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ECWARC Memorial Trophy Award

posted 13 Mar 2012 13:14 by G0DVJ Essex CW Club

This year, the second time the ECWARC memorial trophy has been awarded, it went to Jeff Moye G7TAT.  Jeff was nominated for the award by Jonathan G0DVJ for his outstanding progress in learning and then also using CW on the HF bands, something that may people who learn the code never pluck up courage to do.  Jeff recently had his first QSO on HF with a french station after making his first CQ call on the key. 

The trophy was presented to Jeff by Steve G4ZUL, Chairman of ECWARC, at the February meeting of the Colchester Radio Amateurs, which had been running the CW practice programme which Jeff has been a regular attendee and participant in. 


The 75th Commonwealth Contest (BERU)

posted 2 Mar 2012 01:29 by G4ZUL Essex CW Club   [ updated 2 Mar 2012 01:39 ]

The 75th Commonwealth Contest (BERU) will be held on the weekend of 10/11 March 2012. This is the longest running DX contest in amateur radio, full details can be found on the BERU website: www.beru.org.uk

We are now privileged to be able to include Don G3BJ into the Essex CW Club team. The teams will now comprise: Team ‘A’ G0IBN, G3GLL, G0DVJ, G3YEC, G3BJ and Team ‘B’ G3ZRJ, G4ZUL, G4FTP We are also honored to have Don as a new member of Essex CW Amateur Radio Club.

Spring 2012 Newsletter available

posted 7 Feb 2012 15:59 by G0DVJ Essex CW Club

The Spring 2012 ECWARC newsletter is now available for download.

New 'Vibroplex' book by IK0IXI - KF1B

posted 21 Jan 2012 06:05 by G4ZUL Essex CW Club   [ updated 21 Jan 2012 06:15 ]

I am happy to announce my first book.
I wrote a 100 page book in Italian about Vibroplex bugs. The title is simply "VIBROPLEX".
Origin, history, collection and use of semiautomatic keys made by the famous factory since 1905.
Patents, all models, serial numbers, nameplates, adjustments etc. All you need to know about bugs.
In my language no book had been written before about these keys. Preface written by Antonio Zerbini, I1ZB - I.N.O.R.C. President.
The book will be available in February 2012.
 
'Storia, collezione e impiego de famosi tasti telegrafici Americani'
 
73 de Fabio Bonucci, IKØIXI - KF1B, ECWARC #013

ECWARC Memorial Trophy Nomination

posted 11 Jan 2012 01:47 by G4ZUL Essex CW Club   [ updated 11 Jan 2012 02:03 ]

Our UK based members are invited to nominate their candidate for the ECWARC
Memorial Trophy.

 

The Trophy is awarded annually to the candidate, who in the opinion of the committee,
has made the most progress with their CW during 2011.
 
The successful candidate will hold the Trophy for a year and receives a certificate
to keep.

 

The nomination form can be downloaded fron the resources section of the ECWARC
website, and must be returned no later than 31st January 2012.
 

ON5ME - EUCW 160m Contest

posted 30 Oct 2011 02:29 by G4ZUL Essex CW Club   [ updated 31 Oct 2011 01:44 ]

ON5ME-EUCW 160m contest

sponsored by the French EUCW Society,
the Union Française des Telegraphistes, UFT.

Saturday January 7th from 20h00 to 23h00 utc and Sunday 8th, from 0400 to 07h00 UTC.

The rules are the same as they were in the previous events.

The EUCW Societies who are issued by their Regulation authorities, one or more specific callsigns and whom will attend the contest are invited to inform Ghislain, F6CEL, the contest checker (f6cel@orange.fr.).

The EUCW Societies callsigns are worth each 10 points per QSO.

 

The following calls were active last year:

DA0HSC, DF0ACW, DL0DA, DPOAGC, DK0AG, DK0HSC, DK0RTC, DL0CWG, DL0CWW, DL0HSC, DL0RTC, DL0XX, DL0YL, F8UFT, EM0RSE, G4FOC, GX0IPX, HB9HC, MX5IPX, ON5CFT.

If there’s one or more callsign missing, please inform Ghislain.

A free software, written by Alain, F6ENO is available for downloading, on the UFT web pages at : http://www.uft.net/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=38

The software help pages give the rules in English, French German, Dutch and Hungarian languages. Choose your language first when installing.

Thank you to forward this information among your Society members.

So see you in this new EUCW event on topband.

73 from Maurice, F5NQL, one of the organizer gang.

Second ECWARC AGM

posted 3 Oct 2011 03:38 by G4ZUL Essex CW Club

 The second ECWARC AGM was held at the National Hamfest, Newark on

 Saturday 1st October 2011.

 We would like to thank all attendees to the AGM and to all others that attended

 a suberb talk regarding the Essex CW Club and the following lecture on CW

 operating delivered by Jonathan G0DVJ.

 Thanks also to WSPLC for helping us to organise the use of the lecture facilities.

 

FOC straight key evenings

posted 1 Oct 2011 12:43 by G4ZUL Essex CW Club

The First Class CW Operators Club is inviting the participation in one of its regular monthly events by other CW users on the 80m band.

For the last few months a successful Straight Key Evening has been organised and this takes place on the third Wednesday of each month. The FOC Club Station G4FOC is active from 1900z until 2200z encouraging the use of pump (straight) key, bug key or the sideswiper (cootie).

The operation is around 3525 KHz and although this is not a competitive event participants are encouraged to work as many stations as possible exchanging key details and signal reports to both FOC member and non member alike.

No logs need to be sent in and all non FOC members are invited to join the Straight Key Weekend at the end of December 2011. A warm welcome will be received to all non club participants in these events.

For the remainder of 2011 the SKE event dates are October 19th, November 16th and December 21st. The SKW is December 31st and January 1st taking place on all bands.

73 all and 'see you on the wireless'

Colin G3VTT



ECWARC Autumn 2011 Newsletter available

posted 20 Sep 2011 11:18 by G0DVJ Essex CW Club

The new ECWARC Autumn 2011 Newsletter is now available for download.

The Morse Crusade

posted 20 Sep 2011 00:59 by G4ZUL Essex CW Club   [ updated 20 Sep 2011 01:08 ]

Ian Fulton, G4XFC, has started an educational campaign called 'The Morse Crusade'
Ian's new campaign will promote the teaching of Morse characters at operational speeds,
such as those used in the Koch and Farnsworth methods.
For more information please visit Ian's website: www.themorsecrusade.g5fz.co.uk
 

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