Club Activities

Pre-War Activities

Before WWII District meetings, Conventionettes and Hamfests were all held in hotels and involved a 5 course meal. These programs were signed by many of those present. Some photographs of events and detailed scans of the programmes are available by clicking this paragraph.

See also some QSL cards of Bristol Amateurs, the main history page where there are links to views of some early shacks and this list of attendees at the events.

Post WWII Activities

There were 18 members present at the first meeting after the war and numbers rose steadily during the first year to around 36. In these early days meetings seem to have taken place in members homes. Each meeting included a talk, either by a member or by a visitor. During the first year the titles included :-

Post War Station Planning

April 22nd., 1945

G6RB, Arthur Bartlett

Station Planning

May 27th., 1945

G5KT, Ken Harvey

Amplifiers

June 24th., 1945

G6VF, Mr. S.M. Illman

Demonstration of a Signal Tracer

July 29th., 1945

G2HFG, Bill Edwards

A Signal Generator

September 23rd., 1945

G5KT, Ken Harvey

A Cathode Ray Oscilloscope

November 29th., 1945

G6VF, Mr. S.M. Illman

RADAR in the R.A.F.

December 20th., 1945

G5UH, Reg Griffin

The 56 Mc/s Band

February 22., 1946

G6TO

Trans-Atlantic Contact with a Single Chassis 807 Transmitter

March 22nd., 1946

G2BAR, Bert Uppington

The 1980 AGM