In the club room – torbayars

AWARD	FIRST	SECOND	THIRD
VHF	G4RRA PAUL	G0UWS ANDY	M8EVM EDDIE
RITTY	G6GLP TONY	G0UWS ANDY	M8EVM EDDIE
50MHZ	G4RRA PAUL	G6GLP TONY	M8EVM EDDIE
QRP	M8EVM EDDIE	G4BTY PHIL	PLACE N/A
ACTIVITY	G6GLP TONY	G4BTY PHIL	M8EVM EDDIE
FOUNDATION	M7DPA ALEX	N/A	N/A
INTERMEDIATE	M8EVM EDDIE	N/A	N/A
28MHZ	M8EVM EDDIE	G6GLP TONY	G4RRA PAUL
W8HJ	G6GLP TONY	M8EVM EDDIE	G4BTY PHIL
LF	G6GLP TONY	M8EVM EDDIE	M0WSZ JEFF
WARC	M0WSZ JEFF	G6GLP TONY	M8EVM EDDIE
SSB	M8EVM EDDIE	M7DPA ALEX	G6GLP TONY
CW	G6GLP TONY	N/A	N/A
DATA	G6GLP TONY	G4BTY PHIL	M8EVM EDDIE
PREFIX	M8EVM EDDIE	G6GLP TONY	G4BTY PHIL

AWARD	FIRST	SECOND	THIRD
KIT CONSTRUCTION	G8UUG ANDREW	M0TCF LIN	G4DCH CHRIS
CONSTRUCTION HOMEBREW	M0WSZ JEFF	G6GLP TONY	M7EXV PAUL
ROGER GILL BIKE FOUNDATION	M7EXV PAUL	N/A	N/A

Annual General Meeting you missed it

All paid up members apart from associate members are entitled to vote at the AGM for how their club is run.

February 23, 2026

Where did everybody go?

Join Phil, G6DLJ, for a talk about where have people gone from the 2m calling channel.

January 18, 2026

Meshtastic evening – The Presentation

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From our member, Phil, G6DLJ:

A fascinating talk at the club on Friday by Mark G6OMT, assisted by Andy 2E0HVY, about the rapid growth of the open-source 868MHz Source Meshtastic network expanding in Devon, Cornwall and beyond.

Mark kicked off with a basic overview of Meshtastic strength, notably that comms can be made without the need for Internet connectivity and/or mains electricity simply using phones and tablets connecting to a nearby node via a domestic Bluetooth or local WiFi connection in the home.

He then went on to talk about the choice of equipment, starting from the popular ESP32 self-contained Mestastic transceivers with in-built antenns which can be purchased for under £20, (snap together, no soldering req) with optional expansion header pins for use with telemetry sources such as weather stations etc. at one end of the scale to very ruggedised outdoor gateways designed for very harsh conditions from £700 to to £150 for the solar powered versions.

The wrap went into some use cases such as Parish Council resilience planning, APRS and weather station reporting.

The talk was followed by a very lively FAQ session with some hands-on discussions. Several members have expressed an interest in setting up personal nodes at home as well as a club gateway.