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 program for the day is:
10:00 am Museum doors open. Tony G3UIS will issue you with a badge on entry and you should pre-order your lunch (if required) as you walk past the cafe.
10:00 am – 1:45 pm Bring and buy, show and tell, test and fix-it, BATC shop, M0DTS and G4KLB van demonstrations and lots of time for discussion.
1:50 pm Attendees’ photo just outside the demonstration hangar.
2:00 pm BATC General meeting and Prizegiving in the Argosy Suite (the portakabin near the entrance hangar). Please stay for this short but important meeting to have your say on what the BATC does for the next 2 years.
3:00 pm BATC Committee meeting to elect Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and other committee roles.
4:00 pm CAT 24 Closes
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.