Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk We’ll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Today, the 22 May, the National Amateur Radio Car Boot Sale organised by Dunstable Downs Radio Club will take place at Stockwood Park in Luton. Entry and car parking is £4 per […]
The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 0730UTC every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Visit the website for details. On Sundays, Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society has a net on 145.3875MHz from 7pm, on 50.180MHz SSB from 8pm and the club […]
The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 0730UTC every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Visit the website for information. At a meeting held on the 12th of May, members of Wrexham ARS and Marches ARS voted to merge the clubs to […]
The next Youngsters On The Air Contest takes place on the 21 May between 0800 and 1959UTC. Everyone can take part and show your support for young amateurs across the world. There are eight different categories, including special ones for those under 25 years of age. Using the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands, […]
The IARU Monitoring Service for Region 1 has published its April newsletter. It talks about emissions that are often received on the 40 and 20m bands with a bandwidth of about 8kHz. Thoughts are that it could be a jammer where the signal is intentionally transmitted over other transmissions in order to disrupt or nullify […]
Sad news now. Nancy Bone, G7UUR, the co-founder and long-time secretary of the Angel of the North ARC became a Silent Key last week. She was an RSGB Deputy Regional Manager for a number of years, a repeater licence holder, exam tutor and GB2RS news reader. In everything that she did, she approached it with […]
Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk We’ll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Next week the Dayton Hamvention takes place between the 20 and 22 May at the Greene County Fairground in Ohio, USA. Now in its 70th year, this is one of the largest […]
Irek, SP3SUX will be operating as DV8/KH7EA from Mindanao Island, OC-130, in the Philippines until the 27 May. Activity will be during his daytime hours on the 6 to 80m bands using CW and SSB. QSL to his home callsign. Members of the Radio Club of Haiti will be active as HH18MAI between the 18 […]
Northwest Group Amateur Radio Club in Londonderry are activating GB0AEL as part of the 90th Anniversary of Amelia Earhart landing in Londonderry. She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. They will activate GB0AEL until 30 May. More information on qrz.com under the callsign GB0AEL.
Today, 15 May, the 70MHz CW contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The UK Microwave Group’s millimetre-wave contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC today, the 15 May . Using all modes on the 24, 47 and 76GHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and […]
