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 ====== MERG related courses ======
-If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, please add them.
+If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, in particular those in other areas, please add them.
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 These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general.  Your booking is directly with the course organisers, not with MERG itself.
-**PLEASE NOTE** that all course dates are provisional and dependent on the Covid situation, and will not take place until it is safe to run them again. You will see that some dates for spring 2021 have already been put back by a month or two.  However, with the Government's lockdown timetable appearing to be on schedule, there is perhaps light at the end of the tunnel and we hope to be able to welcome you back on face to face courses before too long.
+See the [[public:courses#possible_courses_for_2023|list of possible courses for 2023]], and if you are interested in any course for 2023, please let us know.
-All bookings for courses that have been postponed with be honoured for the re-scheduled course, or any other course if you prefer to come on a different one at that time.
+Watch this space for when the next courses are scheduled, but note that we will **only** run courses in 2023 for which we have received sufficient expressions of interest.
-If you already have a booking for any course, you will be contacted directly by email about the arrangements and dates.
-The dates below are all confirmed for 2021, with the venue already booked, but may be postponed if it is still not considered safe.
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-===== Introduction to CBUS =====
-** 26th to 28th June 2021 (Rushden) **
-** (Postponed from March 2021 and again from May 2021) **
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-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 =====
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations.
-This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
+For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest.  We will then run a selection of those courses for which there is most interest.
-Click below for more details:
+**We will not run any courses unless we have received sufficient expressions of interest** - so if you would like to come on a course, please send us an email of your interest.
-[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
+Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest:
+  * General kit building workshop weekend
+  * Introduction to CBUS development
+  * Programming PICs
+  * Programming Arduinos
+  * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses
+  * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/logic & automation
+  * Introduction to DCC
+  * Decoder Pro
+  * PCB Design
+  * 3D printing ++
+  * Introduction to airbrushing
+  * Weathering
+  * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend
+  * Templot
+  * Automatic uncoupling and coupling
+++ Subject to finding a tutor
+The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire.
+More details of some of the courses we could run are listed below.
+If you are interested in one or more of the above, and would most likely come if we ran that course, please drop an email to [[eastmids@merg.org.uk]]
+If you are interested in a course that is not on the above list, please also send us an email, we may well add it to the list.
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-===== More CBUS =====
+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend - 3-5th March 2023 =====
-** 17th-19th July 2021 (Rushden) **
+The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open.
-** (Postponed from April 2021 and again from early June 2021) **
+See the website for more details:
-This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
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-Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+===== Introduction to CBUS =====
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-This course assumes that you have attended the Introduction to CBUS course, or that you already have a good understanding of the basics of CBUS, building modules and getting them working.
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
-Bookings are now open.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-Click below for more details.
+For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations.
-[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
+This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
+Click below for more details:
+[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
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-===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
+===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster =====
-**  24th to 26th July 2021 (Rushden) **
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
-** (Postponed from June 2021) **
+What this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+This is a weekend course on making use of JMRI Decoder Pro software to program your DCC locos, and how to make use of the features of the loco roster.
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
+A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed.
-The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
+Click below for more details:
-Bookings are now open
+[[public:decoderprocourse|Decoder Pro course details]]
+----
+===== More CBUS =====
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
+This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
+Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
+This course assumes that you have attended the Introduction to CBUS course, or that you already have a good understanding of the basics of CBUS, building modules and getting them working.
 Click below for more details.
-[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
+[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
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-===== Weathering =====
+===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
-** 14th - 16th August 2021 (Rushden) **
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
-Although weathering is not really a MERG/Electronics subject, it is included here because it is one of this series of courses being offered at Rushden. It is being offered simply because lots of people want it, and it always gets overbooked when offered at Missenden.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-The course will take place in the main “Goods Shed” area at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
-Station, Northamptonshire. This is a large area with good ventilation for the use of airbrushes.
-This is a weekend course for those at any skill level with weathering, including complete beginners.
+The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
-Bookings are now open.
+Click below for more details.
-Click below for more details:
+[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
-[[public:weatheringcourse|Weathering course details]]
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 ===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling =====
-** 4th-6th September 2021 (Rushden) **
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
-This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
-Station, Northamptonshire.
 This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI.
 As a pre-requisite you should have attended our introduction to JMRI Panel Pro course, or be fluent with drawing a layout diagram in the Layout Editor, setting up turnouts & sensors, turnout feedback, linking from a Layout Editor Panel to the physical layout & the basics of train detection.
-Bookings are now open.
 Click below for more details:
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 [[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling course details]]
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-===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 8-10th October 2021 =====
-The Autumn Missenden Railway Modellers Weekend is back as a face to face training weekend.
-The weekend this year includes courses on Locomotive kit construction, detailing ready to run rolling stock, track building and laying, weathering and "All about DCC", the latter course taught by MERG member Pete Brownlow.
-Bookings are open, see the website for more details and to book:
-[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
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 ===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher =====
-** 6th-8th November 2021 (Rushden) **
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
 This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses.
 This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
-Station, Northamptonshire.
 As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling.
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 [[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
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+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 =====
-=====3D Printing courses=====
+The Missenden summer retreat is 7 days of uninterrupted modelling. Although there is not usually specific electronics content, there are generally some modellers working with electronics and experts on hand to assist with whatever you are working on.
-[[public:3dprintingcourse|3D Printing]]
+See the website for more details:
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers]]
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-None currently scheduled.
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