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Medway Amateur
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Above:
Photos of Members taken in 1933 and 2022.
The December 2023 programme
of events are listed below.
If you
require further details, please email secretary@marts.org.uk
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Friday Evenings at the
Society HQ (Address above) 1st
December: Coding* - RogerL 8th
December: Natter night 15th December: MARTS Christmas Party 22nd December: Natter night 29th December: No meeting, Club closed * If you're not on the separate
e-mail list for the coding project and would like to be added, drop me a
line. Please note that each meeting will
commence with ongoing Morse code practice conducted by Steve. You can also listen to GB2RS in Morse
as well as configuring other Morse listening practice at the following site: https://bedsroad.org/gb2rs_news_as_cw.php As always, please be aware that
the programme is subject to change as circumstances dictate. Club Evening Events We are constantly
looking for events or talks to take place on Friday evenings. If you
have any suggestions for activities or would like to offer to give a talk or presentation
(it does not necessarily have to be radio related), please let Roger know. Thursday Morning Meets The regular Thursday morning
meetings continue from 10am at the Café located at Elm Court Garden Centre,
ME7 3JQ. N.B., as this is a casual arrangement, please make sure in
advance that somebody else is attending to avoid being the only one there! Don't forget to follow
MARTS on X (formally Twitter) @g8mwa for current updates and news. For members, there is
also a club WhatsApp group available. Contact either
Bob, Stu, or Roger if you wish to join. |
Club Nets Monday - Saturday from 0930hrs, daily morning nets
on144.650MHz FM Wed 6th Dec 20:00
GB7EX TG9, TS2 Wed 13th Dec 20:00 Zello
"Marts 144.650" Wed 20th Dec 20:00 Brandmeister
TG2353 Sun 31st Dec 23:30 New Year's Eve net on 144.650MHz FM
with GB6NU All times above are BST. |
Club Contesting
The following dates are for contests
in which individual stations can compete and make their own entries, but
their scores contribute collectively towards the club's overall entry in the
event. Why not have a bash in one (or more) and contribute to raising
the club's profile and contest success? Please look at the
RSGB “General Club Scores” UKAC league
table for position RSGB UKAC 2023 Tue 5th December 1900 - 1955 144MHz FMAC Tue 5th December 2000 - 2230 144MHz
UKAC Tue 12th December 1900 - 1955 432MHz FMAC Tue 12th December 2000 - 2230 432MHz UKAC Thu 14th December 2000 - 2230 50MHz UKAC Tue 19th December 2000 - 2230 1.3GHz UKAC Thu 21st December 2000 - 2230 70MHz UKAC All times shown are
GMT. For further details about RSGB
contests visit: https://www.rsgbcc.org/ |
Medway Amateur Receiving
& Transmitting Society (MARTS) was formed over 100 years ago in February
1922 and was originally known as the Gillingham Wireless League up until 1930
when it became the Medway Amateur Transmitters Society (MATS). The name was
revised in 1947 after WW2 to welcome in the large number of ex-service
personnel as Short Wave Listener’s (SWL’s) and the name has remained the same
since. Further historical details of the society can be found at https://www.qrz.com/db/GB5MW
A biography regarding
our principal founder William (Bill) Nutton G6NU
(Naughty Uncle) can be found at https://www.qrz.com/db/GB6NU
We hold the Call signs G5MW ( Medway Wireless) that dates from
1932, G2FJA, a late 1930’s artificial antenna licence and G8MWA that dates from
the 1970’s and was an old “B” licence
originally limited to the VHF/UHF spectrum.
MARTS are an affiliated member the Radio Society of Great
Britain (RSGB). https://www.rsgb.org/main/
We hold VHF nets every weekday from 9-30am on 2m, 144.650 MHz FM
using the call sign G2FJA, licensed non-members are welcome to join.
We compete in contests, arrange special events stations and can
offer help for those interested in obtaining an Amateur Radio Licence