On the 3rd of November 2025 the Dragon Amateur Radio Club held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Canolfan Esceifiog Community Centre, Lon Groes, Gaerwen, Anglesey, LL60 6DD and on Zoom for those unable to attend.
With over 22 members in attendance and 3 members attending via ZOOM this years AGM had a very positive vibe. The meeting was formally opened by the club Chairman Danny GW7BZR at 19:00hrs who gave another excellent Chairmans report before formally standing the 2024/25 committee down and handing over proceedings to the club Secretary, Simon MW0NWM. The membership then proceeded to vote on a new committee for 2025/26 which went smoothly with only a couple of committee member changes.
But what is an AGM and why do we need one?
An Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the club’s most important meeting of the year. It’s a chance for all members to come together to review what’s happened over the past year, celebrate successes, and help shape the club’s future.
At the AGM, the committee presents:
Chairmans report on the year’s activities, achievements and Plans and goals for the year ahead
The club treasurers financial summary
Members also have the opportunity to:
Vote on key decisions
Elect or re-elect committee members
Discuss any matters raised in Any other Business
The AGM ensures the club remains open, transparent, and run in the best interests of its members. Everyone is encouraged to attend and take part.
Photos by Mervyn Jones
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Victory Over Japan (VJ) Day is observed annually on August 15th, commemorating the 1945 surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day Dragon Amateur Radio Club members David Morgan GW6MLI and Martin Moyse 2W0NKS ran a special event station from Denbigh Moors in North Wales
The station setup was a Kenwood TS590 at 100w and a Delta Loop (full wave) antenna that was only 1 meter off of the ground and was situated North South facing.
David and Martin set the station up on a beautiful spot on Denbigh Moors some 1600ft above sea level near the old Sportsman Pub. Cefn Tan Y Graig (“Cefn Tan-yGraig is on the Hiraethog (Denbigh Moors) Maidenhead:IO83fc. OS: SJ 05730 67120. What 3 Words: appoint.fuse.tides. Post Code LL16 5SP.
The station operated between 12:00hrs and 15:00hrs making twenty contacts from stations in UK, Poland, Belgium, Germany and France. I must admit though that we did spend a fair bit of time between contacts chatting and admiring the beauty of the scenery.
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Each year, the Dragon Amateur Radio Club takes part in Lighthouses and Lightships on the Air. Our chosen location is usually close to Trwyn Du Lighthouse at Penmon, Anglesey. This year we set up on the Friday, ready to begin operating early on Saturday morning. The main station ran on a simple doublet antenna with an Icom Pro3 transceiver and computer. A second station was established with an Elecraft K3 paired with a SOTA Beams wire antenna and computer, dedicated to CW operation. For the first time, we also explored digital modes, adding a new dimension to our activities.
GB2TD went on the air at 0001 on Saturday, with the SSB station joining in from around 0400. Operations continued throughout the day and well into the night, before resuming again on Sunday morning alongside the CW and digital station.
The event was brought to a close at 1300 on Sunday due to other commitments and a shortage of operators and visitors. By around an hour later the station had been dismantled and the site cleared.
The club Chairman Danny Shurmer (GW7BZR) said that we are grateful to the 16 or so people who came along and supported us, helping to make the weekend just as much a social gathering as an operating event. Once all the logs were processed, we counted over 600 contacts made – all of which have now been uploaded to Logbook of the World.
SSB, or Single Sideband amateur radio, is a voice communication mode used to transmit audio over radio waves efficiently by removing the carrier signal and one of the two “sidebands” generated during amplitude modulation (AM). This technique reduces the transmitted bandwidth and concentrates the power, allowing for longer-distance communication, more simultaneous conversations within a given radio band, and better performance under weak signal conditions.
CW stands for Continuous Wave, which is a method of transmitting Morse Code using a radio signal. It’s a mode where a carrier wave is switched on and off to represent the dots and dashes of Morse code. CW is still popular among amateur radio enthusiasts due to its narrow bandwidth and ability to be heard in noisy conditions.
FT8 is a popular digital mode in amateur (ham) radio used for long-distance, weak-signal communication, especially in low-noise environments and during poor band conditions and involves a highly automated, pre-defined exchange of essential information like call signs and signal reports, rather than free-form conversation. WSJY-X software manages FT8 transmissions, allowing users to make contacts even when signals are significantly below the noise floor.
