NEWS FOR SCOTLAND & CLUB NEWS (GB2RS ) Extracts inc Additions
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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.
The penultimate Loch Lomond Sunday Night NET for this year takes place today from 8pm via EchoLink MB7IBH and Locally on 145.3375 and with a 103.5 Hz CTCSS. Early Check-ins from 7.45pm. Paul, MM3DDQ email mm3ddq@yahoo.co.uk
Lothians Amateur Radio Club has a meeting at 8pm on Wednesday with a talk by Malcolm Fergusson titled Bletchley Park, Section VIII and the Pentland Hills.
The West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society – WoSARS has a Solder Group meeting at the CCA Sauchiehall Street on Wednesday evening. The Solder Group .
Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society meets at 7:30pm on Thursday and is having a talk on EMF Regulations. www.aars.org.uk
Lomond Radio Club has resumed club nights on Thursdays from 7.30pm at the John Connelly Centre in Renton. Barrie, gm0kzx@googlemail.com
On Friday, Strathclyde Park Amateur Radio Club has resumed club meetings at 4a Auchengramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP. There is a net from 7.30pm on 145.400MHz, and also on the BATC channel from 8pm. Bill, MM0SFB, gm0syv@btinternet.com
To have your net listed on the WoSARS website or to report any changes, contact Tony, MM0TMZ by email to rr1@rsgb.org.uk. Please also keep GB2RS updated via email to radcom@rsgb.org.uk.
On March 1st and 2nd, DB6NT and DK5NJ made a new distance record on 134 GHz and 241 GHz bands.
On 134 GHz they accomplished to complete a CW QSO on a 157 km long path, which is the new …
We have the sad task of informing you that Giles became a Silent Key earlier today. Only a few days ago he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. Sadly he lost the fight today. Our thoughts are with his partner, Heather, and with his family and friends.
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In the UK the clocks will go forward one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March, which in 2022, is 27 March. This is known as British Summer Time (BST) and the clocks won’t change again until 30 October 2022. If you are entering contests, please check the times.
Now in its 20th year, SOS Radio Week celebrates the work of the volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), National Coastwatch Institution and, in 2022, the many independent lifeboat and rescue organisations around our coasts. SOS Radio Week 2022 starts at 0000UTC on 1 May 2022 and concludes at 2359UTC on 31 May […]
The Callington ARS Rally takes place on the 27th of March. It will be held in Callington Town Hall. A date for your diary next. The National Hamfest will take place on the 14th and 15th of October at the Newark Showground NG24 2NY. Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible […]
Gianpi, IK1TTD will be active as 3A/IK1TTD from Monaco between the 25th and 27th of March. Main activity will be during the CQ WorldWide WPX SSB Contest. QSL via his home call, direct or via the bureau. Helmut, DF7EE will be active again as CT9/DF7EE from Madeira, AF- 014, from the 22nd of March until […]
This weekend the BARTG HF RTTY Contest ends its 48-hour run at 0159UTC on the 21st. Using the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is serial number and time in UTC. The all-mode SHF UK Activity Contest takes place on Tuesday between 1930 and 2230UTC. Using the 1.2 […]
Celebrating twenty years of the Summits on the Air programme, GB20SOTA will be active from a Welsh SOTA summit until the 26th of March. QSL via the bureau, or direct to M1EYP. Frans, PC2F will be active as PF01MAX until the 20th of November, over the twenty-two Grand Prix weekends of this year’s FIA Formula […]
