Lee, HL1IWD will be active holiday style as HL1IWD/5 from Koje Island, IOTA reference AS-081, between the 2nd and 4th of April. He will operate CW and some FT8 on the 40 to 20m bands. QSL via the bureau, or direct to EA5GL. Keith, KL2JE will remain operating from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, NA-059, until […]
For the annual RAFARS Airfields on the Air activity, GB0WTY – standing for RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire – will be operational on the 3rd and 4th of April. This is the ninth year of operation. Due to the current restrictions, the callsign will be operated by RAFAC Radio Staff and members of Huntingdonshire ARS who live […]
Burnham Beeches Radio Club has a Zoom meeting today from 8pm. Monday sees CW activity. Next Sunday sees a net from 10.30am around 145.275MHz. Greg, G4EBY, ebytronics@gmail.com Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society has daily nets on 145.400MHz from 8.10am, moving to 28.45MHz at 8.40am. Sundays see a net on 50.220MHz from 8.30am. On Tuesday there’s slow […]
Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society has nets on Sunday on 145.3875MHz from 7pm to 8pm, then from 8pm to 9pm on 50.180MHz. For details, email info@frars.co.uk Thornbury & South Gloucestershire ARC has a net on GB3ZB from 10.30am daily. Wednesday sees a Zoom meeting from 8pm and on Friday there’s a net on 145.450MHz at […]
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society hold an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm every Sunday. There’s an open net from 8pm every Tuesday and Thursday via GB3FG. There is currently a fault on GB3CM preventing the 70cm repeater from being used, and Government imposed travel restrictions have so far prevented it from being repaired. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, […]
The RSGB remote invigilation exams have been a great success during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over 3,100 candidates have made the first step into the hobby by obtaining a Foundation pass, nearly 950 have progressed to the Intermediate exam and over 330 to the Full licence. However, the UK Government’s roadmap to exiting the Covid-19 restrictions […]
The March 2021 edition of RadCom Basics is now available. Articles include a new feature; Hints and Tips, plus Interference, Using a Multimeter and part two of Making Metal Boxes. RSGB Members can read this edition of RadCom Basics, as well as previous editions, at rsgb.org/radcom-basics. You can register on the page to receive notification […]
RadCom Basics is a bi-monthly digital publication that explores key aspects of amateur radio in a straightforward and accessible way In this edition… Welcome to the latest edition by Lee, G4EJB, Editor In this edition, a focus on aspects of starting the hobby and more help with construction; and a brief look at the RSGB […]
At the request of the European Commission, IARU met on 25 March with representatives of the automotive industry, standards bodies and the Commission to review the current position on the development of an emission standard for Wireless Power Transfer for …
Tonight IARU Region 1 started preparing together with its Member Societies a Workshop with focus on the future of amateur radio. The message being shared in this session is clear. IARU societies are losing members; loss in members in some societies …