Club member Stewart Rolfe (GW0ETF) dispels the myth that FT8 is somehow magical!
It is Commonly stated that “FT8 advanced software is used to decode signals far below the normal noise floor” and this leads to claims that FT8 is somehow ‘magical’. Noise floor is 0dB and FT8 signal reports are reported relative to this, and many have figures such as -15dB which suggests the signal is buried way down in the noise.But noise figures are by convention related to a SSB bandwidth of 2500Hz. The bandwidth of a single FT8 tone is 6.25Hz (therefore 8 tones = 50Hz = bandwidth of each FT8 signal) and there is 2500/6.25 = 400 times less noise in a 6.25 bandwidth compared to SSB. 400 less in dB is -26dB. So a true sig report for FT8 should (in theory!) be increased by 26dB. Nothing magical about it….;-))
W.L.O.T.A. (World Lighthouse On The Air) is an international challenge that consists, globally to establish radio links, with and from the lighthouses in Sea, Rocks and Islands. On the weekend of 15th to the 17th August 2025 the Dragon Amateur Radio club again took part in this event from the Trwyn Du Lighthouse on Penmon Point Anglesey.
The Trwyn Du lighthouse is situated on a low-lying rock surrounded by shingle beaches about half a mile south of Puffin Island. The circular stone tower is distinguished by three black bands. It was built in 1838, stands 22m heigh with the light 19m above mean high tide water. The lighthouse was originally manned by two keepers but became fully automated in 1922. It has a 1st Order catadioptric fixed optic producing a light intensity of 3,088 candela. Trwyn Du Lighthouse was converted to solar power in 1996, work to modernise the station included the development of a unique operating mechanism to work the 178kg fog bell. The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from Trinity House’s Planning Centre in Harwich, Essex.
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I found myself free for this year’s contest and thought, why not dust off the official club call GW4TTA and let it sing on the airwaves once again? I decided to do it properly — truly portable (hence GW4TTA/p), going back to basics with no internet cluster crutches, no comforting hum of mains power, and just a single temporary antenna standing proudly against the elements.
The entire station was built from the ground up on Saturday morning at “Draughty Towers,” the wonderfully breezy QTH of Les, MW0SEC. There’s no such thing as a Field Day without a proper field, and thanks to Les generously offering up his patch of grass (plus a prime parking spot for my campervan shack), I had the perfect base of operations.
By 1500 UTC, everything was ready — the antennas straining skyward, the gear humming, and the spirit of adventure in full swing. There’s something exhilarating about starting from scratch and embracing the challenge head-on. It was radio in its purest, most liberating form — and I loved every minute of it.
This was only ever intended to be a low key ‘have some fun’ effort. For one thing I decided to forget the hassle of 160m capability. CW Field Day includes 160m unlike the SSB version in September and I would lose many points because contacts on this band score double points. The antenna used was a Sotabeams 40/30/20m linked dipole to which I added an extra ~9m link on Saturday morning to cover 80m; you may be able to make out the links in the above photo.
Weather was cloudy but dry so trimming these for resonance was easy with my NanoVNA. Total length was around 40m and fitted comfortably into Les’s field, held aloft on a heavy duty 7m telescopic pole which could easily be retracted to access the links when changing bands. Being effectively a dipole rather than a tuned doublet on the main bands the antenna was run N-S for principal east/west lobes. Radio was a spare K3 with the internal ATU used for 10m and to squeeze out 4 contacts on 160m with the 80m dipole link; it was also used on 15m when feeding the 40m dipole as the SWR was slightly high despite being basically resonant at 3/2 wavelengths. Power was near 100w but reduced when I knew the swr would be high at the feed point such as 160m and threatening to burn out the tiny choke balun. Electricity was supplied by my small Honda generator and logging was done with Dxlog software on my laptop. Barring an issue with a dodgy headphone connector still to be investigated everything ran pretty smoothly and I even grabbed a couple of hours sleep in the ‘dead hours’.
