Rallies and Events News – 25 August 2024
Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society Rally is taking place today, the 25 August. The venue is Heron’s Lodge Guide Activity Centre, Bradwell Road, Loughton Lodge, Milton Keynes, MK8 9AA. The doors open to the public from 9am. The entrance fee is £3 and free parking is available. For trader and exhibitor enquiries please email rally@mkars.org.uk Outdoor pitches and indoor tables are available. For more information visit the website
Torbay Annual Communications Fair is also taking place today, the 25 August, at Newton Abbot Racecourse, TQ12 3AF from 10am. This is an indoor event with free parking, a bring-and-buy area, an RSGB bookstall and on-site catering. For more information email rally@tars.org.uk
Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society Annual Rally is taking place tomorrow, Monday the 26 August, at Ernulf Academy, St Neots, PE19 2SH. The gates open for traders at 7am and for the public at 9am. The entrance fee is £3. Free car parking, an RSGB bookstall, a bring-and-buy area, catering, and indoor and outdoor stalls will be available. For more information email henry_hirst@hotmail.com or phone 01480 214282.
Saffron Walden Radio Ham and CB Club Rally will run from Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September in the CM22 6BH area. For more information about fees, and for directions, visit the event’s Facebook page or email swrc73@gmail.com
Telford Hamfest is set to take place on Sunday 1 September at Harper Adams University near Newport, Shropshire. The doors open at 10.15am and admission is £5. Children up to age 16 will be admitted free of charge. Free parking, catering, an RSGB bookstall, and a bring-and-buy area will be available on site. For more details visit the website or email John, M0JZH at hamfest@tdars.org.uk
September marks the golden anniversary of the G-QRP Club, which was started by the Reverend George Dobbs, G3RJV in 1974. The Club will be marking its 50th anniversary at its annual Convention over the weekend of the 31 August to the 1 September. The event takes place in parallel with the Telford Hamfest at the Harper Adams University Campus near Newport, Shropshire. Following a buildathon and social supper on the Saturday, there are a number of speakers lined up on Sunday, including Hans Summers, G0UPL talking about his QRP kits. Non-members are welcome to come along on the Sunday and enjoy the Hamfest and the G-QRP Club talks. Full details are on the G-QRP Club website Following the Convention, the Club is running an activity period called ‘Low and Clear’ throughout September. A number of QRP stations are being activated across the UK and in other countries, with ‘LOW’ or ‘QRP’ in their special callsigns. Stations working a number of them will receive a certificate, and the ‘best’ logs will be awarded prizes which have been donated by traders who advertise in the Club’s journal Sprat. Again, details can be found on the Club’s website. You can find details of a new RSGB book celebrating 50 years of the G-QRP Club in the September issue of RadCom.
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