The Sparkford Radio Rally is taking place on Sunday 29 December at Davis Hall, Howell Hill, West Camel, near Yeovil. Doors are open to traders from 7.30am and from 9.30am to the public. Admission is £2. Refreshments and free parking will be available. For more information, contact Luke on 07870 168 197 or email m3vhv@hotmail.co.uk […]
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the GB2RS News service, special callsign GB70RS will be on the air from the 1 January. Listen out for operators on all modes and all bands. QSL via the Bureau, eQSL or Logbook of the World. For more information, please visit the GB70RS page at QRZ.com Denby Dale […]
A Danish DXpedition is operational as TO0J from French Guiana until the 31 December. The group will be active on the 80 to 10m bands using CW, SSB, but mainly FT8. QSL via Clublog’s OQRS, Logbook of the World or eQSL. The J75K team is active in Dominica from the 26 December 2024 until the […]
The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon started at 0000UTC on Sunday 1 December and ends at 2359UTC on Friday 31 January 2025. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report and locator. On Thursday 26 December, the DARC Christmas Contest runs from 0830UTC to 1059UTC. Using CW and SSB on […]
On Sundays, Appledore and District Amateur Radio Club has a net on 1.860MHz from 9.30am, followed by an SSB net on 144.260MHz at 10.30am. The Club has weekday nets taking place from 4pm on 145.450MHz, except Wednesday when the net takes place via GB3DN. There are nets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday that also take […]
The next meeting of Aberdare and District Amateur Radio Society will be held on Friday 3 January at Hirwaun YMCA Hall, CF44 9RB from 6pm. Ian Miles 2W0IWM, info@aberdareradio.club Aberkenfig and District Amateur Radio Club has its weekly meeting on Wednesday from 7pm at Tondu Railway Club, Station Approach, Bridgend. The club is an approved […]
Youngsters on the Air Month is nearly at a close. It has been filled with some brilliant activity from young people using special callsign GB24YOTA. Thank you to everyone who has been involved, including those who have been supervising young amateurs and those making contact with them on the air. Before the year ends, we […]
The first RSGB Tonight@8 webinar of 2025 will be live on Monday 6 January. The presentation is all about the RSGB’s news service ‘GB2RS’ which will be celebrating its 70th anniversary next year. A team of people will contribute to the live presentation and will give you a behind-the-scenes insight into how the script is […]
The RSGB will be releasing four presentations from its 2024 Convention over the festive season. If you’d like to be the first to hear about new releases as soon as they are available, go to the RSGB YouTube channel and subscribe to receive notifications. The RSGB YouTube channel has hundreds of other videos and webinars […]
Don’t forget that the RSGB’s headquarters will be closed for Christmas and New Year from 2pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 until 8.30am on Thursday 2 January 2025. The RSGB National Radio Centre will also be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. On New Year’s Eve, the NRC will […]
