Archive for July, 2018
News for Scotland – 15 July 2018
On Tuesday Livingston and District Amateur Radio Society is having an operating evening. Details from Cathie, 2M0DIB, on 01506 433 846. Dundee Amateur Radio Club is having an equipment preparation session on Tuesday. From Thursday to next Sunday GB2BAJ will be on the air from Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, to support the Scouts attending […]
News for England South East – 15 July 2018
We start with clubs that have several events this week. Radio Society of Harrow has its net on 1938kHz LSB from 12 noon today and next Sunday. Monday sees the club net starting on 145.500MHz at 8.15pm. On Friday there’s a talk on Chinese handhelds and their history by Steve Terry G4WWK. Details from Linda, […]
News for England South West – 15 July 2018
On Tuesday Blackmoor Vale Amateur Radio Society is having a club evening. Details from Keith, M0TMO, on 01747 851 260. On Wednesday Exmouth Amateur Radio Club is having a talk and demo of repeaters, including FM, D-Star, Fusion and DMR. Contact Mike, G1GZG, on 01395 274 172. On Thursday Cornish Radio Amateur Club is holding […]
News for Wales – 15 July 2018
On Monday Cleddau Amateur Radio Society is having a financial meeting. Contact Heinz, MW0ECY, on 0774 804 7008. On Monday Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is having a DVD night. Details from Steve Williams, MW6CCG, on 0787 849 4337. On Tuesday Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society is having an illustrated talk by Andy, GW0JLX on scuba diving […]
OAS to replace AROS
Following an extensive review of the Amateur Radio Observation Service (AROS), the Society has decided to create a new service to provide guidance to operators who experience misuse of the amateur bands by others. This service will be known as the Operating Advisory Service (OAS) and will replace AROS. The change will come into effect over […]
World Radiosport Team Championship
The World Radiosport Team Championship takes place this week, running from Thursday the 12th to Monday the 16th. This invitation-only event pits the world’s elite contesters against each other in two-person teams. To level the playing field, all the contesters use similar stations with similar antennas, all within a relatively small geographical operating area to […]