Admission £15 includes a buffet lunch plus beverages during the day. Three course dinner costs £30. Both are to be paid on arrival at the Museum of Communication, cash only; there is an ATM across the street, but please bring correct change if possible. Please register early, because places are limited by capacity of the venue. Registration is now open; please use the form linked from “Registration” in the menu.
Please note that if you book for the daytime event and/or the Dinner, you are committing to pay. GMRT is non-profit making with no surplus funds to cover non-attendance.
GMRT can accept cancellations up to 7 days before the event – use gm4hwo@gmail.com email address for cancellation / de-registration.
Programme as of 30 July:
| 09.30 | 10.20 | Doors open | Doors open for registration |
| 09.30 | 10.30 | Opening | Coffee, tea and biscuits available |
| 10.30 | 12.30 | Morning Session: Chair Peter Bates GM4BYF | |
| 10.30 | 10.35 | Welcome to the MOC | Professor Tom Stevenson (Chairman of the Museum of Communication) |
| 10.35 | 10.40 | Event opening | Peter Bates GM4BYF (UK Microwave Group Scottish Representative) |
| 10.40 | 11.25 | Talk | Andy Sinclair GM4LLD Portable Microwave Operating |
| 11.25 | 11.40 | Break | Tea and coffee – social time |
| 11.40 | 12.10 | Talk | Martin Hall GM8IEM Sequencing Systems aimed at ICOM 9700 series radios |
| 12.10 | 12.30 | Break | Please vacate lecture area to allow lunch preparation. In the museum: The GM4LBV Projects Trophy. The esteemed judges will be Sam Jewell G4DDK and David Stockton GM4ZNX. |
| 12.30 | 13.30 | LUNCH | Lunch will be served in the lecture area. |
| 13.30 | 17.00 | Opening, afternoon session | Afternoon session: Chair Andy Sinclair GM4LLD (President Lothians Radio Society) |
| 13.30 | 14.15 | Talk | Peter Bates GM4BYF and Brian Flynn GM8BJF – Soldering SM Components for Microwaves |
| 14.15 | 14.45 | Break | Tea and coffee – social time |
| 14.45 | 15.30 | Talk | Mark Hughes GM4ISM Reverse Engineering and modification of commercial communications equipment for amateur use – aimed at microwave bands |
| 15.30 | 15.40 | Award | Construction Competition Conclusion and Award – Sam Jewell G4DDK and David Stockton GM4ZNX |
| 15.40 | 16.15 | Break | Tea and Coffee. Social Time. Winding up of measurement facilities. |
| 16.15 | 16.30 | Event closes | Votes of thanks: Andy Sinclair GM4LLD |
| 16.30 | 17.00 | Social time | |
| 17.00 | EXIT | End of event – the Museum of Communication closes | |
| 19.00 | Dinner in the Kingswood Hotel at 7pm sharp. Note 7pm! |
Measurement facilities are kindly provided by Brian Flynn GM8BJF in the museum during breaks.