News for Northern Ireland – 4 July 2021

Antrim and District Amateur Radio Club activates GB2CW on Tuesdays from 7pm on 145.250MHz FM. All are welcome to call in. There are voice nets on Friday and Saturday on 2m from 7pm. For details, email mi0wwb@btinternet.com. Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Tuesdays from 8.30pm on 145.300MHz FM. For details, email […]

News for Scotland – 4 July 2021

The GB3FE repeater serving the Stirling area is still out of service and this will affect the Stirling and Falkirk nets. This Sunday, Cockenzie and Port Seton Amateur Radio is participating in VHF Field Day. Contact Bob, GM4UYZ, on 01875 811 723. Kingdom Amateur Radio Society is continuing to have nets on Sundays, Tuesdays and […]

News for England South-East – 4 July 2021

The McMichael Rally Committee regrets to announce that this year’s rally, which was due to take place on 11 July is, sadly, cancelled. They hope and expect to be back in 2022. On Sundays, Burnham Beeches Radio Club has a net from 10.30am starting on 145.500MHz and moving to 145.275MHz. Monday sees a fox hunt […]

News for England South-West – 4 July 2021

Thornbury and South Gloucestershire ARC has a daily net on GB3ZB from 10.30am. Hopefully, club meetings at the Chantry will resume on Wednesday, failing which there will be a Zoom meeting from 8pm. On Friday, there is a net on 145.450MHz from 8pm. For details, email secretary@tsgarc.uk. Weston-super-Mare Radio Society has a club meeting on […]

Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, IARU R1 VP, 2nd July 2021

IARU is saddened to announce that IARU Region 1 Vice President Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, died on the 2nd of July 2021 following a prolonged period of hospitalisation with COVID. Faisal had been Region 1 Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic and active supporter of amateur radio in the Arab world and globally. He was also […]

Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR SK

IARU is saddened to announce that IARU Region 1 Vice President Faisal Alajmi, 9K2RR, died today following a prolonged period of hospitalisation with COVID. Faisal had been Region 1 Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic …

Andrew, 2E1BRT

Andrew has been licenced since 1993 and an RSGB member since 1993. He first became interested in amateur radio as a youngster through his Dad, who bought him an FT690 Mk2 when he gained his licence. That rig gave him the DX’ing bug on 6 metres and he says that he is still a 6-metre […]

Keith, G6NHU

Keith is an amateur who has been there and bought the t-shirt in terms of all the various aspects of the hobby. He has tinkered with the integration of radio and computers since the early days of the Acorn Atom and BBC computer, playing with packet radio nodes. His involvement with digimodes goes back to […]

Austin, M0MNE

Austin, M0MNE has a very appropriate call sign for a mariner (Merchant Navy Engineer)! Austin first became interested in radio through hearing short wave broadcast stations. Even as a young teenager he was exhibiting the experimenter’s curiosity of a radio amateur, stringing up different lengths of wire in the garden to improve reception. Teenage and […]

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