Mawdsley Classic Car Show 2023
On Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May, the Quantum Technology Club and Leyland & District Amateur Radio group will be undertaking a joint event at the Mawdsley Classic Car Show. The…
£149 computer – initial impressions
We announced a couple of weeks ago that we were going to look at a £149 computer. The principle reason was to determine whether it is actually usable in any…
North West Computer Museum visit
I was tempted to call this article “Mature folk relive their younger years at the North West Computer Museum“. However, we had a ‘youngster’ amongst us for whom most of…
North West Radio Camp 2023
Updated: 9th April, 2023 – prices announced with booking details. Last year, at the end of July, members of the Quantum Technology decamped to Charity Farm, in Wrightington near Wigan,…
Quantum night out – new venue
The Quantum Technology Club held their latest night out on the fifth Thursday of March. The Yew Tree, in Ormskirk, recently changed hands and we are happy to report that…
SOS Radio Week – celebrating the RNLI, NCI and independent lifeboats
SOS Radio Week has been in operation now for 16 years. It was born out of a sponsored amateur radio activity that David Hughes (M3LFC) undertook when he was just…
National Hamfest 2023 Cancelled
In a surprise announcement, the organisers of the National Hamfest today released a statement amateur radio community that the National Hamfest was cancelled for 2023. The directors of National Hamfest…
Eclipse – NASA wants radio amateurs’ help
Citizen science is conducted by organisations using members of the public to usually collect and classify data. This enables the organisations themselves to get on with what they do best,…
Robotics at Quantum Code Club
A couple of members of the Quantum Code Club, our group young young folk aged 9-16, are currently building programmable robots from a kit. The kit is the slightly earlier…
GB5LD – Lancashire Day Special Event
Members of the Quantum Technology Club ran a technojam at Ormskirk Library on Saturday, 26th November, to celebrate Lancashire Day. Technojams are event organised by the club that enable members…