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Dear Licence Holder,

We are writing to make you aware of some important changes that we are proposing to make to your Wireless Telegraphy Act licence(s) issued by Ofcom.

In February and October last year, we issued two public consultations on our proposal to formally require licensees to comply with the internationally agreed levels in the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) Guidelines for the protection of the general public from electromagnetic fields (EMF). We refer to these levels as the ICNIRP general public limits. In October, we also issued a Statement setting out our decision to formally require licensees to comply with the ICNIRP general public limits and we recently published an update on how we propose to implement that decision.

We are now writing to you to inform you of our proposal to vary the terms and conditions of your licence(s) to require you to comply with the ICNIRP general public limits. In accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act and your licence(s), we are giving you notice of our proposal by publishing a General Notice on our website.
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It is the Third Club Night of 2021 and as we are still unable to meet up Face to Face due to the Coronavirus, so it will be another virtual club meeting using ZOOM. I will open a ZOOM session for 19:00 on Friday 5^th March and the link for access is as below. We can give it a try say for 1 hour or so and if successful again we could hold further Virtual Club Meetings in the future until we can once again meet Face to Face. I think this is better than nothing.

 Join Zoom Meeting – Click on the link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5118594062?pwd=bVFUMnkyMWFZZThFczY5N2pkL1NIZz09

Meeting ID: 511 859 4062

Passcode: 763211

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CLUB FINANCES
Our New Club financial year for 2021 has started (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. Normal club night the donation is £2 or whatever you wish to donate. (Must admit the Annual Payment helps me enormously, GM4UYZ)

Remember our Club Ethos is “would you like to donate” so it is up to you, but all the money goes to help pay for club expenses throughout the year.

Payments can be via the following methods:

• Pay via the Paypal Link (Large Orange DONATE Button) by clicking on this on the club website cpsarc.com and what you put in goes direct to a PayPal Pool that has been set up and the beauty of this that there is no additional payment to PayPal
• Cash – You can put this via my door in an envelope (Remember to add your name on the envelope)
• Cheque – Payable to Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club. Send to my home address Can be found on QRZ.com
• Bank Transfer – Contact me direct via text, messenger, phone or email and I will give you the Sort Code and Account Number.

Many thanks for supporting the Radio Club throughout these difficult times it is so appreciated.

Look forward to “Seeing” you on Friday

Bob GM4UYZ

** CHANCE TO PLAY RADIO DURING THIS VIRUS PANDEMIC **
(1) Date – ANY DAY BETWEEN THE 14th FEBRUARY and the 20th FEBRUARY 2021
(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, 1.2, 2.3, 3.4, 5.7 & 10GHZ
(5) Power As per your licence
Full=400W, Intermediate=50W and Foundation=10W
(6) Your Locator Worldwide 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, 24^th FEBUARY 2021
(11) Blank Log Sheet for 2021 can be downloaded from Club Website – Download Section “2021-Activity-Day-Logsheet-V1.23”
**PLEASE USE LATEST ENTRY FORM AS WILL HELP ME ENORMOUSLY,
**Note it is not mandatory but it helps me, THANKS **
Website http://cpsarc.com/downloads/

(12) Return Logs to Bob Glasgow GM4UYZ,
7 Castle Terrace,
Port Seton,
Prestonpans,
East Lothian,
EH32 0EE
Email: bob.gm4uyz@talktalk.net
(13) QSO’s not Eligible Any HF/VHF/UHF QSO’s via a repeater, Digital or satellite do not count
(14) Full Rules can be found at http://cpsarc.com/downloads/ in file “2021 New Monthly Activity Day Rules V5.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**
NOTE: FORMAT FOR 2021 is the same as previous years.

It is the Second Club Night of 2021 and as we are still unable to meet up Face to Face due to the Coronavirus, so it will be another virtual club meeting using ZOOM. I will open a ZOOM session for 19:00 on Friday 5^th February and the link for access is as below. We can give it a try say for 1 hour or so and if successful again we could hold further Virtual Club Meetings in the future until we can once again meet Face to Face. I think this is better than nothing.

 Join Zoom Meeting – Click on the link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5118594062?pwd=bVFUMnkyMWFZZThFczY5N2pkL1NIZz09

Meeting ID: 511 859 4062

Passcode: 763211

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

CLUB FINANCES
Our New Club financial year for 2021 has started (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. Normal club night the donation is £2 or whatever you wish to donate. (Must admit the Annual Payment helps me enormously, GM4UYZ)

Remember our Club Ethos is “would you like to donate” so it is up to you, but all the money goes to help pay for club expenses throughout the year.

Payments can be via the following methods:

• Pay via the Paypal Link (Large Orange DONATE Button) by clicking on this on the club website com and what you put in goes direct to a PayPal Pool that has been set up and the beauty of this that there is no additional payment to PayPal
• Cash – You can put this via my door in an envelope (Remember to add your name on the envelope)
• Cheque – Payable to Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club. Send to my home address
  • Can be found on QRZ.com
• Bank Transfer – Contact me direct via text, messenger, phone or email and I will give you the Sort Code and Account Number.

Many thanks for supporting the Radio Club throughout these difficult times it is so appreciated.

Look forward to “Seeing” you on Friday

Bob GM4UYZ