We’re sorry to announce that Mac’s talk on the Raspberry Pi, scheduled for 27th July has now been rescheduled to 14th September. We’re expecting a hands-on night, getting to experience first hand many of the different things that the Raspberry Pi is capable of, not all of them radio-related.
We’d also like to remind all members that the upcoming meeting on Thursday 27th July is the last meeting before the club takes a break for the summer. There will be no club meetings in August.
Two prospective new members, Dave and Kevin, decided to visit us this Thursday. Both were interested in taking their Foundation exams in the future. We’d like to extend a warm welcome to both of you.
Jonathan, our very own club Padre is to leave us soon, due to an upcoming posting with the army. He’ll be sitting his Intermediate exam on the 23rd June, so hopefully he’ll be the proud holder of a 2E0 callsign before he leaves us. As Jonathan may not be returning to the Richmondshire area after his posting, we hope that as many of our members as possible will be present at his final meeting on the 27th July, to wish him Bon Voyage.
The club is now approaching its third year anniversary, and it would be nice to “top up” the membership, as we have lost a few members during that time. Colin has suggested that we each consider introducing a single person who may have an interest in amateur radio, although he acknowledges that most members are fairly happy with the current size of the club. The Colburn Town Newsletter has now been distributed, and one of our prospective new members enquired about the club after receiving his letter, so we’re hoping that this may help boost numbers a little.
The last meeting was enjoyed by a number of members at the old Richmond Racecourse, as it was election day, and the hall was unavailable. Something different on a pleasant but windy evening.
The next meeting of the club is on Thursday 22nd June, at the usual time of 7.30 pm, at Colburn Village Hall. This is planned as an 80 metre contest night, but as always our members are free to do their own thing if they do not wish to take part in the event.
I am pleased to announce that we have two members who have successfully passed their Foundation level examinations with flying colours; Steve Jessup (M6JNZ), and Maddie Dale, (M6JOV). Maddie is the first Girl Guide in Richmond to gain an amateur radio licence, and she is to be featured in the Darlington and Stockton Times on Friday 23rd. June.
The club is to give a talk to two youth clubs within the North Yorkshire Youth group, and hope by taking radio to the youth of the area, this may encourage some more to people to join. Mac Potts has offered to help Colin with this project.
We now have a new Webmaster in the form of member Andy Thornton, who has kindly offered to take over maintenance of the club’s web site. The news, meeting schedule and contact pages are fully functional, and additional content will be added over the coming weeks.
Mac Potts is to give his long-awaited talk on the Raspberry Pi, the useful pocket sized computer which can be used for so many things, on Thursday 27th. July. I intend to invite other clubs to this event. The previously listed talk on Richmond School Amateur Radio Society will be rescheduled.
Mac has suggested that we provide our members with a paper-based directory of all club members and their callsigns. This would be distributed only to club members, and would not be made public. Colin would like the agreement of all our members before pressing ahead with this, so if you have any comments, objections or concerns, please let him know via. email, or using the contact form on the web site.