The Online Amateur Radio Community runs a 40m slow-to-medium speed CW net every Monday evening at 7pm. All are welcome to join in. For more information see morse.oarc.uk On the first and third Saturdays of the month, the group holds a virtual social night called ‘The Rubber Duck’ on Zoom. For more information, see oarc.uk […]
The RSGB Board has decided to co-opt Ian Shepherd, G4EVK as a Board Director until the 2024 AGM. Please see the Board’s explanation of this appointment on the Society’s website.
Last year, the RSGB was approached by the BBC to find experts to contribute to its planned series ‘The Secret Genius of Modern Life’. For episode one, which takes a look at the bank card, Neil Smith, G4DBN re-created the Great Seal Bug – a wooden seal, gifted to the US embassy in Moscow in […]
RetrotechUK, hosted by the British Vintage Wireless Society, is taking place today, the 21 May. The venue is Sports Connexion, Leamington Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3FL. This large annual vintage technology fair features around 200 indoor stalls. Private sellers, clubs and dealers are offering vintage items, including radio, television, hi-fi, vinyl, 78s, gramophones, telephones, communications […]
Special callsign GB4VLB is active this weekend from the Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House in Tynemouth. The station is operating as part of SOS Radio Week in support of the Volunteer Life Brigade, RNLI and National Coast Watch Institution. For more information visit the GB4VLB QRZ page. QSL via Logbook of the World. Look out for special […]
Today is the last chance to work Pete, M1PTR, Tom, M0DCG and Kieron, M5KJM / EI6KP from Stockport Radio Society who are operating as EJ6KP from Great Blasket Island, EU-007. The team is active on the 40, 20 and possibly 15m bands using SSB. QSL via the bureau or OQRS. Bob, N7XR is active as […]
Today, the 21 May, the 1st 144MHz Backpackers Contest runs from 1100 to 1500UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. UK and Crown Dependency stations also send the first two letters of their postcode. Today, the 21 May, the 144MHz May Contest ends its 24-hour […]
After last week’s NOAA prediction that we would have settled geomagnetic conditions all week, it seems they were right! The Kp index never got above three – a miracle given the recent disruption due to coronal mass ejections and coronal holes. The proton flux from the Sun has declined as well. However, an M9 solar […]
The UK-wide Online Amateur Radio Community’s Discord server runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The server has multiple channels covering every conceivable interest within amateur radio. Activities include: a weekly slow-to-medium speed CW net, a fortnightly Zoom social, called ‘The Rubber Duck’, and a multi-platform digital bridge, that is available across multiple […]
The UK-wide Online Amateur Radio Community’s Discord server runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The server has multiple channels covering every conceivable interest within amateur radio. Activities include: a weekly slow-to-medium speed CW net, a fortnightly Zoom social, called ‘The Rubber Duck’, and a multi-platform digital bridge, that is available across multiple […]
