Icom UK have issued the following information regarding
Ni-Cad batteries:

On the 26th September 2008, a new EU directive comes into force preventing the importation of Ni-Cd and other batteries into Europe.

Ni-Cd batteries will only be available until our UK stocks are exhausted. Alternative types of battery for current equipment has been available for some time, so there should be no problem in finding an subsitute. For older equipmen More...

Amateur Radio World Prefix Map

Large 3ft x 2ft Amateur Radio World Prefix Map, a perfect size for your wall, this map was FULLY updated in winter 2008 and includes all DXCC entities including Ducie Islands (VP6D), East Timor (4W), Peter Island (3YP) among others.

The cost of the map is £10.00, including UK recorded delivery postage, or £14.50 international signed for shipping to anywhere outside the UK. The maps are sent in a poster tube so More...

gm0phw is the QSL Manager for the following.... GM1 - GM4 - GM6 - GM7 - GM8 - MM1 and MM5 series of callsigns. If you want to check if you have cards and/or envelopes, you can do so by clicking "QSL Info Search" on the Main Menu. (You must “register�) We think we have populated all the callsigns into our database, but don't worry if the on screen message states… "We do not have a record of your callsign in our database More...

The AGM for 2005 will be held once again at the Tudor Inn, Castle Donington, in connection with the Leicester Amateur Radio Show. The meeting will be on the first day of this two-day event, that is, on Friday 30 September, 2005. The Tudor Inn is only about mile and a half from the Exhibition Centre. As previously, transport to and from the Tudor Inn from the Exhibition Centre can be provided, by arrangement at the RAOTA stand early on the More...