Bloemfontein Radio Amateur Club

The Club was involved with Barbarossa Day celebrations at Leeuwberg on Saturday 19 June 2010. Victor, ZS4VR, has provided some photos and an article for QUA, the Club newsletter.

Switzerland

The river Rhine tumbles over falls at the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich. Dennis, ZS4BS, took the photo during a visit in June 2010. He visited the HB9W and HB9CA stations as well.

2010 Osram Rally

The 2010 Osram Rally is going to take place in the Barkly East district on the weekend of 20 and 21 August 2010. There are 8 stages for this year, and I will be needing radio marshals for the start and end of each stage - we can work on 5 sets of marshals - stage 1 will do stage 6, etc. The stages for 2010 are Bokspruit, Bottlenek, Clanville, Vaalhoek, Wartrail, Heuningneskloof, Vaalhoek and the Show Grounds.

The next Marshals meeting will be held on Tuesday 17 August at Elektro Vroomen in Nelson Mandela Drive, Bloemfontein.

The IARU Region 1 Award

The IARU Region 1 Award is issued by the RSGB for contacts with countries that are members of IARU Region 1. There are 94 countries in Region 1. This award is available in three classes for contacts with 40, 60 and all 93-member countries, with endorsements for single band or mode contacts available. No Band or Mode restrictions apply. You will need QSL cards for this award, but they do not have to leave the country with your application. Click here to find out more.

Looking for Valves?

No, not the type used in petrol engines, but the type used in radios. Mark, ZS4D, has revamped the website of his guesthouse and has added a page about valves. It is well worth a visit. Go and look at www.wen-do-lin.com

Birthdays and Anniversaries

On behalf of the members of the Club, congratulations to the following members and family members who are celebrating a birthday and an anniversary

Fri 2 Jul birthday of Marco, son of Erika and Victor, ZS4VR
Wed 7 Jul birthday of Chantelle, daughter of Dennis, ZS4BS
Fri 9 Jul birthday of Liefie, wife of Bertie, ZS4WG
Sun 11 Jul birthday of Jeanette, wife of Jimmy, ZS4JBC

Thu 5 Aug birthday of Chris, ZS4CGR
Sat 7 Aug birthday of Bertie, ZS4WG

Soda Pop 2 metre Antenna

The 2 metre antenna built from cold drink cans has been put back on the web page. It was used successfully used at the SA Armour Museum display at the Bloem Show. Click here to see how it is made.

Club Mailing List

A Club mailing list has been created on Yahoo Groups. To join the ZS4BFN Group send a request to ZS4BFN-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and to visit the site go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zs4bfn

HF Happenings Newsletter

The HF Happenings Newsletter is published weekly and contains news on Contests and other HF matters. Send a request to HF_Happenings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to be placed on the mailing list.

Club Bulletins & Meetings

Monday 20:30 CAT on 145.600 MHz FM via the Naval Hill repeater
First Saturday of each month at Leeuwberg Museum or Tuscan Rose.

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