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Pictures from the International Space Station

07/08/2020

On the 5th August Mike G8AXA and Mark G8PHM, managed to receive pictures sent down to Earth from the International Space Station. This section shows how it can be done. Receiving Equipment A simple hand held receiver can be used as shown in the photograph below. If you have a base station receiver, all the […]

Solar, HF and 6 Meter Report

26/07/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar Report During the week, a sunspot from the new solar cycle has been seen. At the moment it is tuning towards Earth, but is unlikely to effect radio conditions. HF Report I am now using a long wire that has been tuned to the 40 Meter band, with a loading coil for 80 Meters […]

Parks on the Air during Foundation Training

25/07/2020

Kieran 2E0FVB

Phil M0IMA and Kieran M7KJS decided to attempt a Parks on the Air activation in Swanley Park on Saturday with some of our foundation students. The original plan was to activate on 2m SSB and 40m SSB to give the student some time operating under the club callsign on both VHF and HF. Unfortunately the […]

DVRS is now a Beyond Exams approved club

22/07/2020

Phil M0IMA

Darenth Valley Radio Society is please to announce we have been approved to deliver the RSGB Beyond Exams club scheme. The Club Scheme provides a framework to allow club members to explore the hobby in a fun and sociable way. The scheme consists of 23 activities, based around five themes. As you go through the […]

Solar News

22/07/2020

Mike G8AXA

Good news from www.spaceweather.com. CME IMPACT POSSIBLE THIS WEEK: On July 19th, a faint CME left the sun. NOAA analysts believe the plasma cloud could graze Earth's magnetic field on July 24th or 25th. A similar slow-moving CME hit Earth on July 13th, causing high-latitude auroras. A NEW SUNSPOT: A sunspot has appeared and, according […]

Solar, HF and Six Meters Report

19/07/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar report. As far as radio goes it has been a very quiet week. A new sunspot did appear on Friday that was from the new sunspot cycle. Alas it only lasted less than 24 hours and therefore was not given a sunspot number. HF Report Steveâ€™s WSPR system has not been running this week, […]

First Practical Session for our Foundation Candidates

18/07/2020

Kieran 2E0FVB

Today saw the first practical session for our new Foundation Students. With the current social distancing measures we needed to change how we ran the practical session. But we still managed to make some contacts on 2m even if garden furniture in a car park was involved! We've been running the theory sessions online, but […]

Solar, HF and 6 Meter Report

05/07/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar Report. It has been a week of spot the sunspot. During the week, the start of a sunspot has been see. Due to it not forming properly, it was not given a sunspot number until Saturday, alas it is from the old solar cycle.. Report from spaceweather.com.LAST GASP OF SOLAR CYCLE 24: A small […]

Solar, HF and 6 Meter News

28/06/2020

Mike G8AXA

Solar News. For the past week the sun has been very quiet, until yesterday (Saturday 27th) when a news sunspot was seen on the sunâ€™s disk. The sunspot is from the new sun spot cycle (cycle 25). The bad news is, it is about to turn to the other side of the sun. HF Report […]

Building a Magnetic Loop Antenna

13/11/2019

Kieran 2E0FVB

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Pictures from the International Space Station

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Parks on the Air during Foundation Training

DVRS is now a Beyond Exams approved club

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Solar, HF and Six Meters Report

First Practical Session for our Foundation Candidates

Solar, HF and 6 Meter Report

Solar, HF and 6 Meter News

Building a Magnetic Loop Antenna

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