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News for England South-West – 03 April 2022

| April 1, 2022

On Sundays Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society Club has a net on 145.3875MHz from 7pm, on 50.180 SSB from 8pm and the club opens at 7pm. The club is also open on Wednesday from 7pm. Thursday sees nets at 7pm on 70.400MHz and 8pm on 145.3875MHz. Sue, M0PSZ, info@frars.co.uk On Sundays Riviera Amateur Radio Club […]

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News for Wales – 03 April 2022

| April 1, 2022

Wales Digital Radio group have some events coming up over the next few months. The month of May brings SOS Radio week and WDRG will be active throughout the month using GB8RNLI raising awareness of the great job being done by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution around our shores by the many volunteers who provide […]

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Giles Read, G1MFG, Silent Key

| March 29, 2022

We start with the sad news that the RadCom Technical Editor, Giles Read, G1MFG, has become a Silent Key following a short illness. Since June 2006, he has been an integral part of the RadCom and GB2RS team and will be missed by his colleagues as well as many in the wider amateur circle. An […]

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Emergency comms in the Azores

| March 25, 2022

The island of Sao Jorge in the Azores has suffered over 1,800 earthquakes in 48 hours. The regional government has prepared contingency plans to protect the island’s population. CT1END, the Emergency Communications Coordinator for Portugal, reports that a group of nine radio amateurs are working to support emergency communications locally and back to Portugal. Radio […]

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Also in GB2RS this week…

| March 25, 2022

A brief reminder now that, in the UK, the clocks will go forward one hour at 0100 on 27 March 2022. Each IARU region holds a General Conference every three years, timed so that there is one regional conference every year. The reports of past Region 1 conferences, including the one in 2021, can be […]

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Rallies and Events News – 27 March 2022

| March 25, 2022

Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk We’ll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. There are no rallies in the diary for next weekend. The 36th QRP Convention will be held on the 9th of April in Digby Hall, Sherborne DT9 3AA. On the 10th of […]

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