Club Location
The Bungalow
Carmarthen Council Offices
Spilman Street
Carmarthen
SA31 3QL
Latest news
A new 2M Gateway has been set up in Penboyr, West Wales. The Gateway
MB7IWW should offer coverage
out towards Cardigan and elevated parts of North Wales.
The MB7xxx range of callsigns in the UK denotes unattended operation,
the Gateway
operated in Penboyr is MB7IWW-L
which is currently connected to Echolink, node number 5896.
To use the link is very straight forward, simply tune you Radio
to 145.2375 MHz, add
a 94.8Hz CTCSS tone and you are ready to go.
The system gives an audio ident every three minutes so if you can
hear that there is a very good chance that the system can hear you
along with everyone else connected to the system.
DTMF functions are available as shown below.
Node Status
By pressing 08 will ask the
Node to play a status message.
Direct Connect
Enter the Node ID number of the station you want to connect to
e.g. 5896
Worldwide Random Node
By pressing 00 the system
will connect you to any available Node anywhere in the world.
UK Random Link
By pressing 011 the system
will connect you to any available UK Link.
Random Conference
By pressing 012 the system
will connect you to any available English speaking conference.
Disconnect
Press # to disconnect.
Test Server
Press 9999
to record and plays back your audio so you can set levels correctly
Further news
15th April 2008 was the Annual
General Meeting of the club. Subscription for the year was set and
the committee members each gave their reports.
After members paid their subscription voting took place to elect
the new committee for 2008/2009
(Click on the "Members" link opposite
for details)
8th June 2008 - The club took
part in the Practical Wireless 2m QRP Contest. The shack was set
up on Mynydd Llanllwni and according to the GPS system the site
was at 1284 feet ASL. Using a four element 2m yagi we made 25 contacts
in total. A number of contacts were made to Ireland, Cornwall and
France. The conditions were excellent and there did seem to be a
lift on with many contacts coming in at 59+. The weather was very
warm and sunny and a good time was had by all.
(Click on the "QRP 2m Contest"
link opposite for some photographs)
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