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Funds update

Published on 20 February , 2012 By G7LFC

Three declarations have been received so far by SOS Radio Week 2012 participants and the figure, together with donations made on our Just Giving page, stands at just over £350. We’re well on our way towards our target of raising £2,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). We are hoping to arrange the main [...]

Please support SOS Radio Week – make a donation to the RNLI

Published on 29 January , 2012 By G7LFC

SOS Radio Week 2012 is drawing to a close and will end at 23:59 this evening. All of those taking part in the event are raising money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to help them save lives at sea. The RNLI is not funded by the government in any and relies on gifts [...]

Make a donation to the RNLI

Published on 21 January , 2012 By G7LFC

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

Published on 21 January , 2012 By G7LFC

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 [...]

Orkney Lifeboat Stations on the Air

Published on 13 January , 2012 By G7LFC

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 [...]

Nearly 40 stations registered

Published on 12 January , 2012 By G7LFC

We’ve had a great response to SOS Radio Week 2012 with thirty-nine stations now registered to be operational during the event. SOS Radio Week 2012 starts in a little over a week at 00:00 on Saturday the 21st January and concludes nine days later at 23:39 on Sunday the 29th January. During that time stations [...]