This year’s Galashiels Rally and Open Day will take place on Sunday 27th October 2024.
This is the last weekend of October so the morning of the clocks changing back an hour.
Venue as usual is the Volunteer Hall, St John Street, Galashiels TD1 3JX.
Traders confirmed so far (as of 30th March 2024): GQRP Club More to follow.
Bring & Buy Stall Catering with hot and cold refreshments.
New email for traders queries: rallytraders @ galaradioclub.co.uk General enquiries about the rally (not traders) to rallyqueries @ galaradioclub.co.uk
Lost and Found: Found a pair of glasses with grey translucent frames left at the Canny Components stall. GDARS club has them, contact us by email if they’re yours.
NOTE (21/10/2023): Rally still on! Not badly affected by Storm Babet, just a little soggy and windswept. All weather and flood warnings finished on Saturday.
This year’s Galashiels Rally and Open Day will take place on Sunday 22nd October 2023. Venue is the Volunteer Hall, St John Street, Galashiels TD1 3JX.
Note that this is NOT the weekend of changing the clocks as previous years but is the weekend before to avoid the CQWW SSB contest weekend.
Doors open for general admission at front doors at 11:00 BST.
Disabled/accessible entry and early book-in of Bring and Buy items only at 10:45 BST at rear door. (Table traders entry at rear door from 08:00.)
Admission will be £2.50 per person, with free entry for under 16s accompanied by an adult.
CASH ONLY at the door. Change will be given but we appreciate having correct change for faster entry.
A sticker will be provided for exit and re-entry.
Confirmed traders (as of 18th October): Bob McClements GM4CID (Club Stall, Used equipment) Alan Clegg (valves etc) Mirfield Electronics Canny Components Mick Hunter (Batteries, Memory cards etc) Tony Kruszelnicki from TK Electronics in Lincoln Perth Repeater Group Pete Bates GM4BYF RSGB (Books, Memberships) Ken Elliott GM4NTX Dave Bagshaw GQRP Club Michael Wills Gavin Chalmers GM0ALW Fraser MM0HCD DX Maps (Michael Whitehead) John 2M0YTN Paul GM0EDJ (Elderslie ARS, SK equipment)
Bring & Buy Stall (50p Book-in charge, 10% Commission up to £10 maximum) Catering with hot and cold refreshments.
Any trader queries or traders not already booked but wanting to check table availability please email Jim Keddie GM7LUN (mail@gm7lun.co.uk).
Location: The Volunteer Hall St John Street Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3JX (Google Plus Code 9C7VJ57R+WV ) (What3Words///practical.diner.voltage)
Club members will be taking part in this year’s Railways On The Air event, with a station being set up at the usual place of Whitrope Heritage Centre near Hawick on the weekend of 23/24 September.
The callsign used will be GB0WRH (Waverley Route Heritage) operating on HF bands. Dave MM0HTL will be arriving around 9am on Saturday and setting up, and then along with other members will be operating through the day and evenings until late Sunday afternoon.
All club members and visitors are welcome to come along and see the stations (radio and railway) and help with operating or just come along to chat with us.
The Whitrope Heritage Centre is run by the Waverley Route Heritage Association who have restored a length of track and sidings on the old Waverley line (1849-1969) between Hawick and Carlisle. Further details here: https://wrha.org.uk/about/
Location: Whitrope Heritage Centre, Whitrope, Hawick, Roxburghshire TD9 9TY Location: 11 miles south of Hawick on B6399 (Hawick to Newcastleton road).
Again members of the club will be going up the hill to operate a portable station for the Practical Wireless 144MHz QRP contest on Sunday 11th June. We will be using the callsign GM4YEQ/P.
The Galashiels and District Amateur Radio Society Rally and Open Day will take place on Sunday 30th October 2022 at the Volunteer Hall, St John Street, Galashiels.