Burnham Beeches Radio Club has a club net from 10.30am usually ending on 145.275MHz on Sundays. ebytronics@gmail.com Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society has a CW net on Sundays from 8pm on 144.060MHz. On Monday there is a Morse class from 7.30pm around 3542kHz, followed at 8.15pm by GB2CW slow Morse on 3555kHz. Tuesday sees the net […]
On Monday Weston Super Mare Radio Society Club is meeting at the Social Club. There is a net on Thursday from 8pm via GB3WB. More from M0JOG, on 0750 066 8674. Cornish Radio Amateur Club has a net on Tuesday from 8pm on 70.425MHz FM. On Thursday there’s a net from 8pm on 29.150MHz FM. […]
Carmarthen ARS has an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm every Sunday. Tuesdays and Thursdays see a net via GB3FG from 8pm. Wednesdays see a net from 7.30pm via GB3CM. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. North Wales Amateur Radio Group has a net on Sundays from 8pm via GB3OR. There is a face to […]
The Society has just launched a video trailer for this year’s online Convention. It gives a whistle-stop tour of the programme that delighted 3,500 radio amateurs from 24 countries on the day last year, and a taste of what to expect from this year’s event. It is just one minute long so take a […]
The early 1920s saw the dawn of international amateur radio. A series of significant milestones led, over some five years, from no amateur transmission ever having been heard on another continent, to intercontinental two-way communications becoming commonplace. The RSGB will commemorate these historic events by encouraging everyone to get on the air to make QSOs – […]
The RSGB IT Helpdesk is unusually busy at the moment, and this has resulted in a backlog of tickets waiting for a response We know that some of you have been waiting considerably longer than normal for a response—please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We are working through […]
With the decision to hold the planned October 2021 workshop event virtually, Region 1 is now not able to make planned in-person announcements and presentations of Medals to recognise exceptional support for the Region’s work.
The Executive Committee has therefore …
For the ‘centenary’ of the first official authorization of an amateur station, the REF (THE FRENCH TRANSMITTER NETWORK) will use the call sign ‘TM100AA’ from 1st to 15h September 2021
The call sign “8AA” was assigned to André Riss on September 3, 1921.
André was born in 1894, in Boulogne and was authorized at the age of 27 to use a transmitter of his own construction with a power of 1 kilowatt.
It became “eF8AA” (Europe France 8AA) in 1927, then “F8AA” in 1932.
He joined the REF in August 1927, n ° REF 423.
André was active until his death on March 2, 1982.
This evening the RSGB kicks off its autumn Tonight @ 8 webinar series with Gavin Nesbitt, MM1BXF giving an introduction to meteor scatter communications Our free webinars are live-streamed on the RSGB YouTube channel and you can ask questions during the presentations via live chat. For more information on tonight’s talk, and other webinars in […]
