Small Clubs
Region 4 Hartlepool ARC
Region 7 Carmarthen ARS
Region 8 Greenisland Electronics ARS
Region 10 Chertsey Radio Club
Region 11 Poldhu ARC
Region 13 South Kesteven ARS

Large Clubs
Region 1 Cockenzie and Port Seton ARS
Region 3 Stockport Radio Society
Region 4 Durham and District ARS
Region 5 Wythall Radio Club
Region 8 Mid-Ulster ARC
Region 9 Reading and District ARC
Region 10 Hilderstone AR&EC
Region 11 South Bristol ARC
Region 12 Essex Ham
Region 13 Spalding ARS

As you can see from the 2017 results we have once again won the RSGB Club of the Year for Region 1. We therefore retain the trophy for another year. This is another great honour for the Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club so well done to everyone for making the radio club what it is as without you all it would never happen.

I really did get quite a shock when I read John’s article in the May 2018 RADCOM to find out the John had passed away on the 7th April at the age of 97.75 years old.

I have visited John on a number of occasions over the years and he was certainly a real character. He always had some great stories to tell. When you visited John it wasn’t just a 5 minute visit, the one you planned but it could end up 2 to 3 hours later.

He told me he would have loved to have been involved with the Radio Club but unfortunately due to his health he was unable to attend. He did though write a few articles for our Newsletter as away of being involved

As always our deepest sympathies go out to his family at this time. RIP…John

Unfortunately recent changes to the Facebook API mean that the facebook feed widget which was in the right hand sidebar is no longer able to display the feed from a Facebook group so I’ve had to remove it which is a pity as it was a paid for feature.

You can still see the group on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/cpsarc

(1) Date ANY DAY BETWEEN THE 8th APRIL and the 14th APRIL
(2) Time 00:00 to 23:59 Local Time
(3) Modes SSB /FM / CW/ AM/ Data
(4) Bands 1.8, 3.5, 7, 10, 14, 18, 21, 24, 28, 50, 70, 144 & 432 MHz
(5) Power As per your licence
Full=400W, Intermediate=50W and Foundation=10W
(6) Your Locator World Wide Locator (WWL) i.e. IO85MX
(7) Eligible Entrants Open to anyone who wishes to take part
(8) Transmit Exchange Report (RST)
(9) Receive Exchange Report plus Contacts WWL
(10) Closing Date for the Logs is Wednesday, 18th APRIL 2018
(11) Blank Log Sheet (CPSARC ACTIVITY DAY LOG SHEET ENTRY FORM) can be downloaded from Club Website http://cpsarc.com/downloads/
**PLEASE USE LATEST ENTRY FORM AS WILL HELP ENORMOUSLY,
**Note it is not mandatory but it helps me, THANKS **
2018 ACTIVITY DAY LOGSHEET V1.7
or
ACTIVITY DAY LOG SHEET BASIC
(12) Return Logs to Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ,
7 Castle Terrace,
Port Seton,
Prestonpans,
East Lothian,
EH32 0EE
Email: gm4uyz@cpsarc.com
(13) QSO’s not Eligible Any HF/VHF/UHF QSO’s via a repeater do not count
(14) Full Rules can be found at http://cpsarc.com/downloads/ in file 2018 New Monthly Activity Day Rules.docx
Aim:
The aim of the event is to get on the air and work as many stations that you can in the allotted time period plus at the same time have some fun. As previous it offers more flexibility and allows you to choose what day you can operate on during the chosen week.
** REMEMBER YOU CAN USE THE SAME LOG ENTRIES FOR**
**THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VIC GM4GGF TROPHY AWARD**

REMEMBER it is club night on Friday 6th April at the usual place. It is the FOURTH of 2018 so hope you can all make a massive effort to make this a bumper club attendance. It will be fantastic to see you all, regulars, new faces and those who have not been for a while at club night and show that you are still supporting our great club
Thorntree INN, (Lounge Bar), High Street, Cockenzie, Port Seton. From 19:00 till late
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Our Club financial year (runs from January to December) and if you would like to donate towards the clubs running costs, which is £24 a year then there are different ways to do it.
• Pay via the Paypal Link on the club website (If paying this way then make it £25 to cover the Paypal costs, thanks
• Donation of £2 at every club night
• Donation at any time.
Many thanks in advance for supporting the club it is so much appreciated
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