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In addition to our regular meetings, CATS also organises trips and social events throughout the year.

Click here for details of New Year dinner, January 12th 2009.

Social events have included evenings out to local restaurants and trips to the Continent  - sometimes just for the evening. We have visited Bletchley Park to see the war time radio exhibits and associated equipment including the Enigma machine and made a trip to Cornwall to the Poldhu club on the site of the original Marconi experimental transmitter site. Pictures from some of our social events are shown below: -

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Bletchley Park Visit
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Photos show, from left:
  • Bletchley House
  • WWII HRO receivers
  • Rotors from a German Enigma coding machine
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British Vintage Wireless Museum Visit
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Photos taken during the CATS visit to this museum in May 2007.  From left:
  • Various CATS members avidly waiting for the tour of the museum to begin
  • The founder of the museum, Gerry Wells, explaining the exhibits, complete with vintage BBC microphone
  • Replica of pre-war Wireless and battery-charging shop
  • Television standards converter, used to generate 405 line pictures for viewing on vintage TV sets
  • Equipment used for manufacture and repair of obsolete valve types
  • Display of vintage transformers
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CATS Annual Dinner 2008
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The January 2008 dinner was held at the Good Companions in Sanderstead, Surrey
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CATS Annual Dinner 2009
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The January 2009 dinner was held at the Woolpack in Banstead, Surrey
Top row of photos from left:

  • The assembled masses tucking in

  • Martin G4FKK (l) and Gerry G8NTT (r) in intensive discussion while Ann, station manager at G4FKK (see full resolution image) wonders just what it is that ham find so exciting about tropospheric propagation

  • Paul, recent proud licensee of 2E0JXN, tucks in while Barbara, XYL of Jim G4WYJ, laughs politely at a joke cracked by Paul’s dad, G8JAC - Paul has heard this one before

  • Mike, G6YOG, contemplating the culinary delights he has missed by only eating in NHS staff canteens for the past 41 years
Bottom row of photos from left:
  • Jim G4WYJ and XYL Barbara
  • The Jackson 4 (from left Zoe, Jan, Andy G8JAC and Paul 2E0JXN
  • Martin G4FKK and XYL Ann
  • Carol, XYL of Ian M3IGP smiles politely at the newsletter editor while Jean, XYL of Len G0GNQ, concentrates hard on deciding which dessert to order  
Gerry, G8NNT, was also busy with his camera at the dinner and has kindly published twenty photos of it on the internet. Click on the following link to see them:  

  http://www.mrg9999.com/photo/090112_catsd/  

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CATS Barbecue 2007
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First picture shows the 2007 chef, Ian, M3IGP
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CATS Barbecue 2008
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The 2008 BBQ was on 11th August at the QTH of G4RWW.  From left:
  • Blanca, XYL of Bernie G8TB on salad duty 
  • CATS and SRCC members tucking in
  • Our host Prue G4RWW on the sticky chocolate cake
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CATS DF (Direction Finding) Hunt June 2007
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Photos taken during the 2007 CATS annual DF hunt. From left:
  • CATS members assemble ready for the "off"
  • Len, G0GNQ, with his DF antenna
  • Ian, M3IGP, with his DF antenna
  • Victorious winners Martin (G4FKK) and daughter Katie 
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CATS DF (Direction Finding) Hunt June 2008
Photos taken during the 2008 CATS annual DF hunt. From left:
  • CATS members assemble ready for the "off"
  • G0GNQ and team craftily getting their initial bearing via moonbounce
  • Concentration as the G4FVL team take initial bearings
  • Victorious winners Martin (G4FKK) and daughter Katie - for the second year running -receive their prize from Terry G4CDY
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CATS QUIZ 2008
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Photos from the CATS 2008 quiz. From left:
  • The assembled teams pondering a question
  • Quizmaster “Mad” Frank G3ZMF
  • The victorious  Klerryx – G6YOG, G8VXB, visitor and G8NNT after receiving their prizes from G3ZMF
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Friedrichshafen Visit June 2008
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Pictures show from left to right:

  • Hoch Schwarzwalde (Black Forest), Germany, at the House of a 1000 Clocks, en route to Friedrichshafen

  • CATS members Prue (G4RWW) and Dave (G8VXB) look for bargains

  • Trader at the show

  • Time for some serious refreshment on the way back to blighty
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HMS Collingwood Visit July 2006
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Pictures show from left to right:

  • The CATS group pictured in front of the huge Type 965 RADAR antenna

  • RADAR display unit from the Admiral Graff Spee

  • M3IGP and G7SYO investigating the valve display room

  • Built for and like a battleship! The massive receivers type B46 & B47 with transmitter type 5AH introduced in 1948
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Poldhu Cornwall Marconi Trip
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From left these pictures show:

  • The Poldhu Club's Shack

  • A demonstration of early Wireless Equipment at the STC Museum near Poldhu. As the Museum was underground we were able to operate a spark gap transmitter at this location with no risk of actually getting out!

  • Club members (L to R) G8VXB, G0KZT, G8NNT,G6MFM, M0SYO at the Marconi Monument

  • A quick visit to the Eden Project followed at the end of the trip
(Thanks for the Poldhu and Eden Photographs to Gerry G8NNT)
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