The longest running RSGB contest of them all is the Commonwealth Contest, formerly known as BERU. It ends its 24 hours run at 1000UTC today, the 15th. It’s CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands and the exchange is signal report and serial number. Today, the 15th, the 2nd 70MHz Cumulative contest runs […]
A new sunspot group, numbered AR 2758 and from upcoming Solar Cycle 25, appeared this week. The region was located in the Sun’s southeast quadrant, but had faded away by Thursday the 12th. This was the first numbered sunspot region to appear in over a month as solar activity continues on at very low levels. […]
The situation with the Covid-19 virus is changing rapidly. You should check before travelling that the activities announced here are taking place. This listing is correct as of 12 noon on Friday the 13th of March. We start with clubs that have several events this week. Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has its net on 50.220MHz […]
The situation with the Covid-19 virus is changing rapidly. You should check before travelling that the activities announced here are taking place. This listing is correct as of 12 noon on Friday the 13th of March. We start with clubs that have more than one event this week. Central Lancs Amateur Radio Club has its […]
The situation with the Covid-19 virus is changing rapidly. You should check before travelling that the activities announced here are taking place. This listing is correct as of 12 noon on Friday the 13th of March. On Tuesday Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club will be running a special event station for St Patricks Day. The […]
The situation with the Covid-19 virus is changing rapidly. You should check before travelling that the activities announced here are taking place. This listing is correct as of 12 noon on Friday the 13th of March. On Sunday Radio Society of Harrow continues its Intermediate course in the shack and there is a club net […]
The situation with the Covid-19 virus is changing rapidly. You should check before travelling that the activities announced here are taking place. This listing is correct as of 12 noon on Friday the 13th of March. Torbay Amateur Radio Society Club has a net on 14.270MHz at 9.30am and 145.575MHz at 12 noon today and […]
The situation with the Covid-19 virus is changing rapidly. You should check before travelling that the activities announced here are taking place. This listing is correct as of 12 noon on Friday the 13th of March. Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has a club net on the 80m band, SSB at 2.30pm today and next Sunday. […]
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Walter F Blanchard, G3JKV, 9 October 1930 – 8 March 2020 Stewart Bryant, G3YSX, was sad to hear that Walter, G3JKV, passed away on 8 March 2020 and says that “Walter did a lot to support amateur radio experimentation in the early days of our low frequency licence allocation”. The Royal Institute of Navigation […]
