To throw a complete spanner in the works OFCOM have issued us with a new call sign for IPSA.
We are no longer GB0CPS we are now GB1CPS.
We now also have 10 stations involved including ourselves on the two days
Burton ARC GeoCard is found and on the move again-4th August 2008
Burton ARC has a GeoCard, it was placed in the cache at Waterloo Mount with a dog bone insulator attached to it. Since being placed in the cashe nothing has been seen of it since. Today we had a posting on the Bravenet Map to say it had been found at Foremark Resiviour and that it would be moved on. So it is still out there and on its merry way to another site.
Our thanks to the partisipant that reported it.
What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache. More information at - http://www.geocaching.com
A kind donation by G7PAL, Bruce gets burton ARC a new mast - 15th July 2008
Burton ARC are proud owners of a new heavy duty mast. Bruce kindly donated some funds and with a little extra help from club funds we were able to purchase a new heavy duty telescopic mast.
The club would like to thank Bruce for such a kind gesture.
IPSA Steaming up- 15th July 2008
IPSA is just a few weeks away, we have 7 pumping stations on the air this time, but nothing international.
We have been joined again by some of the stations from last year and some new ones. The certificate for contacting 5 stations will now be available as we have over 5 stations and this was the qualifying point.
We wish all the stations involved a successful day.
Barton Gate Steam and Vintage Charity Rally - 15th July 2008
Just a reminder Burton upon Tent Amateur Radio Club will be at the Barton Gate Steam and Vintage Charity Rally on the weekend of the 19th and 20th July.
2E0KPO, Steve with have a handful of tickets if you need one call the club on 2m VHF and we will meet you at the gate. Tickets are reserved for members only on the weekend and are on a first come first served basis.
2E0KPO, Steve is half a mountain goat - 14th July 2008
Steve made 514 points this weekend and is now officially half a mountain goat. So far Steve has climbed 140 summits of which 106 of them are unique summits. Steve is in 20th position out of over 300 English SOTA activators and he is very pleased with his achievement so far..
The view from Pen Llithrig y Wrach looking back to
Carnedd Llewelyn on the horizon. Steve can be seen on his assent to the
summit of Pen Llithrig y Wrach (translating as slippery peak of the witch)
The mountain that gave Steve his 500 points was GW/NW-002 (Carnedd Llewelyn ) at 1064m ASL its the second highest mountain in Wales and the contact that gave Steve his forth contact was Barry, 2E0PXW
Steve is going to continue on with his mission to get to 1000 points and become a mountain goat and he hopes to have this completed by the end of 2009. He is also on a personal goal of ascending all the SOTA summits in Wales. So far 49 of the 156 SOTA summits have been completed.
SummitsBase Awards collected by members - 14th July 2008
M0JDK, John, 2E0NBR, Sharon, 2E0KPO, Steve and G0AOD Dave, have all claimed the new SummitsBase Award for unique summit to summit contacts.
This new award from SummitsBase can be claimed for each unique contact from one summit to another by an activator. There are set levels of awards to get the certificate, 25 contacts, 50 contacts, 100 contacts and 250 contacts. Their awards can be seen in the trophy room. here
