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50th
Anniversary Award
Doug
G4BEQ Vice Chairman..
A
special award to commemorate our golden anniversary has now been
designed and approved by the committee.
To
qualify for this award you must have worked, or heard, 50 RNARS members
between the period 1st January and 31st December
2010. Mixed
modes are acceptable but a station can only be counted once no matter on
how many bands/modes you have worked/heard it. Each station worked/heard
counts one point but special stations run by the RNARS during the
qualifying period will count two points.
Applications
for this award must be on the official RNARS awards form which can be
downloaded below, or by sending a suitable sae to the
Awards Manager. QSL cards are not required. |
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Download an Application Form <<<
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| The 50th Anniversary of
the Society is being celebrated throughout the year 2010 by the special
callsigns: |
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GB50RNARS - ON50RN - PA50RNARS -
PB50RNARS - PC50RNARS
PE50RNARS - PF50RNARS - PG50RNARS - PH50RNARS |
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RNARS
GOLDEN JUBILEE DINNER |
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| The closing date to
apply for the tickets to the RNARS 50th birthday dinner is 24th
April. Completed forms and cheques should be sent to Ray G3KOJ |
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Mr. R J Ezra G3KOJ
39 Buckland Close
Waterlooville
Hampshire, PO7 6ED |
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| Ray's eMail address is
:> penray22@hotmail.co.uk |
| His telephone number is
:> 02392253554 |
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| The RNARS was formed in June 1960. Next year,
therefore, is the 50th anniversary and a number of events are being
planned throughout the year to celebrate this occasion. These include
activities at HMS Collingwood, the home of the Society's headquarters
station, to which members of both the local and amateur radio
communities will be invited. |
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| The RNARS has been approved to use the
callsign GB50RNARS as it is a milestone in the history of the
Society. It appears that this or any other allocated callsign may be
used by UK members only of the Society from their own stations for a
period not exceeding 28 days in order for contacts to be available to
the maximum number of Amateur Radio operators throughout the UK and
beyond. |
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| If any member wishes to use the allocated
callsign from his or her home QTH for a set period, not exceeding 28
days during 2010, will you please inform me as soon as possible of the
dates between which you will be able to operate the callsign together
with your full name, your main station address and postcode at which
your amateur radio license is authorised to operate, and a contact
telephone number. These will be included in a schedule which will be
attached to the application for the license, therefore, time is of the
essence and if you are contemplating running the station to celebrate
this occasion, then the information is needed immediately. |
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| PLEASE NOTE that it is a condition of the
Notice of Variation that any special event call of this nature MUST
have access to the general public at the location from which it is used. |
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| The following will be reserved dates:- |
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| January 2010 - Glynn GW4MVA |
| February 2010 - Dave G1OCN / Phil G1LKJ |
| March 2010 - Mick G3LIK |
| April 2010 - HMS BELFAST GB2RN |
| May 2010 - G0GBI |
| June 2010 - HMS COLLINGWOOD GB3RN |
| July 2010 - Dave G4ZMP |
| August 2010 - G3LCS |
| September 2010 - GW0ANA |
| October 2010 - G4ZMP |
| November 2010 - MW0NSC |
| December 2010 - Mick G3LIK |
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M Puttick, G3LIK
Chairman RNARS
mick_g3lik@ntlworld.com |
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| GB50RNARS is also on http://www.qrz.com |
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5 0 t h A N N I
V E R S A R Y S U B C O M M I T T E
E D I S B A N D E D
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| Having disbanded the 50th Anniversary Sub
Committee for the reasons already stated, I am still receiving requests
from the few really dedicated members who are disappointed that we are
not having some form of celebratory dinner/get together. |
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| Mindful of these concerns, which I share, I have
now approached the authorities at HMS Collingwood for permission
to hold a dinner in the establishment. |
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| This has been granted and a date of the 26th
June 2010 allocated with the venue being the Warrant Officers and
Senior Rates Mess, which I have accepted. However, until I have some
idea of numbers who are keen to attend I am unable to obtain the cost of
such a dinner but would assume it will be around the £30 - £35
mark. |
| * A dinner has been arranged at HMS Collingwood and I will be taking
bookings in the New Year when menu and prices have been confirmed. |
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| We will also have to comply with the mess rules
during the event, the main one being dress. For this event smart casual
will be required. That is tailored trousers - not jeans, shirt - not
T-shirt or similar, shoes - not trainers, jacket optional but smart
jacket/blazer if worn. Those are the minimum requirements. |
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| Accommodation could prove difficult as the
establishment is experiencing a high demand to accommodate service
personnel but if accommodation does become available I will be informed
two weeks before the event takes place. If things go our way and we do
get an allocation I shall reserve those places for those that have to
travel the longest distance. |
| Accommodation for this event may not be possible due to the high demand
of service personal. If it can be arranged will be informed not earlier
than 2 weeks before the event. It is up to you to check with the mess if
you want accommodation. |
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| Surprisingly it is our overseas members who are
most keen to see this event take place which rather puts our residents
members in bad light. |
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| I would also like to inform all those members
that showed an interest in the original idea I put forward to have a weekend
get together at Coventry that due to the great interest
showed by some of our overseas members I intend to approach the hotel
again and see if I can re-arrange things with them. Normally they work
on a minimum of 50 people but I want to negotiate for a smaller number.
If I can twist their arm we will be looking for this event to take place
August / September 2010. I hope to be able to amplify on this in
the next few weeks so keep an eye on the RNARS news. |
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Get together week-end at Coventry on the 6th to 8th August is well in
hand and most of the allocated rooms have already been taken. If you are
considering going to this event I would suggest that you pay your £10
reserve fee soonest otherwise you could be disappointed. |
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Doug G4BEQ
Vice Chairman
g4beq@tiscali.co.uk |
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