Archive for September, 2024
News for Northern Ireland – 29 September 2024
Antrim and District Amateur Radio Society has 2m nets from 9pm on Tuesday and from 8pm on Saturday. adars.co.uk Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society meets on the second Tuesday of the month in the Marquis Hall, Abbey Street, Bangor, BT20 4JE from 7.30pm. Today, the 29th, the Society is active from Drumawhey Junction during […]
News for Scotland – 29 September 2024
On Thursday, Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society is holding a Members’ junk sale from 7pm. aars.org.uk. Ayr Amateur Radio Group meets on alternate Fridays at Prestwick Community Centre from 7.30pm. The next meeting will be held on Friday the 4th of October. For details of club activities and nets visit gm0ayr.org Derek, MM0OVD, 0742 899 4614 […]
News for England South-East – 29 September 2024
Banbury Amateur Radio Society has a net most evenings on 144.5125MHz FM. Members are meeting for a club night on Wednesday. For more information visit banburyares.co.uk. On Wednesday, Bishop’s Stortford Amateur Radio Society has its net from 8pm on 145.5625MHz. All are welcome to join in. bsars.org/index.htm On Thursday, Bittern DX Group has a net starting […]
News for England South-West – 29 September 2024
On Sundays, Appledore and District Amateur Radio Club has a net on 1.860MHz from 9.30am, followed by an SSB net on 144.260MHz at 10.30am. The club has weekday nets taking place from 4pm on 145.450MHz, except Wednesday when the net moves to 144.260MHz between 8 and 9pm. The club’s Friday nets take place from 11am […]
News for Wales – 29 September 2024
The next meeting of Aberdare and District Amateur Radio Society will be held on Friday, 11 September at Hirwaun YMCA Hall, CF44 9RB from 6pm. Ian Miles 2W0IWM, info@aberdareradio.club. Aberkenfig and District Amateur Radio Club has its weekly meeting on Wednesday from 7pm at Tondu Railway Club, Station Approach, Bridgend. The club is an approved […]
Centenary celebrations of first two-way radio communication between the UK and New Zealand
The October edition of RadCom includes an article about the very first two-way radio communication between the UK and New Zealand, something that Sir Edward Appleton, radio physicist and Nobel laureate, later described as “probably the most dramatic moment in the history of the development of the short waves.” The contact was between two radio […]
