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Registrations for SOS Radio Week 2013 now being accepted

Published on 4 December , 2012 By G7LFC

The 2013 SOS Radio Week is now a little over six weeks away and registrations are proceeding well with over twenty-four clubs and individuals having pledged to run a sponsored station during the event to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The event starts at midnight AM on the 19th January, 2013, [...]

SOS Radio Week raises over £10,000 for the RNLI

Published on 27 May , 2012 By G7LFC

Since we started organising SOS Radio Week as an official RNLI fund-raising event in 2009, Amateur Radio operators throughout the UK and Ireland have raised over £10,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Receipts received to-date for the 2012 event total over £2,900 which is a tremendous effort given the current financial climate. Add [...]

SOS Radio Week 2012 Report – M6PAP

Published on 20 February , 2012 By G7LFC

Peter Penycate, M6PAP and member of the Lifeboat Amateur Radio Society, took part in SOS Radio Week 2012 and raised £70 which was presented to George Woodland (a former Deputy Coxwain) of the Selsey RNLI Lifeboat Station. The presentation was to be made to the current Coxwain, Martin Rudock, but the stations big Tyne Class [...]

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 [...]