We start with news from Hilderstone Radio Society that they have outgrown their present home and are moving, this week, to the Scout HQ of the 1st Margate (St Johns) Scout Group. Hilderstone RS has previously helped their local Scouts movement with Jamboree on the Air and Thinking Day on the Air, and used the […]
Torbay Amateur Radio Society has nets from 9.30am on 20m and from noon on 2m today and next Sunday. Monday sees club nets on 80m from 10.30am, Top Band from 8pm and 6m from 8.30pm. On Wednesday there are club nets on 20m from 9.30am and on 80m from 10.30am. Friday sees a club night […]
On Tuesday Barry Amateur Radio Society is having a talk on DIY wire antennas by Glyn, GW0ANA. Contact Glyn, GW0ANA, via email to glyndxis@talktalk.net. On Thursday Aberystwyth & District Amateur Radio Society is visiting the Museum of Internal Fire and operating from their radio station. Contact Ray, GW7AGG, on 01970 611 853.
André Saunders, GM3VLB, born of Scottish and French parents, became a silent key at his home in Kelso on the 23rd of May 2019. He would have been 81 on the 28th of May. A physics teacher by profession, he was an active DXer in Kenya from 1967 as 5Z4KL, gaining the ARRL Honor Roll […]
A new edition of RadCom Basics is out this weekend. RSGB Members can read it today by going to rsgb.org/radcom-basics. You can also register to receive notification of subsequent issues as they become available at the same address. Each edition of RadCom Basics explores key aspects of amateur radio in a straightforward and accessible way. […]
Gilwell Park is recognised by many people involved in Scouts as the movement’s spiritual home. It is also home to Scouting’s UK administrative headquarters. Gilwell Park also hosts an amateur radio station, GB2GP, which has been getting Scouts on the air for over 50 years. The year 2019 is the centenary of the site being […]
The ICC Cricket World Cup has started and so has the RSGB’s Cricket World Cup Marathon. UK and international call signs will be active on nine HF bands on SSB, CW, and digital modes. Award certificates will be offered based on the number of contacts made with the special UK and international stations. A total […]
Logbook of The World is now accepting FT4 contacts. The latest TQSL update, released on 22 May 2019, includes FT4 as a sub-mode of MFSK. It also adds AISAT-1 and PO-101 in the satellite category. As of 23 May 2019, over one thousand million contact records have been entered into the system, resulting in 200 […]
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This Sunday, the 2nd, the Spalding DARS annual rally takes place at Holbeach Community Sports Academy, Pennyhill Lane, Holbeach PE12 7PR. Doors open at 9.30am and admittance is £3. The venue offers easy access from the A17, a large area for boot traders and modern hall for indoor traders. There will be a car boot […]