Conditions were good enough to keep me reasonably busy much of the time. This contest runs in synchrony with the IARU Region 1 CW Field Day organised by the German national organisation and there are always plenty of German portable stations on for the 24 hours. It’s basically a European contest with a smattering of North Americans and occasional DX which for me was a solitary 5Z4VJ in Kenya. It’s also essentially a club group contest but there were a handful of single operator entries normally due to a shortage of CW operators. My claimed scores were posted on the Facebook page after the contest and repeated here (Photo2) but the official final scores after adjudication have just been published and it’s these that tell the real story that don’t normally get seen –
My QSO total has gone down from 773 to 768 due to 5 broken exchanges (‘busts’) with the points reducing from 284,088 to 281,160. All this is explained to entrants in a personalised error report shown in the photo below which also shows the error rate compared to the average for all entrants.
There’s more satisfaction to be gained from contesting than simply winning….!
Stew GW0ETF (operating GW4TTA/p)
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Each year during the Antarctic Midwinter, the BBC World Service broadcast a special programme called the ‘Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast’. The programme is specially broadcast for the around 40 scientists and support staff of the British Antarctic Survey who are enduring the harsh polar midwinter.
The first Midwinter Broadcast was in 1955, meaning that this years broadcast marked the 70th anniversary of this unique programme. To mark the occasion, King Charles III sent a message as part of the broadcast, which was transmitted on the 21st July.
But why am I telling you this?Some of you may remember a talk given to the club on Zoom last year by friend of DARC, Matt Porter G8XYJ, titled ‘a Day in the Life of a Shortwave Broadcast Engineer’. Well Matt was on duty at the only remaining shortwave transmitter site in the UK, namely Wooferton on the evening of Saturday 21st July, and he wrote:“An evening shift for me today! Making sure that the BBC World Service Mid-Winter Antarctica Special on 12065kHz is transmitted from Woofferton, Shropshire, UK to all those working for the British Antarctic SurveyVery proud to be part of this!”As you can see from the pictures attached, the Croatian built RIZ Sender (Transmitter) number 96 was used for the broadcast on 12.065.000 MHz.
Matt messaged me with the following information about the type of transmission used.Matt said, ” It was at 250kW AM for tune up, then when on air, it changes to AMCAM compandingThis works that when you have modulation, the carrier drops by 6dB whilst the sidebands are high, then when there is silence the carrier returns to 250kwBasically, when they’re speaking, you are getting PEP of 250kw as the carrier drops by 6db to 62.5kw, bug ten sidebands means that you times that by 4 to get 250kwIt’s all about energy savingIf it was 250kw carrier all the time, you would be pushing 1MW at peak “A recording of the 2025 Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast can be found at:voicehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7zyv
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The Dragon Amateur Radio Club has many members with a hugely diverse skillset. John is indeed another of these members who has a wide range of interests and hobbies other than Amateur Radio.
John is a passionate walker and living in North Wales offers him some of the best walks in the UK ranging from coastal paths to mountain trails. The Anglesey Coastal Path provides stunning sea views and diverse landscapes, while the Mawddach Trail offers a beautiful, traffic-free route along the estuary. For mountain adventures, the Snowdon Horseshoe and the Watkin Path are popular, though challenging.
Another interest that John has recently discovered is laser and wood cutting which has led him to join his local craft shop. Unlike a traditional Carbon Dioxide (CO2) laserJohn uses a powerful LED laser, or diode laser.
These work by using a semiconductor to convert electrical current into a focused beam of light. Unlike a regular LED, which emits light through spontaneous emission, a laser diode uses stimulated emission to produce a highly coherent, monochromatic (single wavelength) beam. This process involves an optical cavity and mirrors to amplify the light, creating a powerful, narrow beam which due to its intensity can easily burn wood. Adjusting the power of the laser allows the user to either lightly engrave the material surface or indeed cut right through it!
John has made a range of gift items for people all over the country since joining the craft shop ranging from clocks, to amazingly detailed jewellery boxes.
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While amateur radio is, at its core, a hobby centred around communication via radio waves, there’s a whole world of helpful websites out there.
On Monday the 2nd June 2025 Simon MW0NWM gave a talk at the Dragon Amateur Radio Club highlighting some of the best websites that he had found useful or interesting ad then asked club members for other suggestions. A lively discussion followed and some members left our meeting place in Gaerwen with new resources to explore online!
