The 18th of April will be World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris. The theme for 2021 will be ‘Home but never alone’. Due to Covid-19, many gatherings and amateur radio events have been cancelled, however, amateur radio kept us connected. […]
The RSGB is holding its AGM online this year on Saturday the 24th of April and will livestream the event. You can submit written questions for Board Directors in advance through a form on the Society’s website here After the formal business part of the meeting, EMC Chair John Rogers, M0JAV will give an update […]
Lee, HL1IWD will be active holiday style as HL1IWD/5 from Koje Island, IOTA reference AS-081, between the 2nd and 4th of April. He will operate CW and some FT8 on the 40 to 20m bands. QSL via the bureau, or direct to EA5GL. Keith, KL2JE will remain operating from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, NA-059, until […]
For the annual RAFARS Airfields on the Air activity, GB0WTY – standing for RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire – will be operational on the 3rd and 4th of April. This is the ninth year of operation. Due to the current restrictions, the callsign will be operated by RAFAC Radio Staff and members of Huntingdonshire ARS who live […]
Burnham Beeches Radio Club has a Zoom meeting today from 8pm. Monday sees CW activity. Next Sunday sees a net from 10.30am around 145.275MHz. Greg, G4EBY, ebytronics@gmail.com Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society has daily nets on 145.400MHz from 8.10am, moving to 28.45MHz at 8.40am. Sundays see a net on 50.220MHz from 8.30am. On Tuesday there’s slow […]
Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society has nets on Sunday on 145.3875MHz from 7pm to 8pm, then from 8pm to 9pm on 50.180MHz. For details, email info@frars.co.uk Thornbury & South Gloucestershire ARC has a net on GB3ZB from 10.30am daily. Wednesday sees a Zoom meeting from 8pm and on Friday there’s a net on 145.450MHz at […]
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society hold an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm every Sunday. There’s an open net from 8pm every Tuesday and Thursday via GB3FG. There is currently a fault on GB3CM preventing the 70cm repeater from being used, and Government imposed travel restrictions have so far prevented it from being repaired. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, […]
In the UK, the clocks go forward one hour at 1am next Sunday, the 28th of March. This means we will be on British Summer Time. Please note that many contests and other events often state the timings in UTC or GMT, which will be one hour behind the local clock time here in the […]
The Royal Air Force Air Cadets Exercise Blue Ham 21-1 is on the MoD 5MHz shared band this weekend. RAFAC and other MoD Cadet formations will be on air over the period of operation using SSB and datamodes. The Exercise Blue Ham website here
Voting for the RSGB elections is now open. The Calling Notice, Resolutions, candidate statements and voting process are on the Society’s website here Voting ends at 9am on Thursday the 22nd of April. The RSGB will be holding its AGM online this year, on Saturday the 24th of April, and will livestream the event. RSGB […]
