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Today, 17 May, is the last day of Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s campaign looks at taking action to support good mental health. The RSGB highlights some of the small actions that radio amateurs can do that can have a big impact. This includes showing kindness to one another, listening to each other […]

Today, 17 May, Dunstable Downs Radio Rally is taking place at Stockwood Park in Luton. The boot sale is open to traders from 7.30am and to visitors from 9am. The entrance fee, which includes car parking, is £4 per vehicle. Find out more at dunstabledownsradioclub.org/bootsale Durham and District Amateur Radio Society Radio Rally will take […]

The Cornish Radio Amateur Club is active from Pendennis Point in Cornwall until the end of May with special event callsign GB1SOS in support of SOS Radio month. Look out for activity each Sunday on the 40 and 20m bands using SSB. Special event station SP100CVO is active to mark the 100th anniversary of the […]

Harald, DF2WO is active as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso until Tuesday, 19 May. He operates using CW, SSB and FT modes on various HF bands and via the QO-100 satellite. QSL via OQRS. Pascal, F8NQV is active as CN2NQV from Morocco until 11 July. The station has been spotted recently on the 20, 17 […]

Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 14 May We hate to start the report on a negative note but we are about to experience unsettled geomagnetic conditions over the next few days. The culprit is a large coronal hole on the Sun, which rotated into an Earth-facing position on Thursday, 14 May. This large […]

Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The club meets at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 868 221 for more information. On Mondays […]

The OPS-2m-NW Net is a regular VHF simplex net for licensed amateur radio operators across North West England, organised and run by the M0KKN Club. The net takes place fortnightly on 145.500MHz at 7.30pm. Operators are asked to QSY as directed by the net controller. All licence levels are welcome to join in. Barnsley and […]

Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club Rally is taking place today, 17 May, at Share Discovery Village, 221 Lisnaskea Road, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen BT92 0JZ. Traders can arrive from around 9am and the doors open to visitors from 11am. The usual facilities, including parking, food and drink, RSGB book stall and bring and buy are available on site. […]

Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society has a net on 3.740MHz from 2pm on Sundays and Tuesdays. On Thursday, the Society meets at Oakhill, Crescent Lane, Aberdeen AB15 5HY at 7.30pm. For details of the Society’s events, visit aars.uk Contact: secretary@aars.uk Ayr Amateur Radio Group meets on Friday at 7.30pm in Prestwick Community Centre. For details of […]