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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.