Special Event Stations

Caithness ARS update from Wick Lifeboat Station

Posted by on 21 January , 2012 at 10:58 pm

The Caithness Amateur Radio Society is operating from Wick Lifeboat Station during SOS Radio Week 2012 – here’s their unedited report from the end of day one…

Make a donation to the RNLI

Posted by on 21 January , 2012 at 10:21 pm

SOS Radio Week 2012 started on the 21st January and over fifty Amateur Radio stations will be on the air during the 9-day event that finishes t 23:59 on Sunday the 29th January. Each station is sponsored and raising money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). If you’ve worked one of our special stations and [...]

SOS Radio Week has started

Posted by on 21 January , 2012 at 12:01 am

SOS Radio Week 2012 has started and we’ve nearly fifty stations on the air the length and breadth of the UK, from Sennen Cove in the South West to the Orkney’s in the North – we’ve had a great response to this year’s event. The event concludes at 23:59 on Sunday the 29th January giving [...]

Riviera ARC to track lifeboat crew with APRS

Posted by on 20 January , 2012 at 1:38 pm

The Riviera Amateur Radio Club will be operating GB4TBL (Torbay Lifeboat) throughout SOS Radio Week from Beacon Quay on Torbay Harbour. In addition to operating on 40m SSB, 2m FM and various digital mode frequencies the club will be installing APRS beacons in the two lifeboats that will be taking part in the 2012 RNLI SOS Challenge.

Orkney Lifeboat Stations on the Air

Posted by on 13 January , 2012 at 3:03 pm

All three of the Orkney Islands’ Lifeboat Stations will be on the air between the 21st and 29th of January in support of SOS Radio Week 2012. Located at the Stromness (Gb1OL), Longhope (GB2OL) and Kirkwall (GB4OL) Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat stations the Amateur Radio special stations will be active on most bands, mainly [...]

All Cumbria’s lifeboats on the air

Posted by on 8 January , 2012 at 5:45 pm

SOS Radio Week 2012 plays host to the first time that all of Cumbria’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat stations will be heard on the Amateur Radio bands. Organised as a joint operation by the Furness and Workington Amateur Radio groups this is a real first. The stations will be activated under the following [...]

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