Monthly Archives: September 2024

Railways On The Air 2024 – Sat 28th/Sun 29th September 2024 – GB0WRH

Posted by on September 23, 2024 No comments

Again some of our club members will be taking part in the Railways On The Air event.

The station will be set up in the carpark of the Whitrope Heritage Centre near Hawick on Saturday 28th September and will be operating until the afternoon of Sunday 29th September. The two Daves GM0KCN and MM0HTL will be there on Saturday with Dave HTL staying the night in the caravan and operating on Sunday.

The callsign used will be GB0WRH (Waverley Route Heritage) operating on HF bands on both days. All club members and visitors are welcome to come along and see the radio station and have a go at operating or just come along to chat.

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).

Locator and directions:

Maidenhead Locator: IO85PH 00co
55.294320, -2.748944 (55°17’39.6″N 2°44’56.2″W) 1034ft (315m) asl
NGR: NT 52540 00279
WAB Square: NT50
Google: 9C7V77V2+MC
W3W:///jousting.windmills.wire
https://wrha.org.uk/the-association/find-us/

Satellite image showing location of Whitrope Heritage Centre carpark

https://rota.barac.org.uk/
https://wrha.org.uk/the-association/whitrope-heritage-centre/

2024 Rally and Open Day – Sunday 27th October 2024

Posted by on September 12, 2024 8 comments

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 booked so far (as of 10th September 2024):
RSGB (Books, Memberships etc)
GQRP Club
Alan Clegg (Valves etc)
Mirfield Electronics (Martin Stokes)
Canny Components
Mick Hunter (Batteries etc)
Tony Kruszelnicki (TK Electronics)
Perth Repeater Group
Peter Bates GM4BYF
Ken Elliott GM4NTX
Dave Bagshaw
Bob McClements GM4CID (Used radios, antennas, hand-built equipment)
Nick Trollope G4FAT (Expert-Audio – Radio leads, electronics, components, tools, used ham radio gear etc)
Andy Robson GM8YIK (SK sale for SBRG funds from GM8IIO and GM8BDX)
John 2M0YTN
Martin 2M0KAU

Bring & Buy Stall
Catering with hot and cold refreshments

Admission: £3.00 (up slightly on previous years due to increased hall rent costs etc).
Free entry for under 16s accompanied by an adult.
CASH ONLY at the door. Change will be given but we appreciate correct change for faster entry.
Some commercial traders may have card machines but most may only take cash.

Doors open at 08:00 for booked table traders to set up.
Early entry for disabled visitors and early Bring & Buy booking at 10:45.
General admission doors open at 11:00. (All times are GMT – remember to put your clocks back!)
Note that Practical Wireless magazine wrongly states the times in BST.

Location:
The Volunteer Hall
St John Street
Galashiels
Scottish Borders
TD1 3JX
(Google Plus Code 9C7VJ57R+WV )
(What3Words///practical.diner.voltage)

Galashiels town, click to zoom
Galashiels town centre, click to zoom

Access to Galashiels by road from A7, A72 or A68 (via A6091), by bus (bordersbuses.co.uk) or by train (scotrail.co.uk).

New email for traders queries including table bookings: rallytraders @ galaradioclub.co.uk
(The address rallytables was mistakenly given out but will also redirect automatically to rallytraders.)
General enquiries about the rally (not traders) to rallyqueries @ galaradioclub.co.uk
Email is preferred as website comments may not trigger a notification with us.

Be aware most tables are now booked/reserved so any more requests will be added to the reserve list in case of any cancellations. Otherwise you are welcome to enter items to the Bring & Buy stall on the day.

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