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We are very grateful to Mark, M7IXY, for his talk to the club covering the history of Huddersfield hospital radio and how he became involved many years ago. He showed many photos of celebrity visitors to the station and provided plenty of technical details, including how they used fixed lines from the post office to transmit to various locations and how they have now migrated to an online service. At one time one very popular segment was the live broadcast from the local football stadium,...

A very Happy New Year to all of our members and friends – and a reminder that our eight HNY special event stations will be on the air for the next few days on HF and VHF. The new year has also brought a new club member, so please welcome James Mellor, M7OJM of Huddersfield, and give him a call! Also look out for our event stations, spot them and give them a shout! Here are our operators: GB0HNY , Brian, G0BFJ GB1HNY , Darran, G0BWB GB2HNY , Richard,...

Ofcom has implemented Phases 2 and 3 of its Amateur Radio licensing review. The changes are designed to modernise the licensing framework and improve flexibility for licensees. Updates include: Intermediate M8 and M9 go live . New Intermediate licensees will now be able to choose an M8 or M9 call sign. Existing licensees can change their current 2 series call sign to the corresponding M series. For 2#0 call sign holders we have reserved the corresponding M8 call sign and 2#1 the M9 via the...