & Buy - £25.00 the Bring and Buy was a great success as most of the equipment sold during the day was for Silent Key Estates; these where as follows : Phil GØAYX Estate £500.00+, Neil G1OVH Estate £1300.00+ these figures are to each estate respectively with only a number of small items remaining unsold. The proceeds from the sale of these items will be donated to the HARS Club.
In 2022 we had a total of £1658.30 which once we had sold the outstanding items we will match if not surpass the years before total. Thank you again to you all for your support and to those who were able to attend the rally I hope you enjoyed yourselves. Look forward to your support and assistance next year.
The figures to date are shown below where taken on the day and gratefully received.
Gate - £926.70 Traders - £565.00
Bring & Buy - £25.00 the Bring and Buy was a great success as most of the equipment sold during the day was for Silent Key Estates; these where as follows : Phil GØAYX Estate £500.00+, Neil G1OVH Estate £1300.00+ these figures are to each estate respectively with only a number of small items remaining unsold. The proceeds from the sale of these items will be donated to the HARS Club.
In 2022 we had a total of £1658.30 which once we had sold the outstanding items we will match if not surpass the years before total. Thank you again to you all for your support and to those who were able to attend the rally I hope you enjoyed yourselves. Look forward to your support and assistance next year.
David Leech G7DIU – Award for Services to HARS
David has been a mainstay of the Huntingdonshire ARS (HARS) for many years and it is time his dedication to the Society has been recognised. Roles David has held over the years are Society Secretary, Chairman for the Society, Membership Secretary, Webmaster for the HARS Website and finally for many years the Net Controller for GB3OV
David (DIU) was very delighted to receive the award from David MØVTG - HARS Club President
David (DIU) was very delighted to receive the award from David MØVTG - HARS Club President
Steve Watson GØKWF – Award for Services to HARS
Steve has been involved with Amateur Radio since the mid 1980s and a HARS Member since 2000. He was the HARS Chairman for 10 years followed by President for 5 years. As a Trustee at the Ramsey Rural Museum, he has been instrumental in ensuring the Society has access to the Museum for International Museums on the Air weekend for well over 14 years now. After a year off over 2022-2023, he has once again accepted a place on the HARS 2023 Committee.
Steve was awarded the Presidents Cup in recognition of his previous and continued support for the Society by David MØVTG - HARS President.
Steve was awarded the Presidents Cup in recognition of his previous and continued support for the Society by David MØVTG - HARS President.
GBØWYT - RAFARS Airfields on the Air - RAF Wyton - April 2023
On Friday 14 April 23 a Team from HARS assembled for the purpose of putting on a Special Event Station GBØWYT for the RAFARS Airfields on the Air event at Royal Air Force Wyton, Cambridgeshire. The original venue for the event which we have used many times before was going to be Building 45 which is the Headquarters of No 2331 (St Ives) Squadron ATC however the Event Organiser - David MØSKT (RAFARS 4789) was informed that the building that was going to use had a total mains electric failure which was diagnosed down to the mains cable having to be replaced; due to it being a Friday no one was available that could find us an alternative building to use at short notice. A ‘Plan B’ was put together so that we could at least operate for one day at a push and that would be out under canvas; so with some phone calls and an email request to one of the landowners that is local to the end of the 08/26 runway at Wyton a suitable site was found which meant the Team could pitch our Club Tent, erect the masts and antennas and do some testing ready for the Saturday, this all proceed well and the day concluded with a mug of tea for everyone - we always take the brew kit! Due to the operating the callsign ‘outside the wire’ at RAF Wyton station we were not allowed to have any Cadets or Staff Members attend this year. So, it was a reasonable start at 8:00am on the Saturday for some of the Team with the calls starting to come in on 40 metres HF, the rest of the Team arriving by 10:00am as David SKT had arranged a staggered start which meant the mid-morning Team could take over the operating and logging from the early operators. Mervyn G4KLE was calling on HF with David M0SKT Logging when David noticed a smell in the location of the radio rack on the desk which smelt like PCB or electronic components, he stopped logging to locate the smell and possible reason for the smell. Gently touching the sides and top of the Icom IC-7200, LDG ATU and 25Amp PSU soon located the source of the smell. The PSU was rather hot so you could not quite bear your hand on the top of the case, further inspection found that the fan had not cut in when it should have been. An emergency station closedown procedure was carried out successfully so we could investigate and swap out the hot PSU. A suitable PSU was located, installed and tested which resulted in being fully operational again on HF.
