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QRZ founder visits UK
Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ, President and Founder of QRZ.com is visiting London on 15 July. He will be the guest speaker at Havering and District ARC held at The Spring House Club, Springhouse Road, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope SS17 7QT. The talk will begin at 7.30pm sharp so please arrive early. For more details contact g4hrc@haveringradioclub.co.uk or look […]
New 47GHz record set
A new distance record was set on 47GHz between Whiteface Mountain in New York at FN34bi and on Mont Tremblant in Quebec at FN26rf. The distance was calculated at 215km, that’s 133.3 miles, a new US-Canada record on the band. Congratulations to N1JEZ, KT1J, VE2UG and VE3FN.
Talks at RSGB 2016 Convention
The RSGB 2016 Convention takes place on 7-9 October 2016 at Kents Hill Conference Centre, Milton Keynes. Two of the very different talks you can expect are Restoring Old Radio Sets by Philip Lawson, G4FCL and Making the Tim Peake Contacts A Reality with Graham Shirville and Noel Matthews. Philip will give a taster as […]
National Hamfest 2016
The National Hamfest takes place at the Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire on 30 September and 1 October 2016. This year there will be several international attendees including LUSO Towers, Mastrant guying ropes, Powertech Computers and Tecadi with his pole and rope solutions. Several of the UK exhibitors have even increased their stand sizes to accommodate […]
Rupert Thorogood, G3KKT, SK
We start with the unexpected and sad news that Rupert Thorogood, G3KKT, became a Silent Key last weekend. Among many other achievements he was Company Secretary of the RSGB from 2006 until his death. Our thoughts are with his family at this very difficult time.
RSGB 2016 Convention
The RSGB 2016 Convention takes place on 7 to 9 October 2016 at Kents Hill Conference Centre, Milton Keynes. As well as great topics and speakers, there is the opportunity to sit the Foundation and Intermediate exams on Saturday the 8th, and the Advanced exam on Sunday the 9th, but they must be booked in […]
