We start with the sad news that the RadCom Technical Editor, Giles Read, G1MFG, has become a Silent Key following a short illness. Since June 2006, he has been an integral part of the RadCom and GB2RS team and will be missed by his colleagues as well as many in the wider amateur circle. An […]
The island of Sao Jorge in the Azores has suffered over 1,800 earthquakes in 48 hours. The regional government has prepared contingency plans to protect the island’s population. CT1END, the Emergency Communications Coordinator for Portugal, reports that a group of nine radio amateurs are working to support emergency communications locally and back to Portugal. Radio […]
A brief reminder now that, in the UK, the clocks will go forward one hour at 0100 on 27 March 2022. Each IARU region holds a General Conference every three years, timed so that there is one regional conference every year. The reports of past Region 1 conferences, including the one in 2021, can be […]
This weekend the CQ WPX Contest runs for 48 hours, ending at 2359UTC today, the 27th. Using SSB only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society will be active as ZB2BU in the contest with a multi-op low power entry. […]
We had a good week of HF propagation with moderate solar flux index numbers and generally quiet geomagnetic conditions. The KP index has not been above three, at least by Thursday when this was written. And the SFI has been hovering around the 100 mark, which was enough to stir 12 metres into action with […]
Burton Amateur Radio Club has open nets on 145.575MHz at 10am on Sundays and 8pm on Thursdays. There is slow CW training on 14.055MHz at 11am on Monday. On Wednesday there’s a club night at 7.30pm. Barry, M0ISZ, 01283 540570 Kettering & District Amateur Radio Society has a breakfast meeting from 10am today and next […]
You can meet and chat will like-minded amateur technologists and amateur radio operators at the Quantum Technology Club’s Techie Brekkie. It takes place on Saturday the 2nd of April, at 9.30am in the Toby Inn, County Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire. The All-you-can-eat Breakfast costs £4.95. Everyone is welcome; those interested in all forms of technology, coding, […]
The Strangford High Frequency Enthusiasts group is now accepting UK-wide enrolments for the next UK Full licence training programme. There are now over 130 useful videos, documentation and email support. They also use Google Meets on Monday evenings. It is completely free, email GI0VKP@gmail.com for details or see the QRZ.com entry for GI0VKP. On Tuesday […]
In the UK the clocks will go forward one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, which in 2022, is 27 March. This is known as British Summer Time (BST) and the clocks won’t change again until 30 October 2022. If you are entering contests, please check the times.
Now in its 20th year, SOS Radio Week celebrates the work of the volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), National Coastwatch Institution and, in 2022, the many independent lifeboat and rescue organisations around our coasts. SOS Radio Week 2022 starts at 0000UTC on 1 May 2022 and concludes at 2359UTC on 31 May […]