By using the GB0WYT callsign on the calling frequencies on 2Metres and 70Cms FM and SSB on our Icom IC-821H brought us some good contacts throughout the day; we also found the QSO’s were much longer on the two bands as people wanted to make use of the callsign with several mobile contacts being made which helped them through their journeys.
The day passed quickly with plenty of banter around the tent and a changeover of operators and loggers on both radios regularly meant it was an enjoyable event with plus side on HF when Mervyn G4KLE brought out his CW key and was soon working many stations into the UK and Europe.
By 16:30 the 2 metres and 70Cms station and various other items including the brew kit were disassembled ready for station close down the HF station was closed down with just the tent and HF kit to be derigged. By 17:00 everything was packed away into various cars with a ‘FOD Plod’ instigated by the Team to make sure we left no tent pegs, stakes or rubbish behind when we left the site.
By using the GB0WYT callsign on the calling frequencies on 2Metres and 70Cms FM and SSB on our Icom IC-821H brought us some good contacts throughout the day; we also found the QSO’s were much longer on the two bands as people wanted to make use of the callsign with several mobile contacts being made which helped them through their journeys.
The day passed quickly with plenty of banter around the tent and a changeover of operators and loggers on both radios regularly meant it was an enjoyable event with plus side on HF when Mervyn G4KLE brought out his CW key and was soon working many stations into the UK and Europe.
By 16:30 the 2 metres and 70Cms station and various other items including the brew kit were disassembled ready for station close down the HF station was closed down with just the tent and HF kit to be derigged. By 17:00 everything was packed away into various cars with a ‘FOD Plod’ instigated by the Team to make sure we left no tent pegs, stakes or rubbish behind when we left the site.
GB2DWM - National Mills on the Air - May 2023
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During the weekend of 7th & 8th May 23 HARS Members activated once again the callsign GB2DWM from Duloe Windmill in Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire for the National Mills on the Air event which is run in May every year. This year is the ninth year of the club operating using the callsign; we were welcomed back to run the station from the grounds at the Mill with permission being granted by the owners Steve and Sandra.
On the Friday before the event HARS Members arrived to set up the G5RV antenna, Masts and Gazebo which gave them a head start for the weekend. The local weather even welcomed us back as well with glorious sun and warmth.
The Team accumulated 247 QSO’s with 199 of them being on HF (SSB Voice and CW), 23 being on VHF/UHF and finally 25
on Data Modes. We worked 22 SES of which 20 were Mills on the Air callsigns. The Team operated on the following
Bands, 80, 40, 20, 10 and 2 and 70cms with working conditions being variable over the two days hence the changes
in the bands.
Thanks go again to the dedicated Team of Club Members who assisted during the weekend either taking the calls, logging or making the tea.
The HARS Club is a growing club which its members have a wealth of knowledge, experience and are from all walks of life, if
you are interested in amateur radio and would like to join the club details can be found at http://hunts-
hams.weebly.com we would be happy to help you and look forward to meeting you.
Edited by David Webb – MØSKT, Event Organiser.
On the Friday before the event HARS Members arrived to set up the G5RV antenna, Masts and Gazebo which gave them a head start for the weekend. The local weather even welcomed us back as well with glorious sun and warmth.
The Team accumulated 247 QSO’s with 199 of them being on HF (SSB Voice and CW), 23 being on VHF/UHF and finally 25
on Data Modes. We worked 22 SES of which 20 were Mills on the Air callsigns. The Team operated on the following
Bands, 80, 40, 20, 10 and 2 and 70cms with working conditions being variable over the two days hence the changes
in the bands.
Thanks go again to the dedicated Team of Club Members who assisted during the weekend either taking the calls, logging or making the tea.
The HARS Club is a growing club which its members have a wealth of knowledge, experience and are from all walks of life, if
you are interested in amateur radio and would like to join the club details can be found at http://hunts-
hams.weebly.com we would be happy to help you and look forward to meeting you.
Edited by David Webb – MØSKT, Event Organiser.
