GB4EVA Otley Amateur Radio Society will be celebrating the work of Edward Victor Appleton, operating the special event station GB4EVA from Clifton Village Hall on 10th September 2016 10.00 till 1600. We hope to run some other events, from 6th September (Appleton’s birthday) subject to availability of operators. Please see the dedicated page for more information… Read More »
The ARISS UK Operations team are delighted to announce that the amateur radio contact between Ashfield Primary School in Otley, West Yorkshire has now been confirmed for Thursday, May 5 at 0808 GMT (9:08 am BST) with Tim Peake GB1SS on the International Space Station The contact should be receivable on 145.800 MHz FM over… Read More »
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 »
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/