Convention for Amateur Television (CAT)
CAT 24 Part 1 and the BATC General Meeting will be held at the Midland Air Museum https://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/ at Coventry on Sunday 4 August 2024. Admission is free for BATC members but tickets need to be requested in advance from the BATC Shop https://batc.org.uk/category/cattickets/. Please reserve your tickets in advance so that we can plan for numbers and prepare badges.
Doors open at 10 am and the venue is available until 4 pm. You will be able to pre-order lunch from the café early in the day, and we are arranging for extra seating to be available in the venue for relaxed discussions. Overflow car parking will also be available to ease the problems that we had last year. Full details of the event will be published on the BATC forum https://forum.batc.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=144
There will be the usual test and fix-it, QO-100 and portable station demonstrations. If you are having trouble setting anything up (including laptops) bring it along and the experts will try to help you.
The bring and buy is always popular and we are encouraging members to bring their surplus items to help others join and progress in the hobby. If you have particularly heavy items, please contact one of the Committee to gain easier access to the venue.
The General Meeting will be at 2 pm. Please attend this meeting to have your say in what the Club does for the next 2 years.
CAT 24 Part 2 online will take place Saturday 26 October: The program will start at 10:00 (09:00 UTC) and run through till 15:00 (14:00 UTC).
Videos from previous CATs can be found on the BATC Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWLnUZllytlcCFd93tnBzw
Rallies
BATC also attends various radio rallies around the country with the BATC shop and Portsdown Clinic.
Full details of these events are posted on the BATC forum
A full list of rallies in the UK can be found on the RSGB website.