Archive for 2019
News for England South-East – 15 September 2019
We start with advance notice that Loughton and Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society will be running a Foundation course and exam in Chigwell over the weekend of 5 and 6 October. External candidates are invited and should contact David, M0VID on 0785 012 0180, or email training@lefars.org.uk. Now for clubs that have several events this […]
News for England South-West – 15 September 2019
Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio has club nights today and on Wednesday. Thursday sees the net on 145.350MHz from 8pm. Next Saturday and Sunday it’s the Foundation course, and Sunday also sees a talk on desert adventures. Contact Sue, M0PSZ, via email to info@frars.co.uk. North Bristol Amateur Radio Club has nets from 8pm this Sunday, Wednesday […]
News for Wales – 15 September 2019
On Tuesday Wrexham Amateur Radio Society is setting up Echolink. Details from Eifion Parry, via email to wrexham.ars@gmail.com. On Thursday North Wales Radio Society is having a talk Explosives and Repellents by Les Hayward, MW0SEC. Contact Liz Cabban, GW0ETU, on 0776 019 0355. Next Saturday and Sunday Aberystwyth and District Amateur Radio Society is taking […]
NRC radio room unavailable – Weds 11 September
Due to essential maintenance work on the SteppIR beam, the radio room at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will not be operational for much of Wednesday 11 September. We apologise for the short notice and any inconvenience caused to NRC visitors.
British success in FoxO competition
Tuesday was the first race in the European Radio O Championships in Slovenia. This race was the FoxO competition, where the hidden transmitters are roughly indicated by a circle on the map. The competitor has to orienteer to the area of the circle and then use radio direction finding to locate the hidden transmitter. There […]
New exam sample questions released
As promised last week, the RSGB has just released documents with sample questions for every syllabus item in the Foundation and Intermediate exams. These new resources will provide additional help to tutors and candidates as they prepare for the exams under Syllabus 2019. The Society has also published a sample optical marking sheet to demonstrate […]
