Also in the weeks GB2RS

The next webinar in the RSGB’s Tonight@8 series airs on Monday, 7 April 2025. Nick Wood, M0NTV will show you how to use a regular glue stick housing—in a rather novel way—to form the basis of a variable tuning inductor in a homemade 40m receiver. Nick has a lifelong fascination with radio and electronics, and an insatiable curiosity to discover how things work. His passion is for designing and building his own radio equipment—particularly SSB transceivers—and he has just completed his sixth. See this webinar’s preview page to find out more.

The GB3WR VHF repeater—located on the Mendip Hills in Somerset—was switched back on at 12.30 on 16 March 2025. The group is delighted to report that it is working as well as it was before. It covers a wide area of south-west England and the Bristol Channel area. Amateur stations are regularly heard from the south of the Midlands, South Wales and as far south as Swanage and Basingstoke to the east. The Mendip Repeater Group would like to express its thanks for the generosity of all who have made it possible to put GB3WR back on the air. Find out more at gb3wr.uk.

One of the GB2RS newsreaders is retiring from reading the news ahead of his upcoming 101st birthday this Saturday, 12 April 2025. Peter Valentine, G0NQZ from Eastbourne, remains an active radio amateur and operates daily, as well as taking part in regular nets such as ISWL and RAOTA. The Society would like to thank Peter for his dedication to GB2RS and wishes him a very happy 101st birthday!

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