GB2RRM - Museums on the Air - 18 & 19 June 2023
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The intention of the event is to set up amateur radio special event stations at as many of the museums as possible throughout the whole of the world. We would operate on HF, VHF/UHF set up in the museum grounds. The choice of museum at Ramsey allows us to set up full sized wire antennas for HF operating.
The museums taking part over the years have included ships, castles, air museums, Napoleonic forts, pumping stations, wireless museums, racing museums and many others. For the purposes of the event, the word museum is loosely interpreted. There really is no shortage of venues in which such an event can be staged, no matter where in the world you might live.
During the first IMW in 2002 over 80 museums from all over the world took part. The museums varied from tiny local village museums manned by a single lone operator, to some of the world’s most prestigious ones. These were accompanied by a great number of military museum sites, such as HMS Belfast in London, the Battleship New Jersey in the US, RAF museums as well as very many non-military types.
The museums taking part over the years have included ships, castles, air museums, Napoleonic forts, pumping stations, wireless museums, racing museums and many others. For the purposes of the event, the word museum is loosely interpreted. There really is no shortage of venues in which such an event can be staged, no matter where in the world you might live.
During the first IMW in 2002 over 80 museums from all over the world took part. The museums varied from tiny local village museums manned by a single lone operator, to some of the world’s most prestigious ones. These were accompanied by a great number of military museum sites, such as HMS Belfast in London, the Battleship New Jersey in the US, RAF museums as well as very many non-military types.
GBØWYT - RAFARS Airfields on the Air, RAF Wyton 22 |
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ver the weekend 23 & 24 April 22 Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) Personnel had the opportunity to put on a
Special Event Station using the callsign GBØWYT at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire. This year marked the 12th year that
the event has taken place on the Station, it's location and history is always a good source of discussion and is popular with radio amateurs who have worked, visited or flown into or from RAF Wyton.
Cadets and Staff from local RAFAC Squadrons and the Event Team from Hunts Hams (HARS) an Amateur radio station
was set up using the Main Drill Hall in No 2331 (St Ives) Squadron Headquarters.
HARS Club members, Cadets and Staff all had a couple of turns at operating and logging the QSO’s during the
weekend with a bonus of the Cadets benefitting from having radio theory and practical sessions interspersed with
operating. Hopefully they may be our future Amateur radio enthusiasts and we wanted them to enjoy the
experience plus gain some useful knowledge over the event.
Overall the total of QSO’s was 243 during the event operating using SSB, CW, FM and various Data Modes this was helped by the excellent and simple set up of the station equipment and our seasoned operators, loggers, Cadets and Staff who attended the event gained useful experience of Amateur radio communications.
David Webb Flt Lt, RAFAC – Event Organiser
Special Event Station using the callsign GBØWYT at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire. This year marked the 12th year that
the event has taken place on the Station, it's location and history is always a good source of discussion and is popular with radio amateurs who have worked, visited or flown into or from RAF Wyton.
Cadets and Staff from local RAFAC Squadrons and the Event Team from Hunts Hams (HARS) an Amateur radio station
was set up using the Main Drill Hall in No 2331 (St Ives) Squadron Headquarters.
HARS Club members, Cadets and Staff all had a couple of turns at operating and logging the QSO’s during the
weekend with a bonus of the Cadets benefitting from having radio theory and practical sessions interspersed with
operating. Hopefully they may be our future Amateur radio enthusiasts and we wanted them to enjoy the
experience plus gain some useful knowledge over the event.
Overall the total of QSO’s was 243 during the event operating using SSB, CW, FM and various Data Modes this was helped by the excellent and simple set up of the station equipment and our seasoned operators, loggers, Cadets and Staff who attended the event gained useful experience of Amateur radio communications.
David Webb Flt Lt, RAFAC – Event Organiser
Presidents Cup Award 2022
This years the Presidents Cup has been awarded to Chris Osborn (G4UXV) for his Sterling service at running the GB3OV 10:00 and 14:30 Nets throughout the last two years to keep us all in contact during Covid-19.
This years the Presidents Cup has been awarded to Chris Osborn (G4UXV) for his Sterling service at running the GB3OV 10:00 and 14:30 Nets throughout the last two years to keep us all in contact during Covid-19.
