GB9WHP – Quantum enjoys a weekend in the Lakes
Over the weekend of the 2nd/3rd August members of the Quantum Technology Club headed up to the Lake District to run the annual GB9WHP special event amateur radio station. GB9WHP…
Liverpool Makefest 2024
Liverpool Makefest 2024 hosted the Quantum Technology Club for its premier event of the year on Saturday, July 6th. On display where completed projects, old and new; our multi-colour and…
Quantum Technology Club C.R.A.P. Sale
It’s that time of year again. Every year the Quantum Technology Club a C.R.A.P. sale, and this year it’s on Thursday, March 21st at their normal venue in Aughton, Ormskirk.…
Amateur Radio on Linux (PC & Raspberry Pi)
Linux – it’s the Marmite (TM) of operating systems. Loved by network and systems engineers, adored by techies, but the average person-in-the-street is not so enamoured by it. In fact,…
Antenna making evening
The Quantum Technology Club held their amateur radio antenna making evening on the 1st February. This is the first such activity that they have undertaken and it appears to have…
Build a 2m Slim Jim antenna at the first February meeting
UPDATE 25/01/2024 – Orders for the antenna kits are now closed. We have ordered one spare one, email us if you’d like to come to the meeting a pay for…
SSTV (Slow Scan Television) evening
The Quantum Technology Club held their first Brickworks evening of 2024 on the 4th January – the subject being the use of Slow Scan Television (SSTV) on the 2m band…
Lancashire Day technoJAM report
Lancashire Day, 27th November each year, celebrates the formation and establishment of the county of Lancashire back in 1295. Every year the Quantum Technology Club sets up at Ormskirk Library…
Buildathon – electronic kit building night
On the 16th November the Quantum Technology ran its annual buildathon. Members either brought their own project along to work on, or availed themselves of one off the low-cost kits…
Solar Cycle 25 might peak as early as January 2024
The sun’s 11-year solar affects us here on earth. As the sun gets more active, we see more auroras – those brightly coloured lights focused down/up from the poles. 2023…