2019 AWARDS EVENING…
Wednesday evening, 6th March 2019, saw a full room of SDWS members attend the Annual Awards Evening. You can view the Power Point presentation (in PDF format) by clicking on this link. Be aware that this is a large 29MB file so it could take some time to download if you have a slow internet.
The evening began with an introduction by Andrew, G0HSA, the SDWS Chair, followed by the Secretary’s Power Point presentation of the past year’s Society activities. It was obvious that SDWS is going strong, thriving and doing very well in all the various contests we enter. Finally the awards were presented to those who were able to attend. Only a few could not be there and it’s proposed they will receive their awards at the April meeting, just before the main speaker begins his talk.
It was a special pleasure to see John Raynes, G0BWG at the club last night. He has been a very loyal member supporting the club contest programme year after year, running just 5 watts QRP. It was also very good to see John M6JIJ, now 2E0RVX, back at the club again after a few month’s absence. We were also graced by Marcus, M6RUK’s presence as apparently the fish were not biting that evening 🙂 Good to see you Marcus!
The photos show most of last night’s action and are individually titled.
Many thanks to Bill, G4ZVB for most of these pictures.
The subject of the lecture was Arduinos
In spite of some difficulties he persevered and passed his Foundation examination with us last year. He is now active on HF running 10 watts of SSB and has already made many contacts outside the UK.
Andy, M0GAV (left) has for years been our most successful contester, especially in the RSGB UKAC series. He was awarded a special Certificate of Appreciation for his efforts, which include week after week of portable operations on Houndkirk Moor and Wharncliffe often in severe weather. His efforts not only ensured SDWS won the UKAC Local Club league in 2017 but got us (operating as 93 Group then) to second place in 2018!
Graham G3YJR (who does not wish to have his photograph published online) was the leading SDWS member in the 2018 UKACs on 2.3GHz and was awarded a certificate. He also was presented by Dave, M5DWI, with the DWI 144MHz QRP DX Trophy and certificate for 2018
Other awards could not be collected as the recipients (listed below) could not attend the awards Evening:
SDWS Home Construction Competition:
Beginner’s Trophy: Iftikhar Ahmed, 2E0LVP
Advanced Highly Commended Certificate: Colin Shaw, M5FRA
Certificates of Appreciation for Service to the Society:
Steve Hambleton, G0EAK for work in organisation examinations
Outstanding Progress in Amateur Radio:
Iftikhar Ahmed, 2E0LVP
UKAC and RSGB 80m CC Contest Awards:
Tim Jones, 2E0TJX
Andy, 2E0RET
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