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Website Tasks for Website Administrator

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 31 Aug 24 | How to do a thing

This document is still under construction. Backup the website regularly. Restoring the website from a backup. Adding new club members (only those who are going to contribute to the website: event organisers, committee officers etc). Removing club members from website contribution access. Assigning Committee/Club Roles to users (website uses this information to build the Contact…

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Ad-hoc Website Tasks for Event Organisers

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 31 Aug 24 | How to do a thing

The website is the club’s “shop window” allowing members and non-members alike. Through the website, we can see the events that the club is planning for the coming year. Here’s a list of tasks that an event organiser will put on the website on an ad-hoc basis. Efforts: once you have the hang of this…

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Annual Website Tasks for the Club Secretary

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 31 Aug 24 | How to do a thing

The website is the club’s “shop window” allowing members and non-members alike. Through the website, we can see the events that the club is planning for the coming year. Here’s a list of events that the club secretary will put on the website at the beginning of each club year, with some events that are…

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Gen Z Discovers Morse Code!

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 28 Aug 24 | Blog

I loved this! 💖 July 2024 – a couple of “Gen Z’ers” going out fishing come across a ham radio operator who’s having a quiet morning in the field. Their fascination is utterly captivating: (“…is that your antenna?!!?”), exclaiming disbelief when hearing how the operator was transmitting to others across the world (“no way…!”) and…

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OFCOM Transmission Restrictions

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 27 Aug 24 | Blog

TX Restrictions. From Vectis Amateur Radio Group (Facebook). Ofcom Amateur Radio Licence conditions include several zones where restrictions apply. A restriction isn’t saying “thou shalt not transmit”; rather, our licences indicate what restriction is in place (such as limited power, limited frequencies, etc). Red markers on the map indicate National Grid References (NGR), while yellow…

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