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- | ====== MERG West Midlands Area Group ====== | + | ~~NOCACHE~~ |
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- | ==== Contact Us ==== | + | |
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- | To contact us use the [[https://www.merg.org.uk/ | + | **************************************************** |
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- | For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https://www.merg.org.uk/ | + | **************************************************** |
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- | ==== Co-ordinator | + | <WRAP box round centeralign> |
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- | Allan Gardner | + | </ |
- | + | ===== How do I contact the Area Group ===== | |
- | ====== MEETINGS | + | |
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+ | ===== Who is the leader of the group? ===== | ||
- | ====== Important information about our next meeting ====== | + | <WRAP hide> |
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+ | Allan Gardner M6237 - //Group Leader// | ||
- | **In the view of the ongoing Coronavirus situation and the advice received from MERG Committee, my WMAG colleagues and I have decided to <color # | + | </WRAP> |
- | So our next meeting should be Saturday 10th October (but note the weasel word indicating lack of certainty!) | + | ===== Would you like to join today? |
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- | We shall, like many others, monitor the situation and decide whether future meetings will take place nearer the time. ** | + | |
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+ | Not a member? then <WRAP button> | ||
+ | Select **West Midlands Area Group** from the drop-down list in **Other Area Groups** and press the **Subscribe to Area Group** button. | ||
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- | ==== About Titford Pump House. | + | ===== How do you meet? ===== |
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- | **Titford Pump House, Engine Street, OLDBURY, West Midlands B69 4NL**. | + | <WRAP info round> |
+ | In normal times we meet at the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society' | ||
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+ | There is plenty of car parking – mostly on Engine Street, some within the Pump House compound. The address above includes a Google | ||
+ | All facilities are at ground level.\\ | ||
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+ | We meet four times a year in January, April July and October. We hold two meetings on a Saturday and the other two on a Sunday. \\ | ||
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- | //There is plenty of car parking – mostly on Engine Street, some within | + | ===== What does the group get up to? ===== |
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+ | Our days meeting normally starts at 10:00 am and concludes at 16: | ||
- | ==== This quarters topics: ==== | + | The day is split into two parts. |
- | None - as the meeting has been cancelled. | + | The morning session is more formal in so far as we have one or more guest speakers. |
- | The rest of the programme has been left unchanged, so that the format remains for future meetings. | + | The afternoon session is informal and generally consists |
+ | - Members working on their current project (normally a KIT). We will do our best to help with construction and problem-solving. | ||
+ | - Talking to presenters about the days topic. | ||
+ | - Passing | ||
+ | We charge a modest £3 for the day which we donate to our venue host for the use of the Pumphouse. | ||
+ | We do not charge for tea and coffee or the various superb cake that is kindly supplied by one of our members' | ||
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- | ==== Programme | + | |
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- | === 10:00 Coffee & Registration === | + | <WRAP box round> |
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+ | |[[public:wmag_gallery|Click here for a Gallery of events]]| | ||
- | === 10:15 Welcome Introduction: Allan Gardner === | + | {{:playground:wm_jan2019_doug.jpg? |
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- | //Other matters// | ||
- | === 10.30 Talk 1 === | ||
+ | ===== And the Next Meeting? ===== | ||
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- | === 11:30 Refreshment Break === | ||
- | Tea, Coffee, and cake. | + | ===== What is Happening Online? ===== |
- | === 11:45 Talk 2 === | + | <WRAP box round borderlesstable> |
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- | === 12:15 Talk 3 === | + | Some forthcoming activities are as follows: - |
+ | ===== East Midlands Area Group ===== | ||
- | === 12.45 Discussion: Any Questions and any Answers!! === | + | The East Midlands Area Group hosts a very popular call once per month. |
- | Opportunity to discuss things further from this morning sessions. | + | < |
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- | === 13:00 Lunch === | + | |
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- | Bring your own or eat loads of cake! | + | |
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- | For Saturday meetings, there are nearby sandwich shops - for Sunday meetings, if you haven' | + | |
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- | === 13:30 Practical Workshop Session 1 === | + | |
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- | Our usual informal session. | + | |
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- | === 14:30 Refreshment Break === | + | |
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- | === 14:45 Practical Workshop Session | + | |
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- | Continuance of the practical session | + | |
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- | === 15:45 Clean up, Wash Up and close === | + | |
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- | ===== Interested in attending? ===== | + | |
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- | The meeting is open to **all** MERG Members. | + | |
