Sad news now. The creator of the Automatic Packet Reporting System. or APRS, Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, has become a Silent Key. While best known for APRS, he was also a retired US Naval Academy senior research engineer who had an abiding interest in alternative power sources, such as solar power.
Bletchley Park is holding an online lecture marking the 80th anniversary of the opening of Bletchley Park’s Bombe Hut 11A. The Bombe machines of Bletchley Park by Bletchley Park’s Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon, will explore the impact the Bombe machine had and how it was used to combat the Enigma cipher system. The lecture […]
The Radioactive Fair will take place at Nantwich Civic Hall on Sunday the 20th of February. You can find out more on their website. Please let us know your rally and event news as soon as possible. Send details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk and we’ll publicise your event for free in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online.
Kettering & District Amateur Radio Society has a breakfast meeting from 10am today and next Sunday. On Tuesday there is a meeting from 7pm. Thursday sees a net on 145.300MHz from 7pm. Les, 2E0MNZ, les@moylehousehold.co.uk Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society has a weekday net on 144.275MHz SSB from 8.30am. CW practice is on Thursday from 4.30pm […]
The Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society has its weekly Wednesday meeting at the shack in Ballasalla, with talk-in from 6.40pm. Monthly meetings take place at the Sea Cadets building in Tromode. Nets are on Sunday on 3.715MHz at 9.30am and 10pm, plus via the GB3IM repeater network after the 11am GB2RS news bulletin. twitter.com/IOMARS7 […]
Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club holds its monthly meeting today, Sunday the 13th of February. The meeting starts at 3pm and will be held online using Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted to the club WhatsApp group page and emailed to members prior to the meeting. For further information contact the club Secretary, Hazel, […]
Bracknell Amateur Radio Club has a net via GB3BN from 5pm today and next Sunday. On Wednesday there is a net on 145.375MHz from 8pm. Thursday sees a net from noon on 70.425MHz. Colin, 2E0XDA, 0770 651 2505 Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society has a CW net on Sundays from 8pm on 144.060MHz. On Monday there […]
Owners of Yaesu C4FM transceivers may be interested to learn of a new Wires-X room called Southern Fusion, currently room 41893. It is focussed primarily on repeater and gateway users in southern England and, of course, Wires-X users anywhere on the planet. RF access is available via a growing number of C4FM repeaters. These include […]
It has been reported that a person has been prosecuted for racial harassment over the air. Details of the conviction can be found in an entry on the 2nd of February on the Sussex Police website. The RSGB will be raising this with Ofcom. Anyone experiencing similar on-air harassment is encouraged to report the matter […]
If you are travelling to Florida in the USA in the near future, you may care to visit the 75th Orlando HamCation. It will take place between the 11th and 13th of February at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and Expo Park. Looking ahead to the 20th of February, the Radioactive Fair will take place at […]
