Special Event Stations

SOS Radio Week now live

Posted by on 19 January , 2013 at 10:59 am

The 2013 SOS Radio Week is now live, so listen out for stations calling ‘SOS Radio Week’. Each station is sponsored and raising money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Each station you work counts towards the Worked SOS Radio Week Award. If you like to make a donation to the RNLI to support [...]

40 stations now registered for 2013 SOS Radio Week

Posted by on 8 January , 2013 at 4:11 pm

We’ve had a bumper number of registrations from stations that will be taking part in SOS Radio Week 2013 – 40 stations should be on the air between the 19th and 27th of January. SOS Radio Week stations are sponsored and raising money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and range from individuals operating [...]

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.