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By Mike Isherwood

Mike Isherwood

Committee

President – Fred Jones (G2IV), RNARS,

Chairman – Mike Isherwood (G4VSS), Warrington ARC

Secretary – Chris Harrison (G8KRG), Eccles & DARC,

Treasurer – Peter Smith (G2DPL), Bury ARS

Exhibition Manager - Dave Wilson (M0OBW), UKFM Group Western,

Assistant Exhibition Manager – Steve Roberts (M0SJR),
Widnes & Runcorn ARC,

Advertising & Competitions – Chris Harrison (G8KRG), Eccles & DARC

Bring & Buy – Mr. Lee Parrott (G0AMU) – Warrington Amateur Radio Club, email

Reception – Brian Helsdon (G6XRE), Warrington ARS,

Talk-in – Warrington ARS

Members

Kath Wilson (M1CNY), UKFM Group Western,
Peter Paul Fox (G0IRA), Mid Cheshire ARS,

Trade bookings

For Trade information/bookings please email the NARSA Exhibition Manager.

Joining NARSA

Clubs/Societies are always welcomed to join the NARSA. For more Information email Chris.

Next Rally Date

April 7th 2019

RSGB

Three balloons go up on Thursday
Three high altitude balloon launches will take place from a site in Welshpool on Thursday, 21 June 2018, conditions permitting. Starting between 10.30 and 11.30am, the balloons will have a number of experiments on board to look at various aspects of space flight. Involving a number of schools in the north west, the launches are […]
70MHz experimental NoVs now easier
Following agreement with Ofcom, the RSGB is pleased to announce that a new much faster online process is now available for all Full Licensees to access the 70.5-71.5MHz experimental band. Applications can now be made online for a new, annually-renewable Notice of Variation. It works in a similar way to the 146-147MHz NoV. This replaces […]
RBN adds FT8 spots
The Reverse Beacon Network is beta-testing a separate Telnet feed for FT8 spots. You can find it at telnet.reversebeacon.net port 7001. This is in addition to the existing feed on port 7000, which has been re-purposed as CW-only. Also, Aggregator version five has been developed as a beta that can handle FT8 spots received from WSJT-X. […]
WRC-19 preparations underway
Preparations for the next World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) have continued over the past few weeks with meetings at ITU in Geneva and CEPT Project Team D in Estonia. Volunteers from IARU and member societies have been engaged on two key agenda items of interest to amateur radio; regarding a potential 50MHz allocation for Region […]
Upcoming satellite launches
The Chinese amateur satellite organisation, CAMSAT, has released more details about their satellites planned for launch later this year. CAS-5A will carry two HF and two VHF-UHF transponders. CAS-6 will include a CW telemetry beacon on VHF, a 20kHz wide UHF-VHF linear transponder and AX.25 4.8k baud GMSK telemetry. Meanwhile, two Russian CubeSats will be […]

Next Rally Date

April 7th 2019