RSGB Board and Regional Volunteers Wanted

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The RSGB is calling for volunteers to fill roles in its Board and Regional Team.

There are Elected Director vacancies, as well as eight Regional Representative roles to be filled.

The online nomination process is open and completed papers, with supporting nominations, must be received by 2359UTC on 31 January 2022.

You can find out about applying for the roles, or nominating someone, at rsgb.org/election.

Finland's Radio Hams Send Gift to Icelandic Amateur Radio Operators

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The national amateur radio society of Finland, SRAL, has presented Iceland's IRA with an engraved KBX-380 Morse paddle to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the IRA's foundation

Erik Finskas OH2LAK (TF3EY) brought Jónas Bjarnason TF3JB chair ÍRA a gift from our sister organisation in Finland SRAL on the occasion of the organisation's 75th anniversary. The gift was received in Skeljanes on 16 December.

The gift is engraved KBX-380 Morse paddle made by a well-known Finnish radio amateur, Tapio Hirvioski, OH1KB. The gift was accompanied by a letter from Markka Tuhkanen, OH4UI Secretary General of SRAL with the following text:

Sincere congratulations on the 75th anniversary of Icelandic radio amateurs!

IRA - https://tinyurl.com/IARU-Iceland

Georgia Club Donates License Manuals to Local Schools

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Georgia Club Donates License Manuals to Local Schools

The Dalton Amateur Radio Club (DARC) in Dalton, Georgia, has donated copies of the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual to several schools in its service area. The materials will be available in the schools’ media centres.

On 1st December, DARC President Jack Thompson, N5UOV, met with media specialists Sarah Hicks of North Murray High School and Ryan Long of Murray County High School to present both schools with copies of the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, which covers everything needed to obtain a Technician-class license, including the full question pool for the exam.

During a second presentation on December 3, Thompson and David Stanley, WI4L, met with Whitfield County Schools Media Specialist Ge-Anne Bolhuis, and Communications Specialist Kristina Horsley, to present 10 copies of the license manual, which will be placed in each middle school and high school in the county.

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