If i asked you which was the oldest radio club in our fair land, I would suspect a good number of people would possibly hazard a guess at the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).
Although you would be close there would be no cigar.
The oldest official Amatuar club was started in 1911 by a group [...]
Oldest Radio Club??
Oldest Radio Club??
If i asked you which was the oldest radio club in our fair land, I would suspect a good number of people would possibly hazard a guess at the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).
Although you would be close there would be no cigar.
The oldest official Amatuar club was started in 1911 by a group [...]
Use morse to control PC
Was reading my Google news feeds which includes a custom one to find Amateur Radio related items and came across the pictured item.
The link (here) mentions that he uses a Darci USB device and morse code to play games.
Still amazing the uses peopel find to use morse code in this morden age.
Oldest Radio Club??
If i asked you which was the oldest radio club in our fair land, I would suspect a good number of people would possibly hazard a guess at the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).
Although you would be close there would be no cigar.
The oldest official Amatuar club was started in 1911 by a group [...]
ICQ Podcast
The ICQpodcast is a fortnightly podcast from Colin & Martin Butler.
There is a section where they discuss the news, and answer any emails they have received since the last episode. Sometimes they have a special guest like Chris N7ICE from 73s.org, or even I have featured a couple of times.
Some earlier episodes feature the UK [...]
LIDFEST: Gets better every year!
Today, a 5kHz slice of the 80M band was alive with the sounds of static as Lidfest 2008 got underway. With no one calling CQ, it was easy to find a QRG with nothing going on! Fabian (DJ1YFK), founder and manager of Lidfest, stated that “Activity was at an absolute minimum for this year’s test, [...]
The Non Contest Contest
What The???
Is it possible to have a contest without others knowing you are in a contests???
OK, the idea came about on the Hamtests new IRC Chatroom. A Contest in the style I guess of www.losethegame.com.
Some ideas for the Non Contest Contest.
You bascially have as many QSOs with people without them asking “Are you in a [...]
Use morse to control PC
Was reading my Google news feeds which includes a custom one to find Amateur Radio related items and came across the pictured item.
The link (here) mentions that he uses a Darci USB device and morse code to play games.
Still amazing the uses peopel find to use morse code in this morden age.
Getting tired of that annoying flourescent lightbulb? Build a radio!
Yes! You heard right! AA1TJ was miffed that his $10 “save-the-planet” flourescent bulb went bad, so he decided to build an 80M QRP CW rig from the components in the light. The really interesting news is: it worked! For more information about how to build your own bulb rig, visit AA1TJ’s webpage at: http://mjrainey.googlepages.com/dasderelichtwebsite
Turning Wimbledon Pink with Amateur Thermonuclear Fusion
Seems the Times picked up on an article by a little hobby magazien called RadCom:- Link
Nuclear reaction fear in land of the Wombles
Is a nuclear cloud about to envelop Wimbledon? The police have been alerted to an explosive classified advert in the magazine of the Radio Society of Great Britain, home of wireless hams.
“Christopher” is [...]
The desire of infamy
Here at LidMag, we’ve noticed in the past few days postings on QRZ.com about some hams who desire to sail in the Infamous Ocean (which is right next to the Sea of Narcissism). Callsigns witheld, there is one particular ham that has stolen an idea from this very author on creating a “clever” name for [...]
M0TZO @ HF Convention 2008
Copied from my own blog:- Over the weekend of the 10th -12th October 2008 I attended the RSGB HF Convention at Wyboston Lakes, Wyboston Bedfordshire.
Friday:- I left work about 4pm, slightly earlier than normal to catch the trains to Kings Cross / St Pancras International to meet Peter M3PHP as we would travel to St [...]