Six Metre Group AGM Goes Online

The UK Six Metre Group will hold its Annual General Meeting by videoconference on Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 1700UTC, that’s 6 pm UK time.

The brief formal part of the meeting will be followed by a talk from Peter Lund, JW7QIA on his recent 50 and 70MHz operations from Svalbard, which is the northernmost year-round settlement on Earth and only 1,000km from the North Pole.

Non-members of the group will be welcome to join the call, but will not be able to vote.

Connection instructions will be issued the week before the meeting on http://http://uksmg.org/

Findlay Radio Club Hamfest Cancelled

Findlay Radio Club has cancelled its upcoming Hamfest, which typically draws about 2,000 ham radio enthusiasts to Findlay, Ohio

Dave Dryden KD8AVT, chairman of the now-cancelled event, said one thing he loves about the hobby is “there’s always something new.”

And without the internet or a phone line, he can talk to someone in New Zealand through ham radio, he said. Or, he can “listen to the (International) Space Station as it goes over.” Today, some people do connect their radios to their computers, Dryden said.

The club announced Wednesday that the festival, which had been scheduled for 13th September 2020, has been cancelled for the first time in its 78-year history. The event, hosted by the club and held at the Hancock County Fairgrounds, typically attracts about 2,000 ham radio enthusiasts from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Canada.

Media Story - https://thecourier.com/news/272001/hamfest-goes-silent/