We start with clubs that have several events this week. This Sunday and next Sunday, Burnham Beeches Radio Club has its net from 10.30am on 145.500MHz. On Monday there’s a pub meeting. Contact Greg, G4EBY, via email to ebytronics@gmail.com. Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club has an open net this Sunday from 6.30pm on GB3IW. On […]
Torbay Amateur Radio Society has regular nets this Sunday, and on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and next Sunday. Friday also sees a club night with a guest speaker. Details from Kerry, M0KRE, on 0772 599 9973. On Monday Weston-super-Mare Radio Society has a club night. Contact M0JOG, on 0750 066 8674. On Thursday South Bristol […]
On Thursday North Wales Radio Society has a Churches and Chapels on the Air planning and update meeting. Contact Liz, GW0ETU, on 0776 019 0355. On Friday Aberystwyth and District Amateur Radio Society has a club net, beginning on 145.500MHz then moving to 145.550MHz. Contact Ray, GW7AGG, on 01970 611 853. Newport Amateur Radio Society […]
We would like to remind everyone that the cut-off date for applications for the current syllabus is Friday, 16 August 2019. Once booked, candidates will have three months after the date of their exam to do resits under the current syllabus if necessary. Due to the standard process of giving two weeks’ notice for examinations, […]
The first news about the Brickworks scheme will be here soon!
The RSGB’s National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park experienced record numbers of visitors in July 2019. Before last month, the highest number of visitors was 10,713 in August 2018. July 2019 saw 10,860 visitors to the NRC, with several days seeing over 500 visitors through the door. If you’re interested in becoming an NRC […]
Up to 80 young radio amateurs, primarily from IARU Region 1, but including participants from other parts of the world, will gather in Bulgaria from Sunday, 11 August 2019 for the ninth annual Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Summer Camp. Special call sign LZ19YOTA will be on the air during the week-long event, hosted by […]
The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW) runs from 0001UTC on Saturday, 17 August 2019 to 2359UTC on the 18th. The event came into being in 1998 as the Scottish Northern Lights Award, run by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group. ILLW now attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries. To see a […]
The RSGB 2019 Convention takes place in Milton Keynes from 11 to 13 October 2019. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ will open the convention with his talk Our Global Amateur Radio Community. Dave is the Secretary for the IARU and has recently written a very thought-provoking article in the ITU’s magazine (54-page/14.18MB PDF) on the value of […]
Region 1, Scotland South and Western Isles, has a number of vacancies for district representatives. District 13, Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, District 16, the Borders, and District 17, Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire, are all vacant. If you would like to know more about the role and what it entails, contact the Regional Manager for Region […]
