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A bit of our
history
The club was founded in 1959
with the first committee meeting being
held on the 15th October 1959 at the QTH of Mr A Wakely G3MAD at
Arnold Road, Binstead.
Membership fees were agreed as follows: Corporate Member 25p (5/-) per
annum, Associate Member 12½p (2/6d) per annum.
This was followed by the first AGM on January 8th 1960 at Newport
Social Club.
In 1962 the club started to run RAE courses by Dave Ford at a cost of
2/- per lesson. (these courses are still being run today by Mr Alan
Ash G3PZB although the licensing structure has changed somewhat)
In 1963 Howard Littley G2NV became president of the society.
On 22nd April 1963 land adjacent to Wootton Creek was offered for sale
at a price of £275 or to rent at £40 p.a, this was considered by the
club but funds were not available at that time.
First committee meeting at the Unity Hall took place on June 26th 1963
with the prospect of renting and Inspection of the premises.
In 1964 1000 QSL cards were donated to the Society by the I.W
Publicity Council.
Sept 1966 a RAE course was run by John Clarke G3KOY in new club room
recently acquired adjacent to entrance hall. The Club thrived, many
special events, lectures and lots of activity from the Club's station
even though the antenna was relatively modest.
When the owner finally
closed his boat building workshop he sold the land for housing. Around
2000 we
moved to a hut on the cliff above Whitecliff Bay. This, apart from the decaying
state of the building, was a good location. We had sole occupancy of
the large hut, separate HF/VHF shacks, a workshop and a large meeting
room.
Eventually the site owners,
a Holiday Park, decided they wished to tidy the site so we found accommodation
at Haylands Farm and moved there in August 2007. We are in cabin at
the rear of the main building but this is just a temporary situation.
We are waiting for a move to more permanent premises later this year.
Haylands Farm
Salters Road, Ryde, Isle Of Wight, PO33 3HU
 PO33
3HU IO90jr SZ 58095 91169
Main building - Walk past the front.
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CONTACT DETAILS BELOW
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Phone or email Alan, G4ZFQ for info 01983
240340. I am for the time being the Club's
"webmaster", let me know of any problems with this
site.
gforzfq at onwight . net (Put in the correct
sign and join it up)
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Adult
£25.00 per year
Junior
£15.00 per year
Family
£40.00 per year
Associate Member
£7.00 per year |
Please note:
Junior membership is up to and including the age of 16.. Family
membership means ‘immediate family members’ and they must all
be residing at the same address. Associate Membership is
available only to people not living on the Isle of Wight.
Committee
for 2008/9
Chairman: Peter Wade 2E1PHW
Deputy Chairman:
Tony Pegg M0JAG
Secretary: Mr Alan Ash G3PZB
Treasurer: Mr Alan
Robinson G0VPO
QSL Manager: Kevin G7SVF Committee:
John Marr 2E0ZML
Steve Everson 2E0BSK
Events Committee:
John Marr, Charlie Snow, Kevin Ingram
We do have use of this building. |
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