Wed 10th March 2010 15:14:06
2010 Rally - Provisional Date: 17th October 2010
2009 Rally 18th October
The 2009 rally was a success as usual, with plenty people through the door. Many thanks to all those who attended and also to the traders. Hope to see you all again next year for the 2010 rally.
Prize Draw Winners:
In addition to the cash prizes there were some prizes kindly donated by some of the traders for the prize draw. The winners were as follows:1st Prize £25: Gordon G8PNN
2nd Prize £10: Bill M0BWI
3rd Prize £10: Neil Mitchinson, Galashiels
Prize donated by Jaycee Electronics was won by Jake GM3OXK
Prize donated by Perth Repeater Group won by Dave G8UVE
Callbook donated by RSGB won by GM3NKG
Thanks to Ray GM0CDV, the RSGB DRM for the Borders for drawing the tickets.
Recognise anyone?
New addition: Old photos, added 14th March 2007(click to open bigger)
Weekly Club Night
The Galashiels Radio Club meets every Wednesday
night in
the Focus Community Centre, Livingstone Place, Galashiels, and have a
general chat about anything (yeah, I mean
ANYTHING, from computers to radios to every day life!!), and either a
radio will
be set up and played with to see what stations can be heard (and
sometimes talked to), or someone will come in with a new/old/ebayed
radio for us to take to bits and look inside, or we'll set up
the PC and play on it.
Annual Open Day
Every year we hold an Open Day, or Radio Rally, where we have traders from all over the UK, come and set up tables, selling all manner of things related to the hobby, such as radio equipment, antennas, computers and computer supplies, books, and some people come and set up a table just to sell the radio and electronic junk they've had lying around (usually since the last year's Open Day!). We also hold a Bring 'n Buy stall, where people can put their old equipment up for sale for other people to look at and buy. The beauty of it is that the buyer can meet and talk to the seller, ask questions about what he's buying, and maybe even haggle with the price. There's also a caterer on the day, selling hot drinks, hot bacon rolls and other hot/cold food to get us through the day. The Open Day is the club's main source of income, with the traders' tables, admission at the door, and Bring 'n Buy stall commission. The club is non-profit with all income going towards club equipment and accommodation hire.
Days Out
Occasionally we all go out onto a hilltop somewhere and set up some radios and antennas and see what contacts we can make around the world. In September a group of us met at Hartwoodmyres near Selkirk and operated some radios, making contacts in the USA, England, and Russia.
