September 12, 2010
The Rotherham Show in Clifton Park was a fantastic weekend for the group to promote amateur radio in the community.
With over 20,000 visitors pass by we had great fun talking to people and demonstrating the many facets and modes of the hobby, from local analouge, through Satellite work, HF with a few experimental antennas and obviously D-Star.
We also met up with some great local contacts such as the scouts and the emergency and safety team at Rotherham Council.
G4LUE chatted with a lovely lady from the Asian Radio Network about the possiblity of him giving a community radio interview explaining the work the SYRG do.
Local HAMS and the Dave Wilson of the RSGB dropped in too to see how SYRG spreads the word, the support was very much appreciated.
Thanks to all who supported this weekend. The Local HAMs we met and all from the many varied and splendid community that is Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
You can check out the Rotherham Show pictures in our gallery at
http://www.syrg.net/snaps/rotherham-show-2010
July 8, 2010
D-STAR SIMPLEX EXPERIMENT
Saturday the 10th of July 2010 I shall be running tests on the DV VHF simplex frequency 144.6125Mz from 10:00 through till 18.00 hrs GMT
The aims of the tests are simple. I would like to establish some statistics on D-Star VHF simplex for comparison with standard FM.
I have already tested it over a short distance and found the audio and signal quality was 100% better. Tests indicate that the simplex mode of DV compared to analogue simplex modes is superior, but I would like to gain more facts. This will require more users to make contact on the day with reports on their location, power and antenna used and if possible a comparison on analogue using the same setup?
To do this I need people who can be on the radio at the same time as me, this could be a very interesting experiment and I am willing to publish those statistics on the South Yorkshire repeater group and my own rotherhamamatuerradio websites for all to make use of.
What we need is;
- for you to register your interest
- to be available on the 10/07/10 form 10:00 till 18.00
- to be able to keep a log
- send your log in (via email)
Anyone wishing to participate please contact Ian M6DER to register your interest.
Later this year I shall be doing some tests using D-Star TV also, anyone wishing to take part in this should contact me as well stating dvtv in the email.
Thanks for your time.
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