The ‘usual crew’ put on a special event station at Ysgol Pen Y Bryn in Colwyn Heights this Saturday 3rd July. It was a beautiful day and we arrived on site at around 9.30 with the mobile shack ready to set up. We decided to try out the club’s new Cushcraft R8 kindly donated by […]
A selection of photos of the trip can be found by clicking here. On the 24th June, five members of NWRS flew to Zurich, Switzerland taking a train through Germany to Lake Konstanz and on to Messe Friedrichshafen, the venue for the 2010 European Ham Radio Convention. The Convention took place Friday 25th through Sunday 27th […]
This Thursday 17 June the club night will include a discussion about the NW Rally to be held at the end of October. Any members who are not able to attend regularly but wish to help out at the Rally may wish to come along to be involved in the discussions. As you all know, […]
Ofcom extends Amateur Radio 5 MHz experiment until 2015 The UK regulator Ofcom has extended Amateur Radio use of frequencies in the 5 MHz experimental band until June 30, 2015. Existing 5 MHz Notices of Variation (NoVs) are due to expire on June 30, 2010. Following consent from the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Ofcom now […]
Well done to all five canditates who took part in the very first foundation licence training course and subsequent foundation examination at the new Tan Lan club house. The standard was extremely high with three candidates acheiving a result of 23/25 and the remaining two acheiving 25/25. Congratulations to MW6ECB Emily, MW6CLJ Ceri, MW6BAS Beth, MW6TAK Chris and […]
6 meters (50Mhz) isn’t a band that many foundation licensees seem to try out, which is a shame as during the summer time the band regularly opens up into Central Europe, with 10W getting you well over 1000 miles. Something which I discovered today. I tend only to work 2/70 FM from my home QTH leaving […]
Sunday 30th May will see the usual club suspects run GW0NWR at the Tan Lan Fun Day on the sports field adjacent to the club itself. We will operate from the mobile shack covering as many bands as we possibly can. All club members are welcome to attend and refreshments are provided throughout the day. […]
On Monday the 31st of May 2010, club members will be activating the SOTA summit of Tal Y Fan, which is located at the northern end of Snowdonia National Park. We will start the walk to the summit at 10:00am, and will be set up and ready to call CQ at 11:00am. A map to the parking location is […]
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