The 2020 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

2^nd Tuesday in the month at the Barnards Green Cricket Club – from 7:00 pm. Meeting starts at 7:30pm.

4^th Tuesday in the month at the Barnards Green Cricket Club – from 7:30 pm

Date	Title	Speaker
Tuesday January 14^th	Elecraft	Don G6CMV
Tuesday January 28^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday February 11^th
Tuesday February 25^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday March 10^th
Tuesday March 24^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday April 14^th
Tuesday April 28^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday May 12^th
Tuesday May 26^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday June 9^th
Tuesday June 23^rd	Informal meeting
Tuesday July 14^th
Tuesday July 28^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday August 11^th
Tuesday August 25^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday September 8^th	AGM	All
Tuesday September 22^nd	Informal meeting
Tuesday October 13^th
Tuesday October 27^th	Informal meeting
Tuesday November 10^th
Tuesday November 24^th
Tuesday December 8^th	Xmas cake, mince pies, & more	All

The 2019 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

Date	Title	Speaker
Tuesday January 8th	Defford Airfield 1941-57	Dennis Williams
Tuesday February 12th	Themed Evening – Test Equipment	All
Tuesday March 12th	Junk Sale	All
Tuesday April 9th	Suriname part 2 and Aruba part 1	Roger G4BVY
Tuesday May 14th	Meteor Scatter	Don G6CMV
Tuesday June 11th	Slow Scan TV	Dave G4IDF
Tuesday July 9th	Engaging young people in electronics	Ian G4AEG
Tuesday August 13th	Small dish EME- try something new	Sam G4DDK
Tuesday September 10th	AGM	All
Tuesday October 8th	RSGB awards scheme	Bobby MI0RYL
Tuesday November 12th	Radar flight trials at RRE Pershore	Dennis Williams
Tuesday December 10th	Xmas cake, mince pies, & more	All

The 2018 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

Date	Title	Speaker
Tuesday January 9th	Digital Data modes – RTTY and PSK	Roger G4BVY
Tuesday Feb 13th	Show & tell, home brew, new purchase, memorabilia etc	8 presenters
Tuesday March 13th	Droning on about microwaves (5.8GHz)	Matt G8XYJ Dave G4OYX
Tuesday April 10th	Beginner's guide to satellite operation	Tim G4VXE
Tuesday May 8th	Red Pitya	Clive M0XCH
Tuesday June 12th	Digimodes part 2 WSPR, FT8 JT9 & JT65	Mike G3TGD Don G6CMV Dave G4IDF
Tuesday July 10th	Salop Repeater Network	Martin G4VZO
Tuesday August 14th	The Ups & Downs of Flying Drones	Nigel G4XTF
Tuesday September 11th	AGM
Tuesday October 9th	Getting Going on LF/MF	Dave G3YXM
Tuesday November 13th	Getting Started with Amateur Digital Television	Dave G4FRE
Tuesday December 11th	Xmas meeting

The 2017 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

Date	Title	Speaker
Tuesday January 10th	PZ5K - Suriname 2016	Roger G4BVY
Tuesday February 14th	Home Brew PCBs	Dave G4IDF
Tuesday March 14th	Messing about with Arduino	Mike G3TGD
Tuesday April 11th	Show & tell home brew, new purchase, memorabilia etc	All
Tuesday May 9th	Getting started with APRS	Matt G8XYJ
Tuesday June 13th	RSGB presentation	Martyn G3UKV (RM5)
Tuesday July 11th	Vector Network Analyser Workshop	Club VNA owners
Tuesday August 8th	The Story of GB3NW	Dave G4IDF & Don G6CMV
Tuesday September 12th	AGM	All
Tuesday October 10th	WSPR workshop (provisional)
Tuesday November 14th	TBA
Tuesday December 12th	Christmas Jolly	All

The 2016 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

Date	Title	Speaker
Tuesday January 12th	Raspberry Pi	Bob G7WIG
Tuesday February 9th	Strowger Technology	Tony G1OZB
Tuesday March 8th	Optical communication	Chris M0OLO
Tuesday April 12th	Cyber security	Andy G7OFC
Tuesday May 10th	Contests	Roger G4BVY
Tuesday June 14th	Wychbold transmitter visit
Tuesday July 12th	An Evening with Jim Lee G4AEH	Jim G4AEH
Tuesday August 9th	Construction Show & Tell	All
Tuesday September 13th	AGM	All
Tuesday October 11th	The Cairo Interface System	Peter G8CQH
Tuesday November 8th	Remote Operation	Dave G4FRE
Tuesday December 13th	Christmas Jolly	All

The 2015 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

Date	Title	Speaker
Tuesday Jan 13^th	1 Hz and up	John G3OCW
Tuesday Feb 10^th	The dying art of chassis bashing	Dave G4IDF
Tuesday March 10^th	Antenna measurement workshop	All
Tuesday April 14^th	The Backpackers Contests	Dave G4IDF
Tuesday May 12^th	Surface mount technology workshop	Mike G3TGD
Tuesday June 9^th	Raynet	Tony G1OZB
Tuesday July 14^th	Vintage Radio	Phil G4SPZ
Tuesday August 11^th	Matching – amateurs do it with real & imaginary parts	Roger G4BVY
Tuesday September 8^th	AGM	All
Tuesday October 13^th	D Star & Fusion	Matt G8XYJ & Dave G4OYX
Tuesday November 10^th	HF Antenna design modeling & measurement	Clive M0XCH
Tuesday December 8^th	Christmas Jolly	All

