Many thanks to those who attended the rally, from the club members who helped set up and manned the doors and Bring & Buy, traders who came and offered something for everyone to see and buy, and the visitors who made it another great rally.
See you next year!
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:
RSGB (Books, Memberships etc)
George MM0JNL on the RSGB stall will be taking Scottish Borders Repeater Group subs
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
Fraser Williamson MM0HCD
Michael Wills G0TNF (Military radios)
Brian Thomson MM0GTX
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 )
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Access to Galashiels by road from A7, A72 or A68 (via A6091), by bus (bordersbuses.co.uk) or by train (scotrail.co.uk).
Parking information: Parkopedia Link
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.
Got a Kenwood TH-D 74 and a BHI speech processor that are for sale- I’d imagine I’d be able to use the ” bring and buy ” stall.
Hi Ian, yes you can sell that at the Bring & Buy stall.
Mike MM3NTX
PS Sorry for the delay, your comments were buried in the many spam posts we get.
Hi, may I ask what the start time is please?
Main doors open for general admission 11am. Disabled admission around 10.45am.
Mike MM3NTX
Hello is the radio rally 27 oct still on and is there any spaces left i have a few military sets for sale and some modern stuff im asking as im traveling from penrith cumbria kind regards steve
Hi Steve, unfortunately the tables are all booked up currently. We can add you to the reserve list in case there are cancellations. I’ve passed your details to Jim. Otherwise you could add your sets on the Bring & Buy stall on the day.
Mike MM3NTX
You’ll have to excuse me- I’m not really phone or computer literate due to a fairly severe mental illness that resulted in a long absence from modern computing since 2003,and mobile phones also. I date back to the days of dial-up modems, AOL (the beginning of social networking), and Nokia text phones were the state of the art.
There are also a couple of textbooks, but as far as the manual for the TH-D 74 goes , it looks as if it’s been chewed by rats- the purchaser will need to download it in PDF format.
Accessories: Spare battery
“Oilcloth ” type pouch for for the transceiver and the spare battery
AC adapter (supplied with unit)
Rapid Charge cradle for batteries
A couple of UHF to PL259 “pigtails”
Advanced Data Management System for this unit KRS-D74_USB ( totally unused) and a textbook on D-Star, which this unit can handle.
I’m also including (but not for sale ) a soldering iron that I bought from the local stereo shop, bought in the late 80s, which got me started , and a digital multimeter that I picked up at a rally in Donaghadee more recently, for use by beginners (school students?)
The other item is a digital speech processor by BHI, that replaced their Noise Eliminating IN-Line Module which duplicated a bit of audio daftneness produced by Pink Floyd on the “Meddle” LP.
No longer need the DSP -got a fine Yaesu FT-710 now.
Yes Ian you can bring that stuff to the Bring & Buy stall on the day and one of the gents there will book the items in.
Mike MM3NTX
Hi. I am bringing my husband and we are from Stranraer. What is parking like at the hall please?
Hi Pam
There is not a lot of parking directly at the hall, but you may get parked in the streets nearby, or there’s a large carpark at Tesco (free parking for up to 3 hours) which is a short walk away.
Mike MM3NTX
Thanks Mike. Hubby will have his scooter, so Tesco may be the option.