News
Next two school contacts announced
It has been confirmed that Tim Peake will speak via amateur radio to two schools next week. St Richard’s Catholic College, Bexhill-on-Sea Monday, 18 April 2016 at 14:56:06 UTC (15:56:06 BST) Wellesley House School, Broadstairs Saturday, 23 April 2016 at 12:10 UTC (13:10 BST) We’re looking forward to being at the contacts and sending reports […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
ANZAC Day on 25 April remembers those who died in 1915 in the fighting at Gallipoli. To commemorate, amateurs in New Zealand and Australia will be on the bands using the same older modes once employed by radio operators in the military. The AM and CW event has become a popular annual ANZAC Day activity […]
Rallies and Events News – 17 April 2016
Sunday, the 17th, the West London Radio and Electronics Show takes place at Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AQ. The venue has free car parking and disabled facilities. There will be a talk-in station and doors open at 10am, with disabled visitors gaining access 10 minutes earlier. Other attractions include trade stands, […]
DX News – 17 April 2016
Svein, LA9JKA, is operating on Jan Mayen Island, EU-022, on all HF bands, until early October. He is using the call sign JX9JKA. Send QSLs to his home call sign. Tom, KC0W will be active for several months as KH8/KC0W from American Samoa, using CW only. Send cards to his home QTH in the United […]
Special Event News – 17 April 2016
Kerry Amateur Radio Group will participate as an Award Station in this year’s International Marconi Day event on 23 April. The station will be set up the site of the former Marconi Station at Ballybunnion. Members of the Expeditionary Radio Team will operate from 0000 to 2359UTC on the 23rd. Two HF stations are planned, […]
Contest News – 17 April 2016
The Worked All Britain Datamodes Contest takes place on Sunday, 17 April. Using the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and WAB square. There are two separate contests, one for RTTY and one for PSK, and you will need a separate set of entry sheets for each. The PSK […]
