Archive for February, 2016
Norman Pascoe, G4USB, February 2016
Norman Pascoe, G4USB sadly passed away in February 2016. He was one of the founders of International Marconi Day and the yearly organiser. He will be missed by us all from all the over world. This is truly a major event in amateur radio and we, the Cornish Radio Amateur Club will be doing our […]
Stan Harle, G3MEA, 9th January 2016
I never met Stan in person: our short friendship was formed over the air. The first QSO we had was in 2014. When hearing that he was not getting any replies to his CQ calls I answered him. We exchanged the usual information and pleasantries; I did not expect to hear from him again or […]
Wallace Smith, G0NSE, 16th February 2016
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my father, Wallace Smith, G0NSE, who became a silent key on the 16th of February 2016 at the age of 90. He was an RAF wireless operator and worked at GCHQ, retiring after 50 years of service. Dad spent many hours on the key […]
Doug MacArthur, VK3UM, 21st February 2016
I am both sad and shocked to report that Doug passed away on the night of Monday the 21st of February 2016. Only on Sunday afternoon we had been working together on EME Calc. – Rex, VK7MO Quite simply, I would not have even tried EME without Doug and his software. Many people ‘do’ amateur radio, few […]
RadCom March 2016, Vol. 92, No. 3
THIS EDITION IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE ONLINE We apologise for any disappointment This edition is currently being converted to our HTML5 online viewer, which will bring enhanced readability, download speed and picture quality Rather than a gentle ramping down as my term as President comes to its conclusion life is as busy as ever due, in […]
ISS link to City of Norwich school
The next UK school contact with Tim Peake on the ISS will be with the City of Norwich school on Friday, 26 February. The 10 minute window opens at 1434UTC and the call will be GB2CNS. A team of nine amateurs, mainly from Norfolk ARC, have already run two 1½ hour workshops entitled Making Waves […]
