Harwell ARS has around 70 members of varying ages, spread out over South Oxfordshire and beyond. The Committee’s aim, since the lock down started, has been to keep our members informed on and engaged with all things amateur radio as well as offering more day-to-day practical help if needed. To those ends, we have started […]
Peter Valentine, a 96-year-old radio amateur from Eastbourne, is celebrating his birthday by aiming to contact 96 amateurs over the airwaves and walk 96 miles over the coming weeks. As a thanks to the NHS which has given him good care recently, he is using the special call sign GB0EDH to represent Eastbourne District General […]
Thanks to Roberto Perrone on the BBC Three Counties Radio afternoon show on 22 April for publicising the GB1NHS event and amateur radio generally. The interview with Paul Devlin (NHS England Emergency Care Improvement Support Team and RSGB District Representative) and Steve Thomas, RSGB General Manager can be found on the BBC website. The interview […]
We’re delighted that the NHS amateur radio station GB1NHS will be on the air tomorrow as part of our “Get on the air to care” campaign. It will start at 10am on 80m with the provisional frequency 3.730Mhz. However, it will move across the bands during the day including using the QO100 satellite at some […]
How do I apply to take a remotely-invigilated exam? If you are rescheduling a postponed or cancelled exam, you can follow the process below yourself If you are making a completely new booking you should contact your local club and ask the Exam Secretary to make the booking on your behalf. If you’re not sure […]
This Belgian amateur radio group have shared news of our #GOTA2C campaign and the BBC Three Counties Radio interview with their members.
Great to see that radio amateurs at the Tulare County Amateur Radio Club in the USA are sharing our #GOTA2C campaign.
ICQ Podcast’s latest ham radio news includes information about the Society’s new campaign in partnership with the NHS.
Our “Get on the air to care” campaign sparked this look back at how Bolton radio amateurs took up a 24-hours challenge in 1950.
Amateur radio in the news: UK, Canada edition
