Reduce cost by installing a Hydrogen Generator

20/11/2008 by G4USB.

Thought I would pass this little trasure on and wonder what you

may think of this notion.

Click ion the link and read the page, watch the enbedded video

when you reach it and see of you are convinced. The system seems

to be quite simple really and if it actually does work could save

pounds on every trip to an ‘up country’ show.

here is a link to the we site…..they charge $67 for the instructions

and reckon it would cotst in UK terms £60 maximum with good

quality parts to install.

http://www.affiliatesden.com/sites/61973.htm

I f we could actually save that sort of fuel consumption in % terms

it could be worth considering?

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Rally 2008

19/07/2008 by G4USB.

Thanks to a happy band of helpers the Rally held oin July 6th was a success.

In line with recent trends numbers attending were slightly down again this year but

there were over 200 through the turnstiles so to speak.

Net outcome for the Club is a modest surplus of income over expenditure and this

means that there probably will be asnother rally in 2009.

Once again thanks to all the helpers for both setting up and packingt away and of

course to the traders who made the effort to attend and without you all the event

would be doomed to failure.

73 for 2008 and roll on the 2009 event

Norman G4USB - President of CRAC

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Run to the Sun 2008 - Show & Shine

26/05/2008 by G4USB.

With a very wet start the day began and looked like it was going to be as bad as last year. However
after lunch the raid eased the skies began to brighten and wow, the sun appeared making the latter part
of the day dry and warm.

With just two of the Cornwall VW Owners Club present myself and ‘Bertie’ we were far from well represented
however there were still a large number of VW’s.

During the rainy period I sat in the van and worked stations on the 20m amateur radio HF band. With some interesting short skip propagation I held contacts with Scotland,Cumbria, Liverpool, France and Germany plus others.

Photo set is now available on Flickr.

www.flickr.com g4usb@btopenworld.com’s Run to the Sun 2008-Show & Shine photoset

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CRAC Goonhilly Visit

08/05/2008 by G4USB.

As arranged we all congregated at the approach to the

main gate at Goonhilly and at around 19.05pm

Anthony Sutton arrived and enquired if all were present.

Those missing from the list were Peter G3WKP

and Dennis G7AGZ [he was unsure of attendance]

so it was decided to proceed.

Anthony talked at some length about the position Goonhilly

has found itself in with the loss of it’s contract to service

marine & Aeronautical communications to a site in the

Netherlands it soon became clear that on pure financial grounds

that satellite operations would be based at Madely from now on

and GH would be shut down. Decisions on the future are still

being considered wioth several options being looked at. The dishes

are, it is hoped either going to be sold or leased but if not by

September scrapping is likely to go ahead.

Aerial 1 will of course remain as it forms an integral part of the

visiter centre and is still capable of working operationally.

It was in around 1962 that the first reception was tracked

across the sky from the low earth orbit satellite Telstar.

Following that the Early Bird satellites came on stream and

subsequently, the satellites have become Geo Stationary

and need far less tracking. As with all forms of communication

times have moved on and now, massive bandwidths are

available by using Fibre Optic cables and the network of these

is now global in nature rendering the satellite dish virtually redundant.

Goonhilly has a period of some 10 years before the last of it’s

international cable operations comes to an end and there is still

an under sea cable linking to the Channel Islands to look after.

Also the BT fault diagnostics center is based here and at Edinburgh

so still a working establishment for the forseeable future although

the skyline is certainly going to change in the not too distant future.

The tour of what was left of the electronics and control functions

was fascinating and then we went intoAntenna 3. This is a 1970’s

[I believe] structure and the pictures show it from almost all angles.

Once inside it becomes all to apparent how large the structure actually is.

Certainly, with the equipment moved out it would be large enought to

become a family home, strange shape but never mind.

Taking the lift we went up to the business end of the dish and examined

the final piece of equipment that passes the TX signal to the dish

[see photo’s]. Anthony described the way this all worked and after,

Mark explained in some detail to Chloe what it was all about

[another Dr Vaughan in the pipeline I think]

Back outside to take a few late pictures as the sun had by

then dipped below the horizon.

Excellent couple of hours. We took the opportunity as this was

certainty a lash chance saloon situation, another 12 months and

it could all be gone save antenna number 1.

Thanks Anthony, much appreciated by all of us.

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CRAC Goonhilly Visit 070508

08/05/2008 by G4USB.

Photo set now available on Flickr

www.flickr.com g4usb@btopenworld.com’s CRAC Gooinhilly Visit 070508 photoset

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International Marconi Day 2008

27/04/2008 by G4USB.

Photo set now available

www.flickr.com g4usb@btopenworld.com’s International Marconi Day 2008 photoset

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New FORUM for all Radio Amateurs & CRAC Members

07/02/2008 by G4USB.

I have put up a new Forum for use by anyone interested in the Amateur Radio hobby.

There are many sedctions that concentrate on the activities if the Cornish Radio Amateur

Club and some areas are protected by password and relate to member only areas of the

CRAC/CRAC Committee.

To register please visit the following URL

http://g4usb.proboards61.com

My suggestion for user name is your call sign

Choose your own password

Add your E.Mail address

Insert your date of birth [proboards are governed by US law and it is needed

to prove you are over 14 years of age I think it is.

Decide if you want others to see a link to your E. Mail or not on the board

Enter the check combination of figures and letters [stops machines from joining]

Accept board terms and conditions and click go

-

Await the activation E.Mail that will be auto generated by Proboards and sent

to the E.Mail address you entered in the registration process.

Log back in using the user name and password chosen

Enter the activation code supplied [may be carried over if you remain logged in

whilst awaiting the confirmatory e.mail]

This log in will add you to a list of applicants awaiting approval by me or Ken G0FIC

One of us will approve the application and next time you log in access to the Forum will

be waiting for you.

If you are a paid up member of the CRAC you will be issued with the password for the

protected area. If a Committee member a password for the Committee area will also

be sent.

Don’t just read what Ken and I have popped there already. This is an interactive discussion

Forum, pick a topic, add a thread[post] and see what activity it generates.

Write about the antennas, rigs, microphones or anything related to the hobby. Ask for help,

Pop an antenna design on the forum for other to try. Write a potted review of how you got

on with a certain rig. Anything really.

Put items for sale on the for sale area. You are fully responsible for the advert and we will

accept no responsibility for any trade completed as a result. If you are buying you have to

ensure you are buying what you think just like buying from a newspaper advert.If you are

looking for something add a post to the wanted area, someone may have it gathering dust.

Use the general area to post ideas for future Club activities or to ask if we can get involved

in something you want.

Play and enjoy.

Remember this is something I have set up in my own time using my own resources

I don’t expect to see bitching about it or wow it has been done. If you don’t like it

put a forum together yourself!

Norman G4USB

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