Summits on the Air launched in England (G) and Wales (GW) on 2nd March 2002. Since then it has expanded massively to over one hundred associations on all major world continents, and has over 24,000 participants.
A special award has been launched to celebrate SOTA’s 20th birthday. Participants can obtain a certificate for their best 20 days chasing or activating (separate certificates for each activity). Logs are entered as normal and the SOTA Database picks your 20 highest scoring days out of your logs for the whole year. (March 2nd 2022 to March 1st 2023). Read MORE ……………..
Version entity is Curacao, PJ2 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 22005 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 22157 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: MM/W7YAQ is Shetland Islands, *GM/s EA2EPY/8 and EA4URE/8 are both Canary Islands, … Continue reading →
Version entity is Curacao, PJ2 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: MM/W7YAQ is Shetland Islands, *GM/s EA2EPY/8 and EA4URE/8 are both Canary Islands, EA8 2Q0HEZ is Northern Ireland, GI GB8KW is Scotland, GM NL7DC is in ITU zone 6, not ITU zone 7 … Continue reading →
VER20220402, Version entity is Sweden, SM Download: [ CTY-3214 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: IW0HBY/9 is Sicily, *IT9 EA2EPY/8 and EA4URE/8 are both Canary Islands, EA8 KO4JB is Guam, KH2 KK4KPX is Hawaii, KH6 … Continue reading →
NEWS FOR SCOTLAND & CLUB NEWS (GB2RS ) Extracts inc Additions
CLUB NEWS
With Scottish Clubs returning to normal meeting details of club activities can usually be found on the individual club’s website. A summary of activities in Scotland can be found at www.wosars.club/radio-nets.
Stirling and District Amateur Radio Society is open today for operating from 11am and next week for project construction. It will also be open on Thursday from 7pm.
Livingston & District Amateur Radio Society has a Club night at Crofthead on Tuesday from 7.30pm.
Also on Tuesday, Kilmarnock & Loudoun Amateur Radio Club, there is a natter night at their clubhouse and on Zoom at 7.30pm.
Inverness & District Amateur Radio Society is on the air on Wednesday.
Also this Wednesday WoSARS’s SOLDER GROUP meets from 6pm at the Electron Club, CCA, Sauchiehall Street.
And the Lothians Radio Society has a Video Night by Peter GM4DTH at ECVS. Checkout their website www.lothiansradiosociety.com
This Thursday, Glenrothes & District Radio Club, there’s a Club meeting at the Secret Bunker from 2pm.
Also this Thursday, Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society meets at 7.30pm and is having a junk sale.
And Lomond Radio Club has resumed club nights on Thursdays from 7.30pm at the John Connelly Centre in Renton.
And again this coming Thursday at 7pm the Wigtownshire ARC has a lecture Transatlantic Tests and Paul Godley lecture. Checkout their website www.gm4riv.org
On Friday at 8pm, WoSARS has a Video Night at Rose Street. Checkout their CALENDAR for further details.
Also this coming Friday, the Strathclyde Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARCS) has resumed club meetings at 4a Auchengramont Road, Hamilton ML3 6JP
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As most listeners will already know, Paul Godley was sent over from the USA 100 years ago to conduct the transatlantic tests. Those tests opened up the era of short wave radio communication. But why Paul Godley? Who was he, why was he chosen and what happened next? On Thursday, 7 April 2022, all those […]
