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Meetings are open to anyone who is interested in Repeaters, Voice-Over-IP links, or Packet Radio, whether or not they are members of the group. Why not come along and meet the sysop? Or maybe you'd like to chat with fellow users, and maybe swap ideas, software etc?
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Meetings are held approximately bi-monthly, usually on the third Tuesday of the month, starting 8pm (see below for forthcoming dates).
The venue is the Chain Wire Club, Zortech Avenue, Kidderminster (grid ref approximately SO 814 735). It is a clean, comfortable venue with plenty of parking, very quiet, and not smoky. They keep a nice pint of Banks's Bitter, at very reasonable prices.
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Group business is usually dealt with in a fairly informal way at the
beginning of a meeting, then we tend to spend the rest of the evening
informally discussing repeater and packet-related problems, ideas, plans
etc. The local sysop is usually there to answer queries and offer advice.
We usually have a short talk or demonstration on a VHF, UHF, repeater, or
new technology topic.
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As you enter the outskirts of Kidderminster, you will come to a mini roundabout at Franche, with the "3 Crowns And Sugarloaf" pub on the left. Go straight over the roundabout towards the town centre.
After half a mile or so, you will come to a large roundabout with "Jacksons" pub on the left. Take the 4th exit along Mason Road, with Doolittle and Dalley Estate agents on your left. Follow Mason Road to the traffic lights at the junction with Bewdley Road (A456). Go straight across onto the A4535.
[1] Continue on the A4535 for about 1/2 mile, whereupon you will see a park on your left, and T-junction with the Stourport Road (A451). Turn right towards Stourport.
[2] Go past the shopping area and over the Severn Valley Railway bridge, then it becomes an industrial area after the big pub on the right. Go straight through the next set of lights, and turn right at the set after that.
[3] Ascend the hill and turn left at Ceramaspeed. Continue to the end of the short road, then turn left and immediately right along a single track road, over the speed bump, then left into the car park.
Just after you enter the built-up area, the Stourbridge Road (A451) joins from the left. Carry straight on.
[4] There should be a green area with a brook on your left. Go past the Sion Hill turning on the right, and as the road begins to rise to the left, take the right turn towards the town centre. Proceed through the Horsefair to the roundabout on the ring road. Take the 3rd exit towards Bewdley and Telford.
[5] Go down the hill, keeping in the centre lane through the lights at the bottom, and ascend to the next roundabout. Take the 2nd exit (straight on), which is the A456 towards Bewdley. Just past the hospital is a set of lights at a crossroads. Turn left, and follow the directions from [1] above.
Just after you enter the built-up area, the Wolverhampton Road (A449) joins from the right. Continue from [4] above.
About 1/2 mile after the start of the built-up area you will come to a set of lights at the Chester Road, with the former Land Oak pub (now a restaurant) on the right. Go straight across, eventually coming to a large roundabout on the ring road, where you take the 3rd exit towards Bewdley and Telford. Take the 2nd exit (straight across) the next roundabout and proceed from [5] above.
From Mustow Green, past Stone Manor hotel, down into Hoobrook. Go straight across the Hoobrook roundabout, and ascend the hill to the lights at the Chester Road Junction. Go straight across the lights, and down Comberton Hill to the roundabout on the ring road. Take the first exit (left) onto the ring road and at the next roundabout take the 2nd exit towards Stourport (A451).
[6] After about 1/4 mile you will reach a set of traffic lights. Go straight through, and continue from [2]above.
Keep in the left hand lane as you approach the first roundabout just after the Hoobrook Industrial Estate. Go straight across the roundabout, under the Railway bridge and take the first exit (left) at the second roundabout, towards Stourport (A451). Continue from [6] above.
Just before the first set of lights, turn left and continue from [3] above.
Proceed towards Kidderminster from Bewdley, past the West Midland Safari Park. As you reach the top of Bewdley Hill, turn right into Sutton Park Road. Continue to the bottom, where it joins the A451 Stourport Road. Turn right and proceed as in [2] above..
There is ample parking at the venue, so you should have no problems.
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