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Free to Everyone
Free to Everyone The RSGB is providing the July RadCom Basics as a special free-to-everyone edition to help support over 1,000 students who have passed the remote invigilation Foundation exam. Find out more about #amateurradio in bite-sized pieces: http://rsgb.org/radcom-basics #GOTA2C #hamr
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We made Practical Wireless – August 2020
Great to see a bit of publicity for us in Practical Wireless You may remember that the Radio Society, promoted an activity day. A number of members took their Radio Equipment out Portable. Martin (M0ZMF) our Chairman and Donna (M7DON) and other when out portable to encourage activity, this was aimed and new foundation licence…
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To all new foundation license holders
Worksop Amateur Radio Society (W.A.R.S) would like to encourage all new foundation license holders to continue with their advancement in the hobby. Obviously the clubhouse remains closed for the time being, but the Society is able to offer post-exam mentoring and support for the foreseeable future via other means. This is a hobby built around…
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Clubs as Hubs
‘Clubs as Hubs’ plan designed to revive UK amateur radio Australia’s WIA News carries a report by Jeremy Boot G4NJH on the ‘Clubs as Hubs’ plan designed to revive UK amateur radio For More Information please see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/july/clubs-as-hubs.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+Radio+News%29#.XwHJ4ShKiM8
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100 years of radio since Marconi’s big breakthrough
In 1920, the first wireless radio broadcast in the UK took place, conducted by Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi is credited with being the first person to transmit radio signals, doing so over a distance of a mile and a half in 1895 in Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. He later set up…
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EssexHam
Essex Ham is offering their free online Amateur Radio Foundation Licence Training Course, the next start date is the 5th July 2020. These Amateur Radio Training courses have proved very popular, as of April 2020 2242 have signed up and taken part, with a Mock Pass Rate: 84.6% which is excellent For more info see:…
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Lockdown VHF NFD 2020
VHF NFD is the next big event on the RSGB contest calendar, scheduled for 4 and 5 July 2020. It can’t be run in its normal multi-operator format, so the RSGB Contest Committee has designed an interesting alternative for single operator stations. The rules have been set for fixed stations only. Many of our members will be…
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Calling All OF Our Amateur Friends
On Sunday 21st June 2020, Martin M0ZMF, and Donna M7DON. Will be out portable. Martin using the G3RCW/P club callsign we will be QRV from IO93NI, and IO93KD. From 10:30 so any support would be great. 2m #hamr #hamradio #worksop #g3rcw
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PW QRP 2020
Its the PW QRP contest this weekend, it is being held this Sunday and I’d like to invite all club members to join in and have some fun! The contest runs from 0900 to 1600 UTC and all contacts are very welcome. Please see http://www.pwcontest.org.uk/144MHz2020rules.html …
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An excellent talk from Andy G1AW on Parks on the Air
What an excellent talk we had this evening by Andy G1AW on Parks on the Air #POTA Park on the Air, or POTA is a scheme of Radio Amateurs to activate or chase Parks World wide. The scheme started in the USA and is spreading around the world, the numbers of people taking part in…
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