The 2014 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

January 14^th	VHF range prediction using Radio Mobile with live 2m comparison	Roger G4BVY
February 11^th	Members short contributions – theme antennas. Home brew antennas, masts & rotators, ATUs antenna measurement kit etc	All
March 11^th	Valves & valve testers	Phil G4SPZ
April 8^th	Covert Radio	Dave G8EPR
May 13^th	SOTA – daytime activation of the Malverns followed by a talk on SOTA in the evening.	Matt G8XYJ
June 10^th	Radio operation out of the jungles of Honduras	Chris G6BDM & Liz G6BOQ
July 8^th	Making money on HF. (Note - change of talk)	Dave G4OYX
August 12^th	Bring a rig night - antennas provided.	All
September 9^th	AGM	All
October 14^th	Electronic Logging	Roger G4BVY
November 11^th	Vintage and military radio	To be confirmed
December 9^th	Christmas	All

The 2013 MHRAC Club Night Meeting Programme

January 8^th	USB dongles	Dave G4FRE
February 12^th	Kites and /MM	Dave G4ROJ
March 12^th	T32C DXepedition	Neville G3NUG
April 9^th	Members contributions	All
May 14^th	Visit to Staverton airport
June 11^th	Night on the air – Poolbrook common	Dave G4IDF
July 9^th	The K3 one year on – where to now?	Dave G4IDF
August 13^th	VHF National field day experiences.	Roger G4BVY
September 9^th	AGM	All
October 14^th	G4MHC at the Barnards Green Cricket Club	Roger G4BVY, Dave G4IDF, Mike G3TGD
November 11^th	Bletchley Parfk home of the code breakers & other things	Dave G4IDF
December 10^th	Christmas social evening with food!	All

Blasts from the past

Meeting programme for 2005:

Date	Event	Speaker
January 11th	RSGB Today	Mike King G8XDX RSGB deputy regional manager for HWR
February 8th	Repair & restoration of vintage radios Collection of subscriptions	Phil Harris G4SPZ Kidderminster Club
March 8th	Digital panoramic photography – the all round view	Bob Bilsland G7WIG MHRAC
April 12th	Making More Miles at VHF	David Butler G4ASR, RSGB VHF Manager. 'VHF DXER' & 'Antenna Workshop' columnist - Practical Wireless.
May 10th	Construction Show & Tell	MHRAC members
June 14th	To be arranged
July 12th	My other Hobby - Family History	Dave Hobro G4IDF MHRAC
August 9th	To be arranged
September 13th	The Z match tuner	Mike Allenson G3TGD MHRAC
October 11th	Bring a rig night	MHRAC members
November 8th	Travels in the Sudan with Oxfam	John Layton G4AAL MHRAC
December 13th	AGM

Meeting programme for 2004: Meeting programme for 2004:

Date	Event	Speaker
February 3rd	Junk sale Collection of subscriptions	Auctioneer Brian M1HHL
March 9th	The Enigma Machine	Anthony Martin
April 13th	Nanotechnology	Mike G4GHL
May 11th	Pre WW2 domestic Wireless Sets	Pat Moore G3IKR/td>
June 8th	Model Engineering
July 13th	Construction "show and tell"	All
August 10th	Focus on 70cms	Roger G4BVY & Mike G3TGD
September 14th	Sound cards and Amateur Radio	Mike G4GHL
October 12th	My antenna	All
November 9th	Receiver comparisions - bring your receiver along	Mike G3TGD
December 14th	AGM

Meeting programme for 2003:

Date	Event	Speaker
January 14th	PSK31 software demonstration. Collection of subscriptions	Mike Ward
February 11th	PJ9W - Preparing and running a contest station. Collection of subscriptions	Video
March 11th	Junk Sale
April 8th	Genetic Engineering (Provisional)	TBA
May 13th	Sound Cards in electronics and Amateur radio	Mike Ward
June 10th	Constructional techniques	Nick Silverthorne Mike Allenson
July 8th	Bring a rig night	All
August 12th	Discussion night	All
September 9th	Repeaters and Internet linking	Bob Bilsland
October 14th	Constructional show and tell	All
November 11th	Digital Modes	Roger Dixon Mike Ward
December 9th	AGM

Meeting programme for 2002:

Date	Event	Speaker
January 8th	Finalising the new committee, discussion on programme
February 12th	A gadget for measuring L's & C's and collection of subscriptions for 2002	Mike Allenson G3TGD
March 12th	Junk sale 10% to Club funds
April 9th	Construction Contest. That gives you a month to buy the bits and make it!
May 14th	Ground Probing Radar - talk and demonstration	Searchwell Ltd
June 11th	Radio active night - evening on the air, probably Poolbrook Common
July 9th	Illustrated talk by John Layton	John, G4AAL
August 13th	Informal discussion night (holiday season). Suggestions for themes welcome (Foundation licence ?)
September 10th	Digital photography and applications. Mini talks/demonstrations by members	Volunteers needed
October 8th	GPS - theory, technology and amateur user experience	Andy G7OFC, Brian, Mike G3TGD
November 12th	PIC projects for amateur radio	Mike G3TGD
December 10th	Annual general meeting