Coronavirus Updates
Edgware & District Radio Society G3ASR
Steve G0PQB and I started our Monday to Friday 2m Net on 16 March (3pm call-in by G3ASR/A on 145.500 then QSY). The net is still going strong and gives all of us an opportunity to chat for about an hour. We would welcome anyone to join us for a chat. Bill G0STR and Steve […]
Harwell ARS
Harwell ARS has around 70 members of varying ages, spread out over South Oxfordshire and beyond. The Committee’s aim, since the lock down started, has been to keep our members informed on and engaged with all things amateur radio as well as offering more day-to-day practical help if needed. To those ends, we have started […]
Celebrating a 96th birthday in a special way
Peter Valentine, a 96-year-old radio amateur from Eastbourne, is celebrating his birthday by aiming to contact 96 amateurs over the airwaves and walk 96 miles over the coming weeks. As a thanks to the NHS which has given him good care recently, he is using the special call sign GB0EDH to represent Eastbourne District General […]
GB1NHS on the air as part of #GOTA2C campaign
We’re delighted that the NHS amateur radio station GB1NHS will be on the air tomorrow as part of our “Get on the air to care” campaign. It will start at 10am on 80m with the provisional frequency 3.730Mhz. However, it will move across the bands during the day including using the QO100 satellite at some […]
Colchester Radio Amateurs
Colchester Radio Amateurs have doubled their nets since the start of lockdown. See their website for details if you wish to join.
Get on the air to care – RSGB launches national campaign in partnership with the NHS
The Radio Society of Great Britain, working in partnership with the NHS, has launched a new campaign called “Get on the air to care” to support the emotional health and wellbeing of 75,000 licensed UK radio amateurs – just some of the 3,000,000 worldwide. Paul Devlin, NHS England Emergency Care Improvement Support Team and RSGB […]
