Archive for January, 2021
Tony Hobbs, G30JX, 30th December 2020
I write to you with sad news regarding Tony Hobbs, G30JX. Tony sadly passed away on the 30th of December 2020 at the age of 101. He had been resident at Thameside Care Home, West Molesey since August 2020 where he received the utmost of care and attention from a most professional team of carers. […]
Mike Lunt, G8ALD, 5th January 2021
It’s with great sadness that I have to inform you of the passing of the South Lancs Amateur Radio Club chairman Mike Lunt, G8ALD. He passed on 5 January 2021 after battling illness for some time. Mike was born in 1943, and was licensed since 1967. He was ex Royal Signals, Home Office Director of […]
Michael Telkman, G8DCA
It is with sadness that I report the sudden passing of Michael Telkman, G8DCA. While Mike might not have been a high-profile member of the amateur community, anyone who bought, built or used one of Wood & Douglas’ range of amateur radio kits in the 70s, 80s and 90s will have been touched by Mike’s […]
Get on the Air for Christmas continues
Get on the Air for Christmas continues until 9 January 2021 and there are still many activities you can take part in. The special construction competition encourages hardware, software or kit-based entries and in particular simple projects that other radio amateurs could try. The Christmas Hope QSO parties are also in full swing with different […]
Austrians get new bands
Claus, OE6CLD, the HF Manager of the Austrian National Amateur Radio Society, informs us that the Austrian regulator has granted access to the 60m and 630m bands for all CEPT Class 1 licensees. The 60m, or 5MHz changes are inline with the WRC-15 Amateur Secondary Allocation of 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz at 15W EIRP. For the […]
GB2RS News Script for 3 January 2021
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 3 January 2021* (11-page/208KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link. *This is an abbreviated script for 3 January 2021. As with last week’s reading, this script is optional. The full news […]
