Archive for February, 2021
News for England South-East – 21 February 2021
Burnham Beeches Radio Club has a net on Sundays from 10.30am, starting on 145.500MHz then moving to 145.275MHz and Zoom. Contact Greg, G4EBY, via email to ebytronics@gmail.com Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society has Morse training on Sundays from 8pm on 144.060MHz and on Mondays on 3.542MHz from 7.30pm, moving at 8.15pm to 3.555MHz as GB2CW for […]
News for England South-West – 21 February 2021
Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society has nets on Sunday on 145.3875MHz from 7pm to 8pm, then from 8pm to 9pm on 50.180MHz. Thursday sees nets on 70.400MHz from 7pm to 8pm, then from 8pm to 9pm on 145.3875MHz. For details, email info@frars.co.uk Thornbury & South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club has a daily stay well net […]
News for Wales – 21 February 2021
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society holds an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm every Sunday. Tuesday and Thursday see a net via GB3FG from 8pm. On Wednesdays there’s an FM or Fusion net from 7.30pm via GB3CM. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. On Tuesday Rhondda Amateur Radio Society has its net on GB3BC from 7pm, […]
Tommy Knight, G2FUU celebrates his 100th birthday!
Tommy Knight, G2FUU celebrated his 100th birthday this month. He became interested in amateur radio when he left school because a friend was a radio amateur. Instead of waiting to be called up for WWII he decided to volunteer for the RAF and spent the war fitting radar into Spitfires. After the war, he took […]
Direct Entry to Full Licence: RSGB Consultation
The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee (ESC) is launching a consultation today to ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new, Direct to Full licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system. The background to this consultation and a link to the proposed syllabus can be found on […]
Intermediate Licence Manual for Radio Amateurs
2nd Edition by R. Bleaney M0RBK, G. Smart M1GEO and D. Mills G7UVW This is the latest book for those studying for their Intermediate Amateur radio licence. The Intermediate Licence Manual contains all of the information required for those seeking to upgrade their Foundation callsign. Designed to cover all elements of the Amateur Radio Intermediate […]
