Saturday 20th April 2013 is International Marconi Day when stations around the world celebrate the birthday of Guglielmo Marconi.
It is also a good opportunity for you to gain a very nice certificate. All you have to do is work the requisite number of award stations and send in a log extract - you don't need QSL cards.
I am giving a talk to Kings Lynn Amateur Radio Club about the best way to win the award and you can download the presentation in PDF format (14Mb). It is aimed at UK operators.
I shall be helping to run GB0CMS again this year at Caister Lifeboat. There is short video that looks at the equipment the club used to make 165 contacts in 24 countries on Saturday 30 April 2011. And another for the 2012 event when we made more than 500 contacts.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z41FLKaT7eY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZRW0q6SyI
You can also view my propagation predictions online.
You can find out more at: http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/
It is also a good opportunity for you to gain a very nice certificate. All you have to do is work the requisite number of award stations and send in a log extract - you don't need QSL cards.
I am giving a talk to Kings Lynn Amateur Radio Club about the best way to win the award and you can download the presentation in PDF format (14Mb). It is aimed at UK operators.
I shall be helping to run GB0CMS again this year at Caister Lifeboat. There is short video that looks at the equipment the club used to make 165 contacts in 24 countries on Saturday 30 April 2011. And another for the 2012 event when we made more than 500 contacts.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z41FLKaT7eY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZRW0q6SyI
You can also view my propagation predictions online.
You can find out more at: http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/