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- | To give us an idea of numbers, could you let us know you are coming by contacting me allanhgardner@gmail.com or use the MERG contact form above. | + | |
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- | We will need a contribution of £3 to cover the costs of the meeting. | + | |
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- | ===== Meeting dates for 2020 ===== | + | |
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- | The dates below are for the quarterly meetings for 2020. | + | |
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- | * Winter - Sunday 12th January | + | |
- | * Spring - Saturday 11th April (This meeting was cancelled) | + | |
- | * Summer - Sunday 12th July (This meeting was cancelled) | + | |
- | * Autumn - Saturday 10th October (With a bit of luck, this meeting will go ahead) | + | |
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- | We have booked the Titford Pump House for these dates. | + | |
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- | ===== Format of Future Meetings ===== | + | |
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- | We are seeking views from members with regards to the structure and format of future meetings. | + | |
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- | The areas we would welcome comments on are: | + | |
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- | - Fixing dates for the next year | + | |
- | - Saturday or Sunday | + | |
- | - Venue | + | |
- | - Meeting format | + | |
- | - Speaker and contents | + | |
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- | If you have a view on any of the above, please share with the co-ordinator using the contact form above. | + | |
- | ===== Previous meetings ===== | + | |
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- | ==== January 2020 ==== | + | |
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- | David Roberts gave two talks. | + | |
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- | John Fletcher talked about 'My MERG Journey' | + | |
- | ==== October 2019 ==== | + | |
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- | John Gower came and talked about the mechanics of a steam engine. | + | |
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- | Inserting sound chips in locos and how to use them effectively. | + | |
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- | ==== July 2019 ==== | + | |
- | Electrostatic Discharge: | + | |
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- | David will explain to us what Electrostatic Discharge is, how it is caused and the damage that it can cause to modern electronic devices and systems. Simple and affordable measures to mitigate the problems will also be described. | + | |
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- | The Theory and Practice of a Simple MERG Kit: David Roberts | + | |
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- | Some of us assemble kits without knowing very little about the types of components used and why they are important. | + | |
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- | ==== April 2019 ==== | + | |
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- | What is Arduino and what can it do for railway modellers | + | |
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- | Tony Chamberlain and Dave Thomas will present all things Arduino | + | |
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- | ==== October 2018 ==== | + | |
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- | === ‘Wiring and Power supplies for the Railway Modeller’ === | + | |
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- | We were delighted to welcome David Roberts as our keynote speaker on that occasion. | + | |
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- | David gave two talks in the morning. | + | |
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- | The first one, focused on **wiring for the railway modeller** and included | + | |
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- | • Theoretical aspects of electrical wiring | + | |
- | • Design & Implementation of electrical wiring | + | |
- | • Examples of wires, tools and terminations | + | |
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- | His second talk was **Power Supplies** and explored: | + | |
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- | • History | + | |
- | • Direct Current (DC) Supplies | + | |
- | • Linear Mode Supplies | + | |
- | • Switch - mode Supplies | + | |
- | • Sources of Power Supplies | + | |
- | • Commercial Devices | + | |
- | • Surplus Computer Supplies | + | |
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- | ==== July 2018 ==== | + | |
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- | Howard Watkins as our keynote speaker. | + | |
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- | The theme of our meeting was ‘Back to Basics’ | + | |
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- | //AM - Two talks given by Howard to include// | + | |
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+ | ===== Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire Area Group ===== | ||
+ | Our colleagues at Warwick and North Oxford AG are holding | ||
- | - Theory and practise of Soldering. | + | < |
- | - Tools and Supplies | + | |
- | - Component recognition | + | |
- | - Using LEDs | + | |
+ | ===== Virtual Area Group ===== | ||
+ | The Virtual Area Group offers short one hour presentations and discussions every week. Active participants call in from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Icelend, UK and USA. | ||
- | //PM - Practical 'HANDS ON' session to include// | + | < |
- | an opportunity to build a track tester, | + | |
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+ | ===== What Local Organisations do we work with? ===== | ||
+ | <WRAP hide> | ||
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+ | Link to local model railway sites. | ||
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+ | <WRAP tip round> | ||
+ | The MERG West Midlands Area Group have attended model railway exhibitions, | ||
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- | ==== Links ==== | ||
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