On March 11 of this year, the reporting and election conference of the radio clubs from the district was held in Veliko Tarnovo. Representatives of the District and City Committees of the Komsomol and many radio amateurs were present.
In his report, the secretary of the district radio club, Ivan Popov, took stock of the clubs’ activities during the reporting period, emphasizing their increased activity in the military-patriotic education of youth.
Currently, 650 young men and women are being trained in the various training units of the radio clubs, with over 200 of them regularly participating in district and city competitions. The quality of the training work is being improved, the material base is being enriched, and the qualifications of the leaders of the training groups, coaches and judges are being raised. Over the past year, the number of young radio designers has increased significantly, which is due not only to their natural interest in this discipline, but also to the good material base of the radio clubs.
To improve the educational work among the pioneers, a pioneer camp-school in radio training was organized last year, in which 53 pioneers from different settlements of the district participated. During the camp, they conducted classes in radiotelegraphy, radio design, radio detection and radio communications. The first pioneer camp of its kind in the country unequivocally showed that the path to training and promoting the educational forms is effective and correct.
During the reporting period, the highest successes were achieved in the competitive activities of the operator team of the district radio club, which ranked 1st in the republican VHF championship, and m. s. Ivan Popov, m. s. Nikolay Pisarov and c. m. s. Dimitar Raykov were included in the list of the best athletes in the country for 1970.
The Veliko Tarnovo designers performed excellently at the III and IV TNTM review in Plovdiv. Ivan Popov and Kiril Drundarov received gold badges and a diploma for their transceivers, and the design team was ranked 1st for the SSB radio station they developed. The activity of the design section does not stop there. As a result of systematic and persistent work, a 3.5 MHz radio detection transmitter with automatic control was developed and constructed; a 144 MHz receiver and transmitter for mass repetition by the district radio clubs, etc. are in the process of being developed.
Along with these positive results, the conference noted a number of weaknesses and still unresolved problems in the activities of the radio clubs. The ideological and educational work is still poor in form and content; individual events and activities do not meet the requirements set by the XI Congress of the DCMS on the military-patriotic education of youth; radio disciplines are still not sufficiently promoted and do not always reach the Komsomol organizations and societies in schools and enterprises, which is why the organizational assistance that the Komsomol committees provide for the preparation of the school year in the radio clubs is also insufficient; there is a high turnover in the study groups, which hinders and degrades the quality of the study work; High sporting achievements are still rare in competitive sports, which speaks of unsatisfactory coaching work.
The amateur radio stations in the district also deserve attention. For the majority of young people, they are the attractive force that leads them to the radio club, connects them with its life and tasks. Unfortunately, some committees clearly underestimated this role of theirs. Over the past year, the radio stations in the district did not work actively, and some of them were almost in QRT. This led to schematic and “dry” classes in radiotelegraphy and reduced the interest of young people in this otherwise interesting discipline. And yet this is only one side of the issue. We cannot ignore the fact that many stations do not have the necessary number of QLS cards, modern equipment and good operators.
An important problem in the activities of radio clubs is also radio all-round competition, which practically unites almost all academic disciplines. It should not be forgotten that high-speed reception and transmission, the exchange of radiograms and movement in azimuth lie at the heart of the future military radio operator. Therefore, it is necessary to fully utilize the material base of the clubs and to seek the assistance of the local military units.
The educational work of the district radio club will be significantly improved after the construction of the new building and the sports complex for radio disciplines.
The conference adopted decisions on ideological and educational work, military-patriotic education, educational and sports-competitive activities and on improving propaganda and agitation. The participants in the conference elected by an absolute majority a new club council and delegates for the republican conference in Sofia.
Yordan M. Gaydarov
