Stafford and Districts Amateur Radio Society

Club meeting, Club Net & Social
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 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

Club meeting, Outdoor operating, Club Net & Social
2026-06-24 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 .
We plan to set up the station in the car park at the community centre to enable some ‘out door’ operating while the intermediate candidates complete their preparation for the scheduled exam on Friday evening
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, Wellbrook working party Club Net & Social
2026-07-01 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 .
We plan to establish a working group to arrange the installation of the WellBrook loop antenna for use at the community centre. Any one interested in helping please let one of the committee members know.
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, Summer Camp, Club Net & Social
2026-07-22 20:00 - 22:00
Community Centre
The Community Centre will be open as usual
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 .

Summer Camp
We shall be holding our summer camp on Nick’s field from Wednesday to Sunday
All club members are welcome to come along to the camp.
If you require directions to Nick’s field please ask one of the Committee members

Club meeting, Feedback session, Club Net & Social
2026-08-05 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 .
The committee will be feeding back the key items from its recent meeting to the club during the evening.
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
