Activities in 2003 2002 2004
On this page you will find illustrated reports of some of our activities during 2003. These are mainly in addition to our main meetings and shack nights. The most recent activities are at the top of the page.
Inter-Club Quiz
Poole Radio
Society hosted the local Inter-Club on the 19th September 2003 in
the new Study Gallery of Poole College. We were very happy to welcome
members of several local clubs to the event, which was enjoyed by
everyone. After a closely fought contest, the team from the Flight
Refuelling Amateur Radio Society won the cup this year. Poole,
Bournemouth, Flight Refuelling and South Dorset societies all fielded teams.
During the interval there was a break for refreshments. The picture shows
Tony Baker, G3PFM from Flight Refuelling accepting the winners cup from Paul
Warman G0ODP, chairman of the Poole Radio Society.
Hamfest
In August 2004 we
had our usual stand at Hamfest. We again took the opportunity to recycle
some superb items of surplus equipment to the local amateur population.
The weather was excellent, and we were glad of our gazebo to keep the sun
off. The table at the start was fully loaded with items for sale.
By close of business it was almost completely empty. We hope you came
away with a bargain from the Poole Radio Society Stand!
Amberley Working Museum (“Chalk Pits Museum”)
Amberley Working Museum
is a fascinating place to visit. The visit to the Chalk Pits Museum on
Sunday 20th July was most enjoyable. Tucked away in a disused Chalk
Quarry near Amberley in West Sussex, the museum has a variety of exhibits
covering industries as diverse as tile-making and transport, telecommunications
and pottery, road making to hedge making.
With such as variety of exhibits on a large site, members took advantage of the vintage buses and narrow gauge steam railway to spread out and see whatever was of particular interest to them.
The building exhibits included a hudge collection of tile and bricks – I never realised that such a variety of roof tiles existed – and these were made only in the Sussex area, and an interesting history of concrete.
The old telephone exchange was fascinating to see. Here visitors can use old rotary-dial telephones to call another visitor and watch the rotary switch connecting their call.
I found the history of electricity museum of particular interest. Here was a wide- ranging exhibition illustrating a mixture of basic theory, generation, distribution and appliances.
The museum also has an amateur radio station, with a permanent special event call sign. It has a tower with an HF beam and a set of nested dipoles. This makes for virtually no-tune operation on many bands – ideal for such a station.
Bletchley Park
On the
29th of June 2003 we headed off to Bletchley Park near
Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. During WW2 the German armed forces top
secret codes were broken at Bletchley Park, providing the allies with vital information
towards their war effort. The main building is very much as it was during
the WW2, but most of the huts are now demolished. We saw enigma machines,
a ‘bomb’ computer being reconstructed and many other exhibits.
This is a fascinating place to visit, even if your interests don’t go back to WW2. The site also houses an exhibition of computing, with examples of many of the popular commercial and domestic computers over the last few decades. This was our second visit, and it probably won’t be our last!
Sopley School Fete
To help publicise the hobby and because we enjoy the event, we put on a station as Sopley School Fete in June.
Annual Dinner
In early January
2003 we decided to hold our annual dinner at Corkers Restaurant on Poole Quay. It was an
opportunity for partners to join in and meet one another. As you can see,
everyone who attended enjoyed the occasion.