Today, 25 January, the Lincoln Short Wave Club Winter Radio Rally is taking place at Festival Hall, Caistor Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3HT. This is an indoor event with ample free parking. The doors are open from 10am and admission is £3. For more information, contact Steve, M5ZZZ on 07777 699 069 or email m5zzz@outlook.com The […]
Special callsign DF100KWTJ is active until 31 March to mark the centenary of the Kurzwellentagung. This commemorates the first convention of German HF amateurs which was held in January 1926. QSL via the Bureau. Visit QRZ.com for more details. The World Wide Award is currently underway and runs until 31 January. The award combines CW, SSB […]
Gabriele, HB9TSW is active as Z68BG from Slatina Air Base near Pristina in Kosovo until Wednesday, 28 January. He is operating CW only. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL, or via Gabriele’s home call. Gabriel, LU1WGB is active as LU1WGB/Z from the Joint Antarctic Base on Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands, AN-008, […]
The CQ World Wide 160m DX Contest started at 2200UTC on Friday, 23 January and runs until 2200UTC today, 25 January. Using CW on the 160m band, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. American stations also send their state and Canadian stations send their province. The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group Sprint started at […]
Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The club meets at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars. Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 868 221 for more information. On Mondays […]
The OPS-2m-NW Net is a regular VHF simplex net for licensed amateur radio operators across North West England, organised and run by the M0KKN Club. The net is technical and experimental in nature, focusing on antenna testing, real-world simplex coverage, local propagation analysis, and mapping who hears who on the 2m band. The net takes […]
Time is running out to submit your candidate forms and nominations to become an RSGB Board Director or Regional Representative in the upcoming RSGB 2026 Elections. Both roles offer the chance to use your skills, experience, energy and enthusiasm to help shape the future of the RSGB and its activities as it fulfills its strategic […]
The RSGB EMC Committee (EMCC) has recently published a leaflet Guide for Reporting Harmful Interference to Ofcom (PDF). It contains some do’s and don’ts on the style and content of the report that has to be submitted, and also provides some examples on the wording that can be used. This is the 18th leaflet the […]
Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 7.30pm in the Marquis Hall, Abbey Street, Bangor, BT20 4JE. For more information, visit the Society’s Facebook page or email gi6fzi@yahoo.com For details of Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club events and activities, visit bushvalleyarc.org or email bushvalleyarc@gmail.com Carrickfergus Amateur Radio Club meets […]
It is with sadness that we report the passing of David Quigley, G3PRI. Dave was first licensed as G3PRI in 1961 while serving in the Army in Germany and also gained the German callsign DL2PB. Further service in the Middle East resulted Dave gaining MP4TBK and VS9ADQ callsigns. On his return to the UK, Dave […]
