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GB2RS Manager Ken Hatton, G3VBA, SK

| April 12, 2019

Sad news next. Ken Hatton, G3VBA, the GB2RS Manager, became silent key at the end of last week. He was appointed as GB2RS Manager on 1 January 2014, taking over from Gordon Adams, G3LEQ. Ken will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

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Also in GB2RS this week…

| April 12, 2019

The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park will be holding its first-ever ElectroJumble on Sunday, 21 April 2019. Over the years they have accumulated many pieces of electronic apparatus and components that are surplus to requirements. Items for sale include test equipment, military items, domestic radios, telecommunication equipment and vintage components. More details on […]

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GB2RS News Script for 14 April 2019

| April 12, 2019

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 14 April 2019 (12-page/140KB Microsoft Word document)

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Rallies and Events News – 14 April 2019

| April 12, 2019

We have been asked to clarify definitively that the Andover Rally is on 28 April and NOT on the 18th, as has been reported incorrectly by some non-RSGB sources. This Sunday, the 14th, the West London Radio and Electronics Show will take place at Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AQ. A talk-in […]

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DX News – 14 April 2019

| April 12, 2019

Mart, DL6UAA will be on the air as OH0UA from the Aland Islands, IOTA reference EU-002, until 19 April. He will operate on CW and digital and QSLs go via his home call sign. Chris, VK3FY and Dindo, DU1UD will be active as 4E8T from Tawi Tawi Island, OC-174, from 19 to 23 April. They […]

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Special Events News – 14 April 2019

| April 12, 2019

A special event station to commemorate the Battle of Culloden will be on the air on 16 and 17 April from the Highland Astronomical Society, Culloden Battlefield, Culloden Moor, Inverness IV2 5EU. Using the call sign GB0BOC, the station will be on the air from 9am to 8pm. GB0GKA, operated by Tony, G3ZRJ, and GB0GKB, […]

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