Archive for April, 2019
News for Wales – 21 April 2019
On Monday Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is closed for the bank holiday. Details from Steve Williams, MW6CCG, on 0787 849 4337 On Wednesday Cardiff University Amateur Radio Society has its regular shack night. Contact Derek, MW0LNA, via email to officers@cardiffars.org.uk On Thursday Aberystwyth & District Amateur Radio Society has a club net, beginning on 145.500MHz […]
Peter Smith, G4JNU, 23 December 2018
Peter Smith, G4JNU died aged 81 on December 23rd 2018. He was a very skilled electrical engineer and a fine mechanical engineer as well. Peter grew up in an engineering household in Reading. Peter’s father was a machine workshop instructor with the REME at Arborfield and Peter was proud that, with a lathe and other […]
Owen Garriott, W5LFL, 15 April 2019
Owen Garriott, W5LFL, the US astronaut who operated the world’s first amateur radio station from space, died at the age of 88 on 15 April 2019. According to his family, he passed away at his home in Huntsville, Alabama. Press release from Johnson Space Center, Houston (lightly edited) RELEASE J19-005 Skylab and Space […]
Artistic SSTV from Iceland
Until 29 April 2019, as part of an art installation in Iceland by Lucy Helton, KD2MFV, SSTV images will be transmitted by TF3JA. The images, appropriated from the Reykjavik Museum of Photography’s collection, are of Icelandic glaciers photographed many years ago. Amateur radio operators who receive these transmissions are being asked to print out the […]
ML&S sponsors Radio Caroline
Over the Easter Weekend of 18 to 21 April 2019, Martin Lynch of ML&S is sponsoring broadcasts transmitted from Radio Caroline in memory of his old employee Graeme Platts, G4XOF, who passed away last November due to cancer. One of Graeme’s last ‘bucket list’ visits was to the ship itself arranged by Martin. The history […]
GB2RS Manager Ken Hatton, G3VBA, SK
Sad news next. Ken Hatton, G3VBA, the GB2RS Manager, became silent key at the end of last week. He was appointed as GB2RS Manager on 1 January 2014, taking over from Gordon Adams, G3LEQ. Ken will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
