CTARC Green Point Lighthouse 1925 - Sep '15

This photo of the (unadorned) Green Point Lighthouse (where the CTARC participates in the annual International Lighthouse / Lightship weekend), was taken some time in 1925, and supplied by John / ZS1AGH. Grateful thanks for same!

You may note there have been several structural changes in the building since then...

CTARC Where Are Our Filters??? - 22 Sep '15

Since we assembled our Lighthouse Weekend Field Station, four bandpass filter boxes that we used in the previous (2014) event have gone AWOL. They were all kept in a clear plastic bag in our ham shack, and we are sure they were returned to the clubhouse after the previous event.

If anyone can help shed light on the location or fate of these needed bits of equipment, we would be most grateful. They are small rectangular silver boxes, each about 75 x75 x 50 mm in size and with two SO-239 coax sockets on them.

Please contact the secretary [here] if you can help.

UPDATE: We found our filters at last!

CTARC Forthcoming JOTA Event - 16/18 Oct '15

This year, the Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre will set up a JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) station for the Bergvliet area boy scouts and girl guides, to enable them to participate in this international radio amateur event.

The 2015 JOTA runs on 16, 17 & 18 October, and promises to be a very rewarding couple of days for all involved. Noel / ZS1FW is driving this particular initiative,

The plan is to prepare the equipment and antennas on Thursday 15 October, transport it to the Bergvliet venue of Friday 16 and operate on 16, 17 and 18 October. We expect to be inundated with keen scouts and guides who have expressed keen anticipation for our involvment!

We will then dismantle the station and returning the equipment back to the clubhouse on the afternoon of the last day of JOTA.

Radio amateurs who would like to be involved in this very worthwhile event are kindly requested to e-mail Noel via the club secretary [here]

Further details and arrangements will be announced closer to the time.

CTARC Forthcoming September Meeting - 26 Sep '15

The Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre will hold its September meeting at the clubhouse, as always,  on the fourth Saturday of the month, which this month will be 26 September, at 14h00.

At this meeting, John /ZS1AGH will present a very interesting talk on Decibels and how they apply to Amateur Radio.

We are all requested to bring our calculators to this meeting, as John will be asking us to do some calculations!

Further details of this meeting will be announced here and on the Sunday Morning CTARC Bulletins on 145.750 MHz at 08h30 (or a few minutes afterwards, when the preceding SARL Bulletin has concluded)

CTARC Committee Meeting - 21 Sep '15

There will be a meeting for members of the CTARC committee, at 19h00 on Monday, 21 September 2015, at the CTARC Clubhouse.

Please diarise accordingly.