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Caithness ARS update from Wick Lifeboat Station

Published on 21 January , 2012 By G7LFC

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…

All Cumbria’s lifeboats on the air

Published on 8 January , 2012 By G7LFC

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 [...]

SADARC presents cheque to the RNLI’s Lytham Lifeboat Station

Published on 20 December , 2011 By G7LFC

[jj-ngg-jquery-slider gallery="4" order="sortorder" width="515" height="349" center="1" effect="fade" pauseTime="5000"] Members of the Southport & District Amateur Radio Club recently presented a cheque for £360 to Lytham Lifeboat Station. This was the money raised by members during the SOS Radio Week event earlier in the year.

Cromer Lifeboat Station on the air

Published on 27 January , 2011 By G7LFC

GB4CLB will be on the air from 09.00 to 17.00, tomorrow (Friday), Saturday and Sunday. Aerials are now up for all HF bands – 2m and 70cm to follow tomorrow, outside the RNLI boat shed at the end of the pier at Cromer in Norfolk. We are hoping to work SSB and CW on HF [...]

Report from GB0LB

Published on 27 January , 2011 By G7LFC

The Bredhurst Receiving And Transmitting Society operated over the weekend 22nd throughout the night till 1500 on Sunday 23rd. Operators were Owen G0NCE, Bob, G4IOG, Martin M0AAK, Charles G4VFZ, Bill G3NZR and Andrew, M6AAE. Starting at 10 am we had a pile up on 20 meters with stations in VK, JA, ZS, XE, KA, KB, KC, [...]

SOS Radio Week from a club’s perspective

Published on 17 January , 2011 By G7LFC

Since 2007, the last week in January has become SOS Radio Week for many Radio Amateurs and Amateur Radio societies throughout the UK. The SOS Radio Week event, is a chance for Amateur Radio operators to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Association (RNLI) through operating sponsored radio stations. Some participants donate their sponsorship [...]