Also in GB2RS this week…
Girlguiding groups will be celebrating World Thinking Day on the Air this weekend so listen out for them and encourage the young operators. To highlight the opportunities for young people to get involved in amateur radio activities, this week the RSGB has published two new videos that celebrate the fantastic ISS contact and STEM day held in the autumn and attended by HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh. You can watch both the videos on the RSGB YouTube channel.
Between January and March 2024 Bob Bower, GM4DLG took on a one-man antipodean adventure. The DXpedition is currently being serialised in RadCom, and on Monday, 3 March 2025, he will be delivering a Tonight@8 presentation to complement these features. The trip was eight weeks long and covered 27 activations from 11 sites on six islands. Bob operated on 20, 40 and 80m with 100W SSB into vertical arrays of his own design, with his Holy Grail being a valid 80m greyline QSO with Great Britain. Join the presentation live on the RSGB YouTube channel or special BATC channel and ask questions via the live chat.
Don’t forget to submit your entry to the RSGB Construction Competition by Saturday, 1 March 2025. You’ll need to email a short description of your entry and up to four photographs. It is also recommended to send a link to a video that demonstrates your entry working. More details on submitting your application can be found at rsgb.org/construction-competition. The results of the competition will be announced during the 2025 RSGB Annual General Meeting in April 2025.
Exercise Blue Ham will take place on the 29 and 30 March 2025 on the 60m band. Stations will be active between 9am and 6pm. Blue Ham exercises provide a platform to further develop cadet radio operator skill and confidence by engaging with the amateur radio community via the MOD 5MHz shared band. Cadet radio operators, under supervision, will exchange radio messages with amateur radio operators in the UK and Europe. The cadets hope to speak to many radio amateurs on the air. For more information visit the Exercise Blue Ham website.
The 26th European Hamradio School Stations Day takes place on Monday, 5 May from 0700 to 1700UTC. This is an activity day, not a contest, so the focus is on personal radio contacts, and QSO partners should take time for a short exchange. The organisers look forward to seeing many schools, universities and training centres on the air again. To find out more, go to the website.
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