RAL 2005

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In the photo above ...

Left : G3KEU 5.7GHz Trophy, Centre: G3BNL Plaque and TrophyRight: G3RPE Cup for the 10GHz Cumulatives		 Just after lunch came the presentation of certificates and trophies to last year’s contest winners and runners up. Our new certificates look quite handsome! Trophy winners included John Wood, G4EAT, (G3RPE Cup for the leading station in the 10GHz Cumulatives) and Peter Day, G3PHO, who received the G3KEU Trophy for his leading entry in the 5.7GHz Cumulatives. A special presentation was made to John Hazell, G8ACE.
He was awarded the handsome G3BNL Trophy(see photo above) for his outstanding development work in the field of stable oscillators. The impact that his OCXO designs and multipliers have had on both stability and spectral purity of amateur transceivers the world over must rank as one of the milestones in the history of amateur microwaves.

Photo right: John Hazell, G8ACE on the left is shown receiving the G3BNL Trophy and plaque from the Chairman of the UK Microwave Group, G3PHO.

John gets to keep the plaque but has to return the trophy for next year's award ceremony!

Photo left: Peter, G3PHO proudly holds up the G3KEU Trophy and Microwave Contest Award for his leading position on the 2004 series of 5.7GHz Cumulative contests. These were presented to him by Steve, G4KNZ (left), the UKuG Contest Manager.
The photo right shows Martyn, G3UKV(left) receiving his runner's up certificate from the Contest Manager G4KNZfor his performance in the 2004 24GHz Contests.

John, G4EAT,received the G3RPE Trophy for his outstanding performance as the leading operator in the 2004 series of the UKuG 10GHz Cumulative Contests

The final item of the day was the Open Forum. Murray, G6JYB, reviewed the various Ofcom consultation documents and the submissions from not only UKuG but several other groups and individual amateurs. Murray has been putting in a fantastic amount of work on our behalf and the audience were quick to show their appreciation of his efforts.

Also on sale at RAL were copies of the UKuG's first publication, the "Proceedings of the UK Microwave Group 2004-5". This 102 page book contains articles and presentations from the microwaveround tables held over that period. The limited print run of 100 copies has now been completely sold!

Our thanks go to everyone who made the day such a success….
to Mike Willis, G0MJW, and the staff at RAL who set up the excellent venue, website registration and the test gear facilities. The RAL kitchen staff also deserve an accolade for yet another excellent day of catering. Thanks also to Peter Blakeborough, G3PYB, who was on “sentry duty” at the security gate to hand out ID badges to attendees. The Antenna Test Range was held at the home QTH of Brian, G4NNS .... many thanks Brian and also to John, G8ACE, who helped with the equipment. Thanks also go to Geoff, G3NAQ, who set up the Saturday night dinner at The Bear in Wantage. Finally we must thank our speakers and presenters… G3LTF, G4DDK, G8UBN, G3PHO, G4KNZ and G6JYB.

Here’s to next year’s RAL!

 

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