Also in GB2RS this week…

| January 23, 2026

Girl Guides and Scouts across the globe will be celebrating 100 years of World Thinking Day on Sunday, 22 February 2026. The aim of Thinking Day on the Air is to encourage girl guiding and scouting members to make friendships with those in other units, using amateur radio as the means of communication. What will you be doing to help them celebrate? You could put on a special event station, with a callsign that reflects this centenary. Let us know your plans so we can help promote the event and share a list of stations that will be active over the weekend. A similar and highly popular resource was shared for Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) in October 2025. Get involved and help to make this event just as successful. Send details of your activity to comms@rsgb.org.uk.

Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) has funding opportunities open for projects. Applications are invited for a range of topics including hardware, software, digital and satellite communications, and educational material. The next deadline for submitting applications is 1 February 2026. Find out more at tinyurl.com/ardcfeb26.

Join the new Radio For Us net on FreeSTAR International from 8pm on Sunday, 25 January 2026. A live stream of the event will be available on YouTube. Find out more about the network at freestar.network.

And finally, a reminder that the next in the popular 145 Alive series takes place on Saturday, 7 February 2026 from 12 noon to 3pm. The event will include the addition of 144MHz SSB stations with vertical polarisation. For more information visit the 145 Alive Facebook page.

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