Also in GB2RS this week…
This year’s Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) camp in the Czech Republic finished on Friday, 23 August 2024 after an action-packed week. The RSGB representative Rhys Williams, M0WGY took part in a range of amateur radio activities that included kit building, ARDF, and surface-mount technology, as well as a day trip into Prague. Rhys also made the most of the great station setup and enjoyed plenty of airtime. This included making over 100 QSOs on the 40m band whilst operating special callsign OL24YOTA, which he has said was good to practise his pile-up management. You can read more from Rhys by visiting rsgb.org/yota-camp and reading his daily blog. This year’s camp was organised by the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group, together with the Czech Radio Club.
The next event in the popular 145 Alive series takes place on Sunday, 29 September 2024. The event will run from 1pm to 4pm and there will be nets operating in most Maidenhead Squares across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. To take part in the event—designed to promote FM activity on the 2m band—all you need to do is call in and make contact with others. The organisers are looking for more net controllers. If you would like to run a net, contact Mark Savage, M0XIC via the 145 Alive Facebook page.
The date has been confirmed for the Twelfth Scottish Microwave Round Table GMRT. The event will take place on Saturday, 9 November 2024 at the Museum of Communication, Burntisland, Fife. Lunch will be provided and an optional dinner will be held in the evening at a local hotel. The programme is now confirmed and online booking is available on the GMRT website at gmroundtable.org.uk, or by emailing Colin, GM4HWO at gm4hwo@gmail.com.
National Hamfest is only a few weeks away. Early-bird advance tickets are currently available but this offer finishes on Saturday 31 August 2024. Visit nationalhamfest.org.uk for more details and booking information.
And finally, don’t forget to listen out for all the stations that are on the air for the British Inland Waterways on the Air event this weekend. You can read more about the event on the Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group website.
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