OARS member Stuart (M0SGS) has recently updated his personal website www.m0sgs.co.uk with details of a digital system he has been experimenting with using some free software, FREEDV. Stuart’s page is also full of useful information and links, and an inspiring collection of M6 awards to those newly licenced.
The 70cm repeater GB3WF located on Otley Chevin has been upgraded to a new Fusion system, Dual Mode is active and working well all those concerned in its provision, commission, & continuity deserve our thanks, they have yet to initialise the internet linking so it will still suffer some minor disruption from time to time…further… Read More »
Martin (M0RNS) and Derek (G3ZNR) competed in the 50MHz CC contest on 24th June. See below the map of the contacts made . http://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/vhfresults.pl?kml=/2015/ZU5WOrcJa9FLlSawvo0JsJtEW6ODtnQ I would like to draw your attention to SP9QFB-JO90FB (POLAND) and UR7DWW KN18EO (UKRAIN) contacts of this distance are not often made in this contest as at lot of you will know . We had a lift on… Read More »
The 2m Practical Wireless contest on June 14th had Ian (G6OVR) and Michael (M6FFK) both on Rombalds Moor above Ilkley braving the elements to take part. We started off in drizzle and thick fog up the moor road and than made our way on foot to a suitable location near the summit. Both of us… Read More »
Two OARS members recently attended a local school to demonstrate radio and morse code to year 3, 4 and 5 children. Spending the whole afternoon at school, pupils were shown how a morse key worked, sent their name in morse and listened in on some 2m contacts. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/12890690.Students_wowed_by_the_world_of_radio/