TDARS outdoor evening with Callum DXCommander
The TDARS committee plans regular outdoor practical meetings making use of the local village-owned field instead of sitting inside every meeting. For the evening of 16th July 2025 a special guest was invited along, Callum M0XXT ‘DXCommander’, who kindly drove over from the West Midlands. The evening was a lovely warm dry summer evening and 32 members and visitors came along to see Callum operate a station and demonstrate his latest aerial, telling the club about its design and use.
The field is well kept for local children and adults to use and is good for trying out HF antennas, albeit in a shadow of the Wrekin Hill. The club is fortunate to have access, if pre-booked with the village committee. Also the field is accessed through the car park of a very nice pub, The Huntsman, Little Wenlock.
The club put on a selection of sandwiches and drinks and members chatted, caught up and planned future activities, like the TDARS Hamfest on 31st August. Callum brought along his latest ‘Venture’ POTA antenna and his station was up and running in around 20 minutes. It was running off two 12.8V 100AH LiFePO4 batteries giving capability for QRO having 800w, from a 12v amplifier. Callum operated on 40m working around the UK and near Europe but suffered from some noise from houses nearby, he had plenty of successful contacts. This was all live streamed on Callum’s Youtube channel. This time of year its light until late and the evening was a success, all elements came together – at the end gear was packed away and some members retired to the pub for debrief. The club thanks Callum for coming along.