Below, and on our Links page you will find many such websites offering advice and activity guides to handy tools and technical explanations. We are sure that if you trawl through the internet that you’ll find plenty of online resources to support, inspire, and occasionally confuse you — in the best possible way.
Of course it goes without saying that if you know of any useful amateur radio websites please email our webmaster with the website details so that it can be added to our ever growing links page.
Summits on the Air (SOTA) Summits on the Air is an award scheme for radio amateurs that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas. This site gives an introduction to this popular mountain topping scheme. https://www.sota.org.uk
SOTAWatch The SOTAWatch website lists all those SOTA spots highlighting who is on air at any time, plus it includes a list of alerts for those planned activations, helping you to chase down an operator on a mountain you have never worked before. https://sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/
Sotadata3 The Sotadata website lists all the qualifying mountains in each association area, helping you to locate who you are talking to. https://www.sotadata.org.uk/en/
HEMA If you enjoy your walking and operating, but don’t always want to go up the highest of mountains and hills, then this website and award scheme opens up literally hundreds of alternative summits for you. http://www.hema.org.uk
UKBOTA Another opportunity to operate portable, from a historical site many of which are accessible with little or no walking. The UKBOTA scheme is a relative newcomer that is proving popular. https://bunkersontheair.org/site/
WWFF (World Wide Flora and Fauna) Over 36,000 areas of the world with valuable Flora and Fauna are already registered in this scheme which is very popular in mainland Europe. I suspect many of you have heard someone on 14MHz calling CQ WWFF! https://wwff.co
World Castles Award Don’t fancy hill walking, but do enjoy portable operating? What better than setting up at or near a castle or castle ruin? https://wcagroup.org
POTA (Parks on the Air) Another scheme which has taken the amateur radio portable operators world by storm, there are literally hundreds of parks registered in the UK and thousands around the world. Will you be calling CQ POTA on 28MHz? https://parksontheair.com/index.html
Portable Operating Mapping Resource (UK Portable Ham Map) Zoom in on your location and it will give you your current Maidenhead locator. Various layers of information can be added including nearby SOTA Summits, BOTA locations, Triangulation pillars, repeaters and far more which is useful to the portable or visiting operator. Do take a look! https://kwirk.github.io/pota-gb-map/
Real Time Lightning Map Does the weather forecast predict thunder and lightning? Perhaps you have heard static crashes on HF and you want to see where the storm may be, then either of the sites listed above will prove useful. https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php
Cluster (DX Summit) What is a cluster? Quite simply you can see who has been heard on the bands. You can search by band or just look at the full list. Calling CQ and getting no reply, then perhaps spot yourself on the cluster to let people know you are there! Some people consider it cheating, but I believe that anything that helps you make a contact is a very useful tool indeed. http://www.dxsummit.fi
Propagation Have a look at various bands and map areas to see the kind of contacts being made and the suggested mode of propagation. Propquest is the really useful propagation prediction website created and authored by well known amateur and former BBC continuity announcer Jim Bacon G3YLA. It contains very useful forecasts for the various propagation modes. https://www.propquest.co.uk/
Hack Green Web SDR (Software Defined Radio) HF online receiver located at the Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker in Cheshire. Very useful if you have high noise at home and cannot hear weaker stations, plus listen to your own signals! https://hackgreensdr.org
Weston Kiwi’s On Air SDR (Software Defined Radio) Another useful SDR receiver based in Weston Super Mare. http://kiwisdr.com/.public/
I’m also a founding member and former chairman of many years for the North Wales Amateur Radio Group before the club who incidentally supposedly embrace the moto “Radio Friendly” sacked me for building this website for the Dragon Amateur Radio Club.
Like many hams, I collect hobbies like some people collect QSL cards. My past includes a stint in an elite Royal Marines airborne unit, 3 command Brigade Air Squadron (yes, really), and somehow also being an Avon sales girl (also yes, really). So whether it’s CQ DX or “Would you like to try a new moisturiser?”, I’ve got you covered. Incidentally you might like to watch my video about my time in Iraq with the Royal Marines.
