Remember please, Anne is
always needs articles to publish in Ragchew! This is especially the
case during the lock-down. Thank you to those numerous contributors in
this edition!
You can advertise ham-related items - for
sale, swop or wanted-to-buy - in Ragchew, including colour photos,
details and prices. To do so, please contact the editor [here].
Download the December 2021 Newsletter as a PDF file [here];
Ragchew is also on our Newsletters Page
The December 2020 edition of the Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre's
bi-monthly newsletter "Ragchew" is now published. Grateful thanks to
the editor, Anne, for another fine edition.
Remember please, Anne is always on the look-out for articles to publish in Ragchew! This is especially the case during the lock-down. Please submit them to the editor in MS-Word format.
You can advertise ham-related items - for sale, swop or wanted-to-buy -
in Ragchew, including colour photos, details and prices. To do so,
please contact the editor at zs1ct@ctarc.org.za
Download the December 2020 Newsletter as a PDF file [here];
Ragchew is also on our Newsletters Page
Remember please, Anne is always on the look-out for articles to publish in Ragchew! This is especially the case during the lock-down. Please submit them to the editor in MS-Word format.
You can advertise ham-related items - for sale, swop or wanted-to-buy - in Ragchew, including colour photos, details and prices. To do so, please contact the editor at zs1ct@ctarc.org.za
Download the November 2020 Newsletter as a PDF file [here];
Ragchew is also on our Newsletters Page
The school has a growing Amateur Radio club that can often be heard working satellites and HF stations. The students have a number of hand-held transceivers and AMSAT antennas so they will be active on 2m and 70 cm.
It’s that time of year again when CTARC prepares for the International Lightship and Lighthouse Weekend. This year it seem a bit later in the month but actually it’s not. It is always the third FULL weekend in August. For us down in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s a time of cold weather and storms which makes it even more challenging!
Once again we have arranged to man the Green Point lighthouse from the Saturday morning of 17 August until mid-day Sunday of 18 August. We have repeated this so often now that our Lighthouse Team manages to do the set-up and take-down with military precision, but we still need manpower from our members, especially around 10:00 on Saturday morning in order to get our beam antenna raised. 
We need operators for the event so please pop in and grab a mike or key and make a few contacts with us, it’s always great fun. 
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| That frustrating period before the formal commencement of sales at 13h00... |
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| ...But one can always check out what's on offer in the interim! |
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| Lots and lots and LOTS of goodies, waiting to be discovered |
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| Packed full of freshness - and cable spools! |
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| Fleamarket attendance is always hungry and thirsty work |
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| Noel ZS1FW looks very chuffed with his latest acquisition |
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| Lem ZS1LEM peruses the items on offer from Fred ZS1FZ |
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| CTARC chairman Rob ZS1SA and another watch bemused as an unidentified ham tries to tune up the nearby trapeze poles to resonate on 80m... |
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| Wolfgang ZS1WHL and Hans-Jurgen ZS1HJH |
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| As ever, the CTARC flea market was very well attended this year. |
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| [Centre] John ZS1AGH and Louis ZS1LVH |
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| Always the opportunity to meet up with old friends and have a good natter. |
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| John ZS1EQ provided sterling service at the braai fires |
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| Food and liquid refreshments provided efficiently, as ever, by the catering ladies |
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| While interested parties visit ZS1FZ's table, Richard ZS1RIC on right tiptoes through the tetrodes... |
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| Time and motion study: The man in the red hat [Dave ZS1DFR] spots a bargain... |
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| ... and swoops to secure it! |
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| Tom ZS1AFS and his good lady Sue travelled across from the Overberg to attend |
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| The Dreaded Eldred ZS1DJ assesses an 807 with a critical eye while Wouter ZS1KE passes by |
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| Someone brought along a whole combi's-full of gear! |
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| If the price of a rig on offer is too high, one may always resort to fervent supplication! |
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| One man's spaghetti is another man's treasure! |
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| Sumptuous QRO, beautifully constructed! |
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| The clouds began to gather, but that didn't deter a continuing well-attended event |
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| Eldred had some fine gear on offer |
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| Once again, the CTARC mega-fleamarket was a great event, to be repeated next year! |
