ANDOVER RADIO AMATEUR CLUB

DF Fox Hunting

Every year the members look forward to the Fox Hunting. ARAC orgnise around 5 events from June through to August, whilst the nights are light. They are arranged to fall on some of the Tuesday's where there is no club night. Full details of the rules and guidelines is detailed in the Fox Hunting Information SheetThis opens on a new page as a PDF.

Prior to the first hunt, to give everyone an equal chance of success, an antenna and equipment check/test evening is arranged for all participating members.

Annual BBQ for Members and Family

ARAC club members and their family have enjoyed the annual BBQ, this year is no exception. Members and wives once again met at the Andover Royal British Legion where we are able to use their BBQ facilities to run this annual event.

Our thanks go out to the Royal British Legion for the use of the venue, Mal (G8FHI) and Judy for organising the catering and providing the members with such a memorable event. The food was excellent; the venue is wonderful and the socializing second to none.

VHF NFD Weekend

Once again ARAC are taking part in the NFD event. The station will be located at Wexcombe Down (IO9 1EH).

ARAC will be using a small selection of bands with licensed club members operating and logging. Each station will have an operator and call logger with members rotating throughout the duration of the competition. The NFD rules for this year can be found on the RSGB website.(This will open another window)

There are PDF downloads available of the clubs competition results availalble in the Archive and Newsletter drop down list on our Links Page

Celebrating Our Success

Andover Radio Amateur Club are proud hold the Arthur Watt's Trophy once again for 1st place in the Low Power section of the VHF NFD Competition for the third year. This year we also came 3rd in the 4m Section which was largely run by just one of the members.

Our success is thanks to the enthusiasm of members and the committee. It goes without saying that the club members will be aiming to maintain these kind of results and hold on to the trophy in the coming years.

2M UKAC Competition

Some of the ARAC members take part in this competition which runs from January to December each year. The individual entries by a club's members to the UK&CD activity contests which take place on Tuesday and Thursday in every month, all count towards a society's overall score for the year for each UKAC.

These contests are timed to coincide with the last two hours of a number of European activity contests, with an extra half hour at the end to encourage intra UK&CD activity. They take place on Tuesdays from 2000-2230 local time with 144 MHz on the 1st Tuesday of the month, 432 MHz on the 2nd Tuesday, 1.3 GHz on the 3rd Tuesday, and 13cms to 3cms on the 4th Tuesday and on Thursdays from 2000-2230 with 50MHz on the 2nd Thursday and 70 MHz on the 3rd Thursday in the month.

More information about the 2M UKAC competition, rules and band plans can be found on the contesting sections of theRSGB Webiste

Mills On The Air

Mills on the Air is an annual special event which ARAC had been a part of for many years, alas have not been able to take part in more recent years. The event is held at the Crux Easton Wind Engine in north Hampshire not far from Highclere Castle (the home of the TV series Downton Abbey).

More information about Mills on the Air, can be found at DDARS.NET ... (This will open another window)