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-[[public:areagroups|Return to Area Groups News]] +<WRAP box round> 
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-[[http://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]                      
 +</WRAP> 
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 +[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/areagroups|Area Groups]] 
 +</WRAP> 
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 +[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/knowledgebase|More on our Knowledgebase]] 
 +</WRAP> 
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 +[[areagroups:westscotland|Group Members Page]]                          
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP> 
 +[[http://www.wosag.org.uk/|West of Scotland AG website]]\\ 
 ==== Email ==== ==== Email ====
  
  
  
-To send us an email, [[http://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=8|use the MERG Area Group contact form]]\\  +To contact us use, [[https://www.merg.org.uk/contactus.php?t=1&n=8|Contact MERG]] Please indicate WOSAG in your message\\ 
-For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[http://www.merg.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=86|area group forum.]]+  
 +For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https://www.merg.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=86|area group forum.]]
  
-==== Secretary ==== 
  
-Davy Dick M1853\\  +==== Who are the leaders of the group? ==== 
-Neil McNulty M2127+<WRAP info round>  
 +M1853 Davy Dick //Group Leader// \\ M4589 Bob Young //Deputy Group Leader// \\ M5195 George Parkinson //Deputy Group Leader// 
 +</WRAP>
  
 +==== Meetings ====
 +<WRAP info around>
 +We see ourselves as a mutual-assistance group, where members look to each other for advice, help and support.
 +Our members range from having little electronic knowledge to being fairly advanced.
 +Interested members co-operate on their specific interests – e.g. everything from soldering skills and kit building to 3D printing and PIC and Arduino programming. The group aims to cater for all levels of skill.
 +There is no specific commitments required from those who join.
 +Members can put in and take out as much as they wish. None of us know everything and we can all learn from each other in a more informal manner than through the MERG forums and email groups.
 +Of course, you don't have to participate in the Area Group, but you might find that we have a lot to offer - and learn - from each other.
 +</WRAP>
  
-==== Meetings ====+<WRAP info round> 
 +We were very active prior to Covid-19, with all-members meetings in Glasgow on Sundays and fortnightly drop-in sessions on alternate Friday afternoons.  In addition, we ran a selection of training workshops on basic electronics, kit building, using oscilloscopes, layout planning software, etc.
  
 +Here is a typical members' session.   
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-The following Spring 2016 **workshops** will be running.+Previous discussions included power supplies and cutouts, layout wiring, fault finding methods, automation, motors, servos and steppers, making control panels, PCB design software, etc. 
 +</WRAP> 
 +=== And the Next Meeting? === 
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 +<WRAP box round>  
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 +</WRAP> 
 +==== Other Activities ==== 
 +<WRAP info around> 
 +Here is one of our demonstration layouts that show how to fit MERG kits to augment model railways. 
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 +Here is our annual Open Day where we had demonstrations of building baseboards, track laying, point controllers, DCC, layout controls (CBUS and EzyBus), adding lighting, adding sound, Faller road systems, 3D printing, Arduino projects .......
 +{{:public:wosag_open_day.jpg?400|}}
  
-    * Thu 24 Mar - Using an oscilloscope +Here is a training workshop we ran on programming Arduinos. 
-    * Sun 3 Apr - Basic electronics for model railways +{{:public:arduino_school.jpg?400|}} 
-    * Sun 10 Apr July – Soldering and kit building +</WRAP> 
-    * Sun 17 Apr - An introduction to PIC projects +<WRAP info round> 
-    * Sun 24 Apr - Electronics 2 +At the moment, we keep in touch with each other through our national and our local websites.
-    * Thu 28 Apr - PICs 2 +
  
 +We also have weekly Zoom sessions on Sunday afternoons.
 +Subjects covered included:
  
-The **venue for each session will depend on final numbers.**  Let me know if you are interested. Davy Dick+Making latching reed switches for coach lighting
  
 +* Reusing parts salvaged from old printers and scanners
  
-__Next Area Group meeting__ +* Resin 3D printing
  
 +* Building animations
  
-Sunday 5th June 201+* Measuring voltage and current in DCC systems
  
 +</WRAP>
  
-    * Morning sessions - TBA 
-    * Second session - Report on Hamburg, Building control panels 
  
  
-Email me if you are interested. Use the [[http://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=8|MERG Area Group Contact form]] \\  
-MERG Members may email or PM [[http://www.merg.org.uk/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=100|via the Forum]] \\  
-Davy Dick \\  
-WoSAG Leader 
-==== Exhibitions with a West of Scotland MERG stand in 2016 ==== 
  
-Sat/Sun 30/31 Jan - Kilmarnock MRC\\ \\ 
-Fri/Sun 26/28 Jan - Model Rail Scotland SECC \\ \\ 
-Sun 8 May - Classic Car Show, Kilmarnock \\ \\ 
-Sat/Sun 14/15 May - Kyle MRC \\ \\ 
-Sat/Sun 11/12 Jun - Summerlee Industrial Museum \\ \\ 
-Sat/Sun 25/26 Jun - Perth MRC \\ \\ 
-Sat/Sun 27/28 Aug - Hawick MRC \\ \\ 
-Sat 3 Sep - Cumbernauld MRC \\ \\ 
-Sat/Sun 17/18 Sep - Ayr MRC \\ \\ 
-Sat/Sun 22/23 Oct - Greenock MRC \\ \\ 
-Sat/Sun 26/27 Nov - Falkirk MRC 
  
  
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 +[[https://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]                      
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 +[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/areagroups|Area Groups]] 
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 +[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/knowledgebase|More on our Knowledgebase]] 
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 +[[areagroups:westscotland|Group Members Page]]                          
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP>
  
-[[:helpsystem:coordinators|Help page for coordinators]]+{{tag>AGS_1}}
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