Category: amateur radio

What’s New (May 2021)

16/05/2021 admin amateur radio, club news, RSGB

As we are potentially ending the lockdown, Indian variant permitting, lots is still going on in the amateur radio world here in Gateshead.

GB3TW in its new cover to keep the dust and water off in the steeple. Thanks to Dan for getting it back on the air and Warren for helping.

GB3HA now working again. Remote shutdown fitted by Graeme. Farmer very happy with rent in shape of 3 bottles if Chardonnay.

The RSGB Examinations and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) has just updated the two Full licence mock exam papers. In addition, there are now worked answer pdfs for these papers so you can see the correct answer for each question and the reasoning behind it. These mock papers are provided by the ESRG as a training aid and aren’t the exact questions included in a Full licence exam. Foundation and Intermediate mock exam papers will have worked answers added in due course. You can find all the mock exam papers on the Society’s website:

www.rsgb.org/mock-exams

RSGB Construction Competition

13/02/2021 admin amateur radio, RSGB

The RSGB organised a construction competition. Our own Paul Graham made a splash!

Southgate Amateur Radio News

26/10/2020 admin amateur radio

Southgate is a great website for the latest Amateur Radio News. If it’s not on your list of sites you should pop over and bookmark it. http://www.southgatearc.org/index.htm

Keeping your licence up to date

29/08/2020 admin amateur radio

Your licence conditions mean that your licence needs to be re-validated at least every five years. You can do this sooner. You need to make sure your name, address and contact details are all up to date on Ofcom’s licence portal.

If you don’t do this your right to use your callsign lapses. Keep your licence up to date here; https://ofcom.force.com/LicensingComLogin

World Radio Day

15/02/2020 admin amateur radio

Radiocentre: Be a #ForceForGood on World Radio Day

Force for Good on World Radio Day

GB0JAM

28/09/2019 admin amateur radio, Uncategorized

The club is out and about this morning at Gateshead Central Library.

The Raspberry Pi Jam is an electronics event for the community and young people. We are there transmitting and talking about amateur radio.

QSO for Railways on the Air 2019

23/09/2019 admin amateur radio, railways on the air

The club had a day at Bowes Railway Museum. In 1826 it was at the height of technology as a steam powered rope wagonway. The Bowes Incline was at the top of a hill so in 2019 it’s a good place for radio too.

A clip from the Facebook livestream video of #gb0bow at the #bowesrailway in #gateshead. #anarc doing Railways on the Air 2019 on Saturday. Also doing a operator training as part of our learning programme at the club. #rsgb #railwaysontheair pic.twitter.com/YRuXnfEtjr
— Anarc (@AnarcClub) September 23, 2019

Licence Reminder

09/08/2018 admin amateur radio

Ofcom requires that you keep your licence up to date. The licence conditions say that you need to do this ever 5 years. When was the last time you logged in to the Ofcom website?

Why not check today? https://ofcom.force.com/licensingcomlogin

Museums Day at Bowes Railway – Saturday 16th June 2018

28/05/2018 admin amateur radio, museums

We will be at Bowes Railway Museum on Saturday 16th June 2018 to participate in the Museums on the Air.

You can find out more by following this link; http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/

The Bowes Railway, built by George Stephenson in 1826, is the world’s only operational preserved standard gauge cable railway system, built to transport coal from pits in Durham to boats on the River Tyne.

Address: Springwell Rd, Gateshead NE9 7QJ
Phone: 07733330722
Free entrance.

You can learn more about the railway here; http://bowesrailway.uk/

World Amateur Radio Day 18th April 2018

05/04/2018 admin amateur radio

Amateur radio has its own day – 18th April 2018.

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/amateur-radio-day/

Before the web, the Internet and cellular communications there was wireless. Amateur radio allowed everyone in to worldwide communication. Today wireless is still important with wireless home routers, wireless data transfer and cell phones.

Amateur radio day celebrates the pioneers of radio.