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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...

Club members enjoyed a visit to RAF Fylingdales, the UK home of early warning radar, kindly arranged by Richard, G4GCX. It began with a briefing on the role of the station followed by a tour of the new Fylingdales Archive. We are grateful to Roger, G4UFZ, for the pictures, all of which are from the on-site museum of decommissioned equipment. They include: In front of Gerald, G3SDY, is a section of one of the original golf balls. A display board telling the story of how one golf ball in the US...