Archive for 2018
News for England South East – 26 August 2018
We start with news from clubs that have several events this week. Today and next Sunday Hastings Electronics and Radio Club holds a morning net on 144.575MHz from 11am to noon. Enquiries to Gordon, M3YXH, on 01424 431 909. Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society is holding a field weekend at the Kelvedon Hatch […]
News for England South West – 26 August 2018
On Monday Weston Super Mare Radio Society has a construction, Morse tuition and operating evening. Contact Martin, G7UWI, on 01934 613 094. On Tuesday Mid Somerset Amateur Radio Club has an afternoon social meeting. Enquiries to David, G8BFV, on 01749 670 085. On Thursday South Bristol Amateur Radio Club has a talk on real life […]
News for Wales – 26 August 2018
On Thursday Aberystwyth & District Amateur Radio Society has a net starting on 145.500MHz then moving to 145.550MHz. Next Saturday they’re at the Across Wales Walk. Contact Ray, GW7AGG, on 01970 611 853. Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is closed on Bank Holiday Monday. On Monday Marches Amateur Radio Society holds the North East Wales net […]
YOTA 2018: Day 3
Balloon Launch at Secunda Today was one of the highlights of the week, apart from the horribly cold weather and early start! We woke up at the very early time of 4:00am and stumbled onto the bus for 4:30am. The early morning was not helped by the freezing temperatures outside, but we all went in […]
YOTA 2018: Day 2
BaCAR Activity Our second day of activities began with a BaCAR (Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio) introduction. We were briefed on the main goals of BaCAR and told that we would be building our own cube to send up as a payload, tied onto a high-altitude balloon. This was very exciting, and we were divided up […]
Norway gets 1kW on 6m and other bands
On 8 August 2018, Norway got an updated amateur licence, allowing all Norwegian amateurs access to 50 to 52MHz with a power of 1kW. Other new privileges include permission for non-amateurs to operate an amateur station, under supervision of a licenced amateur, for training and educational purposes. On higher bands, amateurs received permission to use […]
