Archive for December, 2021
News for England South-East – 19 December 2021
Due to the Christmas holidays, the GB2RS News script for the Christmas period will be prepared early, on Wednesday the 22nd of December. So please send in any news or changes to radcom@rsgb.org.uk by 10am on Tuesday the 21st. Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society has a CW net on Sundays from 8pm on 144.060MHz. On Monday […]
News for England South-West – 19 December 2021
Due to the Christmas holidays, the GB2RS News script for the Christmas period will be prepared early, on Wednesday the 22nd of December. So please send in any news or changes to radcom@rsgb.org.uk by 10am on Tuesday the 21st. Guernsey ARS has a net on Tuesday from 8pm on 145.525MHz. On Thursday the open DMR […]
News for Wales – 19 December 2021
Due to the Christmas holidays, the GB2RS News script for the Christmas period will be prepared early, on Wednesday the 22nd of December. So please send in any news or changes to radcom@rsgb.org.uk by 10am on Tuesday the 21st. On Monday, Cleddau Amateur Radio Society is operating mobile. Heinz, MW0ECY on 0774 804 7008. Carmarthen […]
RSGB and ARRL announce winners of Transatlantic Centenary Cups
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) and the ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio – have announced winners of the 160-Meter Transatlantic Centenary QSO Party. The 12 December on-air event commemorated the 100th anniversary of the successful second Transatlantic Tests which contributed to the dawn of international amateur radio communication. Participating stations […]
Brian Shelton, G0MEE, 9th December 2021
Brian Shelton, G0MEE, passed away in hospital on the evening of Thursday 9th December 2021 after a short battle against Leukaemia. He was a very well respected man within the radio community and locally for all his efforts within the Lowestoft District & Pye ARC as Vice Chairman. Information supplied by Richard Evans, G0VCW
BBC Radio 4 covers Transatlantic Centenary
We have been celebrating the centenary of the Transatlantic Tests in Ardrossan this weekend. We sent out a press release to a range of media and The World This Weekend on BBC Radio 4 included a piece on the Transatlantic Centenary. It starts at 22:40 minutes.