As a young lad growing up in Cornwall, I was into three things: Citizens Band radio, motorcycles, and being outdoors — basically, I was halfway to becoming a mobile weather station. So it probably won’t shock anyone to hear I eventually joined the Army (specifically the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers — because why just ride a bike when you can also fix one?). Somewhere along the way, I earned my Amateur Radio License (2W0NKS — and yes, I picked the callsign for the laughs), and my passion for motorcycling grew to the point where I now consider exhaust fumes a form of aromatherapy!
After 14.5 years of serving Queen and Country, I’m proud to be an Armed Forces Veteran with a strong passion for supporting The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Being a keen motorcyclist, I naturally gravitated toward the Riders Branch of the RBL, the RBLR — because nothing says “remembrance and respect” like leather, chrome, and the occasional bug in your teeth. I now serve as the North Wales County Rep, a committee member, and the branch webmaster… which means I ride bikes, attend meetings, and repeatedly explain to people how to reset their passwords.
I could write an entire website about motorcycles — and honestly, I probably will — but for now, let me tell you about one epic event the RBLR runs every year with the Iron Butt Association (yes, that’s a real thing, not a superhero gym). It’s called the RBLR1000, and it’s a sponsored long-distance ride that raises money for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal — because what better way to honour our veterans than by riding a thousand miles and completely forgetting what your backside used to feel like?
The event’s been rolling strong since 2009, with well over 100 brave souls taking part each year. But don’t picture some massive biker parade snaking down the motorway — riders pick one of four 1,000+ mile routes, set off from Squires Café in Sherburn-in-Elmet, and either ride solo or with equally mad friends. In 2023, I tackled the Northern route (Scotland’s midges still haven’t forgiven me), and in 2025 I completed the Southern route — less midges, more sheep and more service stations.
Watch my RBLR1000 video — and maybe bring a cushion.
Once upon a time (and several instruments ago), I was a proud member of the local brass band scene. I started out learning the cornet with Rhyl Silver Band, then gradually collected instruments like musical Pokémon — adding soprano cornet (badly), baritone, euphonium, and trombone to my brass résumé with Beulah Brass. Eventually, I even swapped my mouthpiece for a baton and became Musical Director of the Belle Vue Brass Band — probably the only time I got to tell trombone players what to do and have them listen.
Sadly, my time blowing notes came to an abrupt end when I fell seriously ill, ended up in hospital, and was diagnosed with COPD and other health issues that meant my brass-playing days were over. It was a tough note to end on — but the music lives on in memories (and probably a few slightly dented instruments).
Another one of my past passions is scuba diving — or should I say was, though I still occasionally take the plunge when I’m on holiday somewhere warm. Let’s be honest: UK waters are far too cold for a seasoned gent like me. I didn’t earn all these grey hairs just to freeze in a wetsuit off the coast of Cornwall.
Over the years, I’ve logged more than a thousand dives in places like the Red Sea, Mexico, the Canary Islands, and yes, even the chilly UK. I worked my way up to the level of PADI Master Diver — which sounds far more impressive than it looks when you’re trying to squeeze into a wetsuit after a buffet breakfast.
One of my all-time most unforgettable dives was on the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm. She was a British cargo steamship, built in Sunderland in 1940 and sunk by German bombers near Ras Muhammad in the Red Sea just a year later. Now resting 30 metres underwater, the 126-metre freighter has become an underwater museum of World War II artifacts.
Hold No. 1 is packed with boots and motorcycles, while Hold No. 2 offers up a surreal mix of trucks, rifles, aircraft parts, Wellington boots, and even exhaust rings — it’s like a military car boot sale frozen in time. Floating around the wreck is like swimming through history, only with more fish and fewer queues.
More recently, I passed my Advanced Motorcycle Test with ROSPA — which basically means I now ride like a responsible adult (but with just enough throttle to keep it fun). These days, I’m proud to serve as a North Wales Blood Biker.
For those unfamiliar,Blood Bikes Wales is a group of volunteer motorcyclists who zoom around Wales delivering urgent medical supplies like blood, platelets, and other squishy-but-essential items between hospitals — mostly when everyone else is tucked up in bed. Think of us as the NHS’s unofficial medical ninjas… but with hi-vis jackets and top boxes.
