Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, became a silent key on 7 March 2020. Walter was a true Old Timer, whose professional and hobby involvement with radio extended over many decades – indeed, a whole working life, and then on into retirement. Walter was an RAF navigator from 1948 to 1957, mainly on transport aircraft in the UK, but also […]
Please note that the RSGB has relaxed the rules for practical assessments as a prerequisite for amateur radio licence examinations. These assessments have been suspended for the
foreseeable future during the COVID-19 crisis. Foundation candidates can now sit their exam entirely on line. At present arrangements for Intermediate and Full examinations are currently under review. For further information go to www.rsgb.org/exam-faq
For those of our listeners who want to buff up before taking the foundation exam then Billy MacFarlane of the Stirling Club has produced an on-line training programme with 43 lessons and this is available to use free of charge at https://gm6dx.thinkific.com/
Marc Litchman, G0TOC passed away on the evening of Sunday 29 March 2020. Marc had been in poor health for several months and didn’t recover from a major operation after a lengthy period in Intensive Care at St Bart’s Hospital, London. Joining Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) in 1995, Marc had many […]
When the Denby Dale amateur radio club was faced with having to cancel our regular meetings our immediate response was to organise a club net on 2m. This was well attended. I proposed that we should try to organise meetings online (as well as our regular radio nets) so that we could invite speakers to […]
The decision to temporarily suspended actual meetings made us evaluate how we stay in touch with the membership during a period of lockdown and social distancing. Our club meets every week and it is important and morally right that we consider not only each other’s safety, but also their mental wellbeing. To this end we […]
We’ve just added two new videos to the technical pages of our website, focusing on amateur television and microwave operations. They are a very basic introduction which, seen in conjunction with the explanatory information on the web pages, should give people an overview of these topics. They have also been added to a new ‘Technical […]
In many areas of the UK, all of the HF amateur bands up to and including 20m are being blighted by interference from VDSL. This is the most widespread means of providing residential broadband internet services in the UK. Ofcom, which is responsible for investigating radio interference, says that it receives, on average, only six […]
Fancy learning something new while you are at home? From 13 April Matt, M0PTO will be uploading videos to YouTube for a new course called Lockdown Morse. He has also created a Facebook page for the course.
We’ve shared a video on our YouTube Channel by the Society’s Propagation Studies Committee (PSC) entitled Understanding HF Propagation. It looks at sunspots, ionospheric layers, critical frequencies, solar flares and much more. Take a look…
During these difficult days of complete social isolation because of the Coronavirus, at Norfolk Amateur Radio Club we feel it is more important than ever to keep the spirit of the club going embracing technology to stay in touch, especially as many club members are older, at higher risk and maybe on their own. NARC […]
