News
New HEMA Activity Day award
A new, and some might say oddly named, SOTA-like awards programme has been launched to encourage chasing and activating a subtly different kind of summit. HEMA—HuMPs Excluding Marilyns Award—is for summits or hilltops that have a prominence between 100 and 150 metres. The HEMA Activity Day is Saturday, 16 June 2018. Most activity will take […]
GB2RS News Script for 10 June 2018
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Also in GB2RS this week…
The Chelsea Pensioners Radio Club, with permanent special event call sign GB4CP, will be— on the air on the 12th, 19th and 26th of June from 4pm to 6pm. They will mainly be setting up chats on 2m FM, but also on 20m where possible. Visits may now be arranged, in advance only, which will […]
Rallies and Events News – 10 June 2018
This Sunday, the 10th, sees the East Suffolk Wireless Revival, also known as the Ipswich Radio Rally, at Kirton Recreation Ground, Back Road, Kirton IP10 0PW. The site is just off the A14 and there is free car parking. Doors open at 9.30am and entry is £2. There will be trade stands, car boot sale, bring-and-buy, […]
DX News – 10 June 2018
MD/ON6KX is on the air from the Isle of Man, IOTA reference EU-116, marking the TT Races. He will also be activating Snaefell, GD-001. See QRZ.com for more information. Pasi, OH3WS will be active as OJ0W from Market Reef, EU-053, until the 16th He will operate on HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via his […]
Special Events News – 10 June 2018
Next weekend sees Museums on the Air, with somewhere in the region of 50 stations active in the UK and around the world. A list of registered stations can be found at www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/stations.htm and examples include GB4GLM from Gloucester Life Museum, GB2MOF from the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, GB3PIT at the Lancashire mining Museum […]
