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Contest

Wythall’s contest culture is strong with a number of very keen DX Contesters regularly hitting the charts.

Contest reports for October follows:

October Contest Report

Contest reports for September follows:

September Contest Report

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- What if the biggest solar storm on record happened today? February 17, 2012
- Students work the radio dial to win a national contest February 17, 2012
- Clubs and training information on the RSGB website: A reminder February 17, 2012
- US students get crash course from radio operators February 16, 2012
- NASA announces third round of CubeSat space mission candidates February 16, 2012
- Milky Way humming with microwave mystery February 16, 2012
- Victorian Twitter: Microblogging and the telegraph February 16, 2012
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- Section Managers Winter Election Results February 22, 2012
- Republic of South Sudan Assigned Prefix February 22, 2012
- March Qualifying Runs February 21, 2012
- Bill Simons, W9BB, Silent Key; Developed Shure Microphones February 17, 2012
- Payroll Tax Bill Includes Provision for Amateur Radio Study February 17, 2012
- The K7RA Solar Update February 17, 2012
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If you live in or around Birmingham or Midlands area and want to start your Amateur Radio hobby with a Foundation Licence then book now for January 2012 to avoid any disappointment.
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Club History

Wythall Radio Club is based in Wythall, SW Birmingham. The club was started in 1981 and celebrated its 30th year in 2011.

We meet every Tuesday evening at Wythall House where we have our own club shack, presentation and meeting room and a fully licensed bar.
Upcoming Events
1. Feb
  
  23
  
  Thu
  1. 8:00 pm 80m Club Championship Contest – CW leg (90 mins)
2. Feb
  
  24
  
  Fri
  1. 10:00 pm CQ 160m SSB Contest
3. Feb
  
  26
  
  Sun
  1. 8:00 pm Club net on 145.225 MHz
4. Feb
  
  27
  
  Mon
  1. 8:00 pm Foundation License Course – Final Session 6
5. Feb
  
  28
  
  Tue
  1. 7:45 pm CW Class – Learning Morse Code
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Training

Wythall offers training courses for the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced Licences.

We were delighted to receive an "Awards for All" recently which allowed us to purchase further training material including a projector and other materials.
Callsigns

Currently, Wythall Radio Club manage the following callsigns:

- G1WAC
- G4WAC
- G7WAC
- G0WRC
- M5W
Culture

We have guest speakers on various subjects, participate in contests, social activities, homebrew, cw training and run the best radio rally in the Midlands every March (as we have done for the past 27 years).
Contesting

Wythall Contest Group, a sub-club of Wythall Radio Club, organises monthly and annual contests both in-house, portable (using club equipment) and Field-Day style operations. Wythall Radio Club is affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain.
Mission

The club’s mission statement is to have FUN in everything it does.
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