Archive for December, 2017
South Africa to host YOTA 2018
The South African Radio League will host the 2018 Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) annual camp. This annual event brings together young people from IARU Region 1 and elsewhere for a week, creating an opportunity to learn all about different nationalities and cultures, foster international friendships and goodwill, and learn new amateur radio skills. Several […]
GB2RS News Script for 17 December 2017
Please click the link below to download this week’s news script GB2RS News Script for 17 December 2017
Rallies and Events News – 17 December 2017
We have no rallies in the diary before Christmas. But, on 29 December, the Yeovil Amateur Radio Club Table Top Rally will take place at Sparkford Village Hall, Church Road, Sparkford, Somerset BA22 7JN.
DX News – 17 December 2017
John, N9MDH will be in Togo as 5V7JE until the end of May. Main activity will be digimodes on the WARC bands. Volker, DJ8VW will be active as 5P8VW from Romo Island, IOTA reference EU-125, until 23 December. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on the 160 to 6m bands. QSLs are preferred via […]
Special Event News – 17 December 2017
The main special event station news is GB17YOTA, for Youngsters on the Air month. This call sign will be aired by clubs up and down the country during the month of December. This Sunday, the 17th, will see Durham and District ARS operating the call sign. This is followed from the 20th to the 22nd […]
Contest News – 17 December 2017
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon continues. There are no set operating times, just work as many locator squares as you can. You can upload your log as many times as you like, while you build your score. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the […]
