Stafford and Districts Amateur Radio Society

Club meeting, Club Net & Social
2026-02-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-03-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-03-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-03-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-22 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-29 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
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, 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
