Events

On 145.375 MHz

There is a regular Net of local stations on 1988 kHz (160m) at 21.30 on Monday evenings. AM and LSB used as required.

Currently on 2m. Meet on 145.350 MHz NFM or nearest channel as advised. Also remote SDR http://sdr.codedv.com:8091

Richard Sillitoe is a Sound Supervisor specialising in entertainment shows for broadcast, usually live to air. He is known for the sound of Strictly Come Dancing, Eurovision Song Contest, BAFTA Film & TV Awards, through to RuPaul’s Drag Race. As a recently licenced ham and member of the Radio Society of Harrow, his presentation will take us through the techniques and technologies used to cover a typical large scale entertainment show.

The responsibility of a Sound Supervisor is to plan and oversee the sound from beginning to end for a given show. As part of this, they lead a team, each member of which has an important role in the final audio delivery. We’ll discuss these roles and their interaction with both the final broadcast audio and also the other departments that go into making a TV show.

Within what is predominantly a visual medium, Sound for Television is often poorly understood, yet it often carries the story and emotion of a programme. Radio has endured for a long time; silent films didn’t last that long!

On 145.375 MHz

There is a regular Net of local stations on 1988 kHz (160m) at 21.30 on Monday evenings. AM and LSB used as required.

Currently on 2m. Meet on 145.350 MHz NFM or nearest channel as advised. Also remote SDR http://sdr.codedv.com:8091

Join us for a special presentation from space expert, broadcaster and author Jerry Stone FBIS FRAS, to mark the 100th anniversary of the world’s first liquid-fuelled rocket in 1926: “Nell, Esther and Aunt Effie”

The afternoon will start with the question “Is Pluto A Planet?”:

In July 2015 the New Horizons spacecraft reached distant Pluto after a journey of 9½ years. But did it encounter a planet? In 2006 the International Astronomical Union voted to re-classify Pluto as a Dwarf Planet, starting a major controversy that still continues. But does it need to? “Is Pluto A Planet?” is a highly visual and entertaining presentation that looks in detail at the IAU’s definition of a planet, and some of its unexpected - and unintended - consequences.

Followed by “Nell, Esther and Aunt Effie” The story of the world’s first liquid-fuelled rocket. In 1926 Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fuelled rocket. Within the space of 100 years we went from the first liquid-fuelled rocket to having craft out in interstellar space! This is how the whole adventure started.

Jerry Stone will also have books and t-shirt for sale.