2020 SARL 95 National Convention

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The Sandton and Hammies ARCs are hosting the 2020 SARL 95 National Convention over the weekend of 3 to 5 April 2020 at the Wanderers Club in Illovo, Johannesburg.

The SARL Symposium will be run on Friday 3 April with the SARL AGM on Saturday morning 4 April. The SARL 95 Celebratory Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday evening with Eddie Eksteen and the LM Radio Band.

Why SARL 95? The SARL will be 95 years old in 2020 and application will be made for a special call sign.

Members are hereby invited to submit motions for discussion at the AGM, as well as submit nominations for the various SARL Awards and Trophies. A call is also made to fill the five vacancies on Council as per the Constitution and Rules. The Councilors stepping down, maybe nominated if they are willing to stand. The relevant documents can be found on the AGM Documents page in the Members Only section.

The closing date for options and nominations is midnight on Friday 31 January 2020 and must be sent to the SARL Secretary.

Digimode Powerpoint Slides Released

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Neil Smith G4DBN has released the PowerPoint slides for a talk he gave to the RSGB Convention titled 'I can HEAR it, why won’t it decode?' at the RSGB Convention

The slides cover what Aircraft Scatter does to a 144 MHz FT8 signal, Rainscatter and the multiple phase/frequency-shifted signals and cancellation effects caused by Ducts and other tropospheric phenomena.

Download 'I can HEAR it, why won’t it decode?' Powerpoint - http://www.g4dbn.uk/?p=1328

Neil G4DBN (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/g4dbn

Melbourne QRP by the Bay

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Melbourne QRP by the Bay is coming up next month – Saturday 2 November 2019 at 3pm.

It's an occasional gathering of homebrewers, QRPers and portable operators. Normally between about 15 and 30 people show up for a very convivial couple of hours. Bring yourself, an idea and an interesting piece of equipment.

Gather at Chelsea beach near the lifesaving club, and afterwards, a lot of the crew go for tea at a local restaurant.

Melbourne QRP by the Bay - https://www.facebook.com/events/389158258446195/