Following the update from Ofcom to their guidance What You Need to Know as an Amateur Radio User (9-page/243KB PDF), the RSGB has updated its calculator to version rsgb10a. This can be found on the EMF pages at rsgb.org/emf. Please treat this as a Beta release and report any problems to m0jav@rsgb.org.uk. The main changes […]
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Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society is meeting in the club shack at 7pm on Wednesday, including talk-in on GB3IM from 6.40pm. The open nets on Sundays continue on 3.715MHz at 9.30am and 10pm, plus a net on the GB3IM repeater network after the GB2RS news at 11am. Club news and events are on iomars.im, […]
Antrim and District Amateur Radio Club activates GB2CW on Tuesdays from 7pm on 145.250MHz FM. All are welcome to call in. There are voice nets on Friday and Saturday on 2m from 7pm. For details, email mi0wwb@btinternet.com. Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Tuesdays from 8.30pm on 145.300MHz FM. For details, email […]
The GB3FE repeater serving the Stirling area is still out of service and this will affect the Stirling and Falkirk nets. This Sunday, Cockenzie and Port Seton Amateur Radio is participating in VHF Field Day. Contact Bob, GM4UYZ, on 01875 811 723. Kingdom Amateur Radio Society is continuing to have nets on Sundays, Tuesdays and […]
The McMichael Rally Committee regrets to announce that this year’s rally, which was due to take place on 11 July is, sadly, cancelled. They hope and expect to be back in 2022. On Sundays, Burnham Beeches Radio Club has a net from 10.30am starting on 145.500MHz and moving to 145.275MHz. Monday sees a fox hunt […]
Thornbury and South Gloucestershire ARC has a daily net on GB3ZB from 10.30am. Hopefully, club meetings at the Chantry will resume on Wednesday, failing which there will be a Zoom meeting from 8pm. On Friday, there is a net on 145.450MHz from 8pm. For details, email secretary@tsgarc.uk. Weston-super-Mare Radio Society has a club meeting on […]
IARU is saddened to announce that IARU Region 1 Vice President Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, died on the 2nd of July 2021 following a prolonged period of hospitalisation with COVID. Faisal had been Region 1 Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic and active supporter of amateur radio in the Arab world and globally. He was also […]
IARU is saddened to announce that IARU Region 1 Vice President Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, died today following a prolonged period of hospitalisation with COVID.
Faisal had been Region 1 Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic …
Andrew has been licenced since 1993 and an RSGB member since 1993. He first became interested in amateur radio as a youngster through his Dad, who bought him an FT690 Mk2 when he gained his licence. That rig gave him the DX’ing bug on 6 metres and he says that he is still a 6-metre […]
