The Wakefield & District Radio Society has served Amateur Radio and Radio Amateurs in the Wakefield and Five Towns area for 70 years. G3WRS, G1WRS & G3ESP
Wakefield & District Radio Society was founded in 1949 by Walter Farrar G3ESP(sk) and almost 70 years later we continue to grow.
Our website is https://t.co/mDE7QWPFys and our Facebook page is https://t.co/Cx13OPWonR
We're delighted that 1,000th person has passed remote invigilation Foundation exam! Congratulations to them & everyone who has joined #amateurradio recently. To celebrate, we've created a special web page to share stories of some new licensees: https://t.co/3QhMet9Eao #GOTA2C
The RSGB, working with @NHS launches “Get on the air to care” – a campaign to support emotional health & wellbeing of licensed radio amateurs. IARU World Amateur Radio Day on 18 Apr also supports this global community. FFI & campaign launch video: https://t.co/cwWW2ZnnKI #GOTA2
Get involved with #GOTA2C by increasing amateur radio activity through club and repeater group nets, chatting with your friends or just by calling CQ. Please share your photos, video clips and news with us via [email protected] also on social media using the hashtag #hamradio
If you’d like to show your support for the NHS at the same time as being involved in our new campaign "Get on the air to care" #GOTA2C, @Ofcom is happy for radio amateurs to add “/NHS” to the end of their call signs #hamradio
Based on current advice from the government on stopping all non essential travel and non essential social contact.
The club meetings are cancelled for the time being
Guys I need as many likes and re-rweets of this to pass the message on, I'm a member of the Wythall Radio Club- dur to the current situation with Coronavirus the decision has been made to CANCEL the rally for this SUNDAY #amateurradio#hamradio#hamr@theRSGB@HamRadioUK
Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes would very much like to thank Wakefield and District Amateur Radio Club for their recent donation.
Pictured is Whiteknights' Fleet Manager, Maurice Greenwood with Colin from the club. The donation was in aid of the 1000 mile sponsored ride
Friday November 29th at W&DRS
Charles M0OXO .@charlesm0oxo
will be giving a presentation:-
An insight into the Russian Robinson Club (RRC)
7:30PM start.
Our weekly on the air and social evening tomorrow, from 7pm. Visitors welcome
23rd Wakefield Scouts Group
Rear of Sandal Methodist Church
253 Barnsley Road
Wakefield
WF1 5NU
144 - 146MHz range was successfully withdrawn from French WRC-23 aeronautical proposal. This excellent result for amateur radio occurred in parallel to a number of other proposals being adopted to support aeronautical interests. See more at https://t.co/axCBDk5QRU shortly.
#hamr
Summary for 144-146 MHz: This is subject to French proposal for WRC-23 agenda item for aeronautical use. @IARU submitted paper incl info on amateur usage, regulatory concerns and basic tech analysis showing impracticality of proposal. #hamr
Tonight at W&DRS will be our last activation of GB0WF celebrating 70 years of the society. We shall be active on HF from 7pm tonight until around 9am tomorrow.
https://t.co/KzLcGhImZR
Our Amateur Radio Club will be operating a special event station tomorrow to mark our centenary from 0800 to 1600 UTC. GB100GCHQ will operate from our Cheltenham headquarters and GB100GCB will run from our station in Bude
#HamRadio#hamr#GCHQ100
Former Colliery Sites on the Air: We would like to invite Radio Amateurs to take part in Former Colliery Sites on the Air https://t.co/MzWNz939WB #hamradio#hamr#amateurradio