Stafford and Districts Amateur Radio Society

Club meeting, Club Net & Social
2025-11-26 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-10 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-07 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-28 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-04 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-25 20:00 - 22:00 UTC and 5 more dates
The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club Christmas Dinner
2025-12-03 19:00 - 22:00
The club is planning to have a Christmas dinner at the ‘The Wildwood’.
Any members who would like to come please contact Nick who has the menu and is keeping a tally of those wishing to attend.
Exact timing yet to be confirmed

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical Talk - Resistors, what are they!
2026-01-14 20:00 - 22:00
Nick will be starting a series of short technical talks on electronic components, starting with resistors.
This should be an interesting talk helping those new to the hobby and refreshing the more experienced members.
The series of talks will cover all the basic electronic components and be presented by Nick and others over the coming months.

The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.

For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Video presentation, Ground loop antennas
2026-01-21 20:00 - 22:00
Club will meet at the Community Centre at 20.00.
We will be showing a Video on Ground Loop antennas during the evening.

For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical Talk on Capacitors, 2nd in our informal talk on electronic components
2026-02-11 20:00 - 22:00
The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
There will be a technical talk given by Nigel on Capacitors, What are they and how do they work.
This will be the 2nd talk on basic electronic components following on from the initial talk on resistors.
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical Talk on Inductors, 3rd in our informal talk on electronic components
2026-03-04 20:00 - 22:00
The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
There will be a technical talk given on Inductors, What are they and how do they work.
This will be the 3rd talk on basic electronic components following on from the previous talks on resistors & Capacitors
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club AGM,
2026-04-01 20:00 - 22:00
Club AGM meeting
Meeting will commence at 20.30
The Committee encourage all members to attend if possible,
Agenda

Apologies

Introduction of President

Minutes of previous year’s AGM

Minutes of the previous year’s AGM are to be proposed and seconded as a true record.

Matters Arising

Officers Reports

Chairman’s report
Treasurer’s report
Membership Secretary’s report
Training Officer’s report
Equipment Officer’s report
Address by Leigh Preece, President

Election of Society Officers for 2026/2027

The present Committee stands down, and the Chairman invites the President to conduct the election of officers for the coming year.
Chairperson – (Current: Nick Barnes)
Vice Chair – (Current: John Withington)
Secretary – (Current: Nigel Moorby)
Treasurer – (Current: Peter Wilkes)
Equipment Officer – (Current: Graham Read, Richard McCutcheon)
Membership Secretary – (Current: Graham Reay)
Training Officer – (Current: Paul Clark)
General Members (3 off) (Current: Andrew Shaw, Derek Southey, Vacant)

Motions

Confirmation of Bank Signatures
Tea fund update
Constitution update

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical Talk on Diodes, 4th in our informal talk on electronic components
2026-04-08 20:00 - 22:00
The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
There will be a technical talk given on Diodes, What are they and how do they work.
This will be the 4th talk on basic electronic components following on from the previous talks on passive components.
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical Talk on Linear power supplies
2026-04-15 20:00 - 22:00
The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
There will be a technical talk given on Linear power supplies.
During the talk Nick and Vic will demonstrate a linear type of power supply.
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical Talk on L&C circuit phases, one of our informal talk on electronic components
2026-05-06 20:00 - 22:00
The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
There will be a technical talk given by Nick and Nigel on current and voltage in L&C circuits.
Talk will have both practical demonstration (Nick) and simulation using SPICE (Nigel)

Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical Talk "XLX202 - A multi-protocol digital voice reflector"
2026-05-13 20:00 - 22:00
The club net will be in operation between 20.30 and 21.00 on 145.375FM.
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
There will be a technical talk given by John on a new route to communications

Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Club Net & Social
2026-05-20 20:00 - 22:00
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending

Club meeting, Club Net & Technical demonstration “XLX202 – A multi-protocol digital voice reflector”
2026-05-27 20:00 - 22:00
For those wishing to operate a station we can gain access to the shed early so that the antenna can be set up before 20.00 .
There will be a technical demonstration given by John on aXLX202 reflector following on from the very interesting introduction talk on the 13th May

Can I remind us all to sign in when attending the club, this helps with the Fire register and also gives us a record of the numbers attending
