Don’t forget that as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union, the RSGB will be activating the callsign GB0IARU throughout this month. A Commemorative QSL Card is available for QSOs made during the period from the 1 April to the 30 April 2025. On qrz.com you can find full details […]
The Moray Firth Amateur Radio Society Surplus Equipment Sale is taking place on Saturday 19 April at Roseisle Village Hall, near Burghead. Doors open to traders at 10am, and to the general public between 11am and 4pm. There is ample parking on site and catering will be available. Entry is £5, and tables for sellers […]
The Experimental Danish Radioamateurs association, also known as EDR, will be celebrating World Amateur Radio Day on the 18 April with special event station 5P0WARD. The group is also operating special callsign OZ100IARU between the 19 April and the 27 April to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the IARU. More information can be found at […]
Paul, GW0NGA will be active from Jamestown in St Helena as ZD7PG from the 12 April until the 19 April. He will be active on the HF bands during his spare time. QSL via his home callsign and possibly eQSL. Aldir, PY1SAD is active again from Georgetown in Guyana as 8R1TM until the 26 April. Aldir will […]
On Tuesday 15 April, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday 16 April, the 80m Club Championship runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using SSB on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and […]
A fast solar wind caused some disruption last week, often sending the Kp index up to five, with many three-hour periods in excess of four. The solar wind speed was in the 600-700 kilometres per second range, which caused a moderate, G2, geomagnetic storm and visible aurora at higher latitudes mid-week. Glancing CMEs that left […]
We are greatly saddened to report that Colin Hewison Page, G0TRM became a Silent Key on Sunday 2 March 2025, aged 91. Colin was a long-time Marconi engineer, who passed his RAE in 1992 and joined the CARS Committee, initially as an assistant secretary in 1994 and helping with sound equipment for talks/meetings. He served in […]
I’m so sad to announce the death of my father John Cleeve, G3JVC, after a short illness on 14 January 2025. Born in Paddington in 1935 he would have been 90 in August this year. Dad gained his radio licence in his teenage years (though his first interest was through the cubs age 8), and […]
The next webinar in the RSGB’s Tonight@8 series will be live tomorrow, Monday 7 April. Nick Wood, M0NTV will show you how to use a regular glue stick housing in a rather novel way to form the basis of a variable tuning inductor in a homemade 40m receiver. Nick has a lifelong fascination with radio […]
The Yeovil Amateur Radio Club QRP Convention is taking place on Saturday 12 April at Digby Hall in Sherborne. Doors open at 9.30am. The convention will include traders, bring and buy, club stalls and a café. For more information, please visit the club’s website The Holsworthy ARC Spring Radio Rally is taking place on Sunday […]
