Permission has now been granted and Inchcolm Island will be activated over the weekend of 7th and 8th October by gm0phw.

The operation will use the callsign gm0phw/p operating SSB only on HF, QSL via the Bureau or Direct is preferred. We made hundreds of contacts so if sending direct please include sufficient postage to send you our QSL card by return, if no return postage is included them we will have to send via the bureau....... More...

Please make sure you have the correct value of stamps on your envelopes that you send to your QSL manager.

On 21st August 2006, Royal Mail will be changing the way postage is priced.
To make it easy for you to adjust to the new pricing formats, Royal Mail have created a Size Guide which will help you work out which format your mail will fall into.

Royal Mail will also be sending a copy of the Size Guide to More...

The next space tourist to visit the International Space Station will once again be an amateur radio licensee. Greg Olsen of Princeton , New Jersey was issued the callsign KC2ONX on 16 August by the Federal Communications Commission. He had passed his Technician radio communications examination a few weeks earlier during a brief gap in his busy pre-flight training schedule. Olsen has indicated that he'd like to use amateur radio to chat with scho More...

Radio amateurs are reminded that they have only 10 days left to submit their feedback on communications regulator Ofcom’s consultation document into the future of amateur radio licensing in the UK. The RSGB believes that this is one of the most important consultations in the history of amateur radio and urges all radio amateurs to engage in the consultation and respond by the 18 August deadline. The RSGB has completed a programme of regiona More...

Consultation on a proposal to reform amateur radio licensing - A lighter, electronic licensing process Consultation published: 26|05|2005 Consultation closes: 18|08|2005 Summary Ofcom regards the amateur radio community as an important radio spectrum user group and will ensure that the needs of the community are reflected in policymaking. Ofcom wishes to seek the least intrusive means of regulating wherever possible and is committed More...

The international Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend 2005 (http:illw.net) takes place on the 20th/21st August. Last year 376 lighthouse and light ships stations were active during the weekend and the target this year is 400 stations from around the world. As of 15th June 154 stations in 31 countries have now confirmed their partiticipation. If you wish to join in, you can get a registration form from their website.