We do it all for free, powered entirely by donations, goodwill, and the occasional strong cup of tea. No sirens, no glory — just saving lives one carefully-scheduled courier run at a time.
I like to think of myself as a fairly crafty person — and no, not in the sneaky, plotting world-domination kind of way. I mean the good kind of crafty: imaginative, hands-on, and occasionally covered in glue. I really enjoy web design, graphic design, and creating laser-engraved and cut items — basically, if it involves creativity, tech, and a mild fire hazard, I’m in.
One of my long-time passions (though these days it’s more of a “when I find the time” hobby) is model making. Over the years, I’ve built everything from sleek cars to detailed military dioramas — tiny scenes that take hours to make and seconds for someone to say, “Oh that’s nice, did you buy that?”
I’m also proud to be a member of Models for Heroes, a fantastic organisation that supports the mental well-being of veterans and emergency service personnel through scale modelling — proof that glue, paint, and plastic parts really can be therapeutic.
My latest, greatest, and possibly most sanity-threatening project is rebuilding and customising a 27-year-old Suzuki 600 Intruder motorcycle. When I say I received it “stripped down,” I don’t mean a few panels missing — I mean it looked like someone had sneezed and the bike exploded. It had been sitting in bits for four years, probably wondering if it had been abandoned or entered into some weird mechanical witness protection program.
Armed with nothing but hope, a toolkit, and an increasingly questionable sense of optimism, I began the noble task of painting, cleaning, polishing, and trying to figure out what the heck some of these mystery bolts actually belong to. I envisioned a glorious bobber-style finish, sleek and minimalist — the kind of bike that would make people say, “Wow!” instead of “Is that safe?”
Things were going well until I made the horrifying discovery that the 600cc V-twin engine — which had been left unplugged and untouched for four years — had partially seized. (By “partially,” I mean “completely enough to ruin my week.”)
Upon further inspection, the cylinder bores were rustier than a forgotten tin of beans, and some of the valves were seized tighter than the lid on a 1970s jam jar. In short, I now need to do a full engine rebuild — a fun little detour I absolutely did not sign up for.
Artists Impression of completed project!
So yes, this has gone from “fun bike project” to “emotional journey of mechanical enlightenment.” Wish me luck… and possibly send biscuits.
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On Saturday 10th May, members of Dragon Amateur Radio Club gathered at Melin Llynon / Llynon Mill on the island of Ynys Mon for the annual Mills On The Air weekend, which is held every May. Thanks to the owner of the mill, Richard Holt we were able to set up on the lawn in front of the mill and operate four stations, two on HF, VHF and Wires X digital mode. The sun shone, ice lollies, coffee and cakes were consumed, the public showed interest and many contacts were made! 7 contacts on 2 metre VHF19 contacts using Wires-X digital mode including into the USA, Australia and Ireland82 contacts on HF, mainly around the UK, but also the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. A total of 108 relaxed contacts over 6 glorious hours in the sunshine.
Interestingly Melin Llynon, or Llynon Mill, is a gristmill built for £529, 11s in 1775–1776 and is located on the outskirts of the village of Llanddeusant on the island of Anglesey. It is the only surviving working windmill in Wales.
The windmills on the air event is not run as a contest. The aim is to bring together amateur radio operators and clubs to promote the hobby, whilst helping preserve some of the wonderful heritage of our Windmills and Watermills. including Tidal Mills, Treadle Mills or Horse Mills (with a wide variation of types within those!). To find out more about the event browse to https://nharg.org.uk/content/about-mills-air-mota
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Les has many hobbies including walking and music. Les says that he can still play a passable bass guitar but says that his keyboard skills are very poor, so he uses the Mixcraft application which enables him to correct some of the bum notes!
Click play on the audio sample below to hear Les’s rendition of “a fine romance” which was originally written for the musical film, Swing Time, where it was co-introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Why not join in on one of our club nets? Thursday evenings 19:00 UTC GB3AN repeater and Wires X room 86178 Sunday evenings 18:30 UTC 18:30 until 19:15 BST on 145.550MHz FM Sunday evenings 19:15 UTC 19:15 BST on GB3AN repeater (433.200 FM, shift of plus 1.6MHz, CTCSS Tone 110.9)
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