RSGB Seek Help Promoting Coding and Amateur Radio Week

National Coding Week has been run for many years in the third week of September. Coding is used increasingly in amateur radio, and the BBC Micro:bit and the Arduino have made it easier for radio amateurs of all ages to discover more about this.

As part of its commitment to encourage youngsters into amateur radio and to support lifelong learning, the RSGB will be providing resources and creating coding activities for people to get involved in throughout the month of September.

The Society is keen to hear from volunteers who have ideas for this initiative and would like to be part of it.

Further details will follow but, if you’re interested, in the first instance please contact Exam and Syllabus Review Group member John Hislop, G7OHO via g7oho@rsgb.org.uk

CW OP Who Copied Titanic Signal Fan Page

There is a Social Media fan page that has been maintained for quite some time for Artie Moore, who copied the CW distress signal from the Titanic while sitting at home at his station in Wales and rode his bicycle ot the local police station to report it - and no one believed him. Moore became a Silent Key in 1949 but for a few years radio enthusiasts have gathered to talk about him, the Titanic and of course CW on the Artie Moore Amateur Radio Society fan page on Facebook.

Facebook Fan Page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/118053768802799

New SO-50 Distance Record

A new distance record has been claimed on SO-50. During a SOTA activation of Pine Mountain in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on May 24, 2023 at 13:16 UTC, Joe Werth, KE9AJ, worked George Mamjis, MI0ILE, in Northern Ireland. KE9AJ’s location was EN55wu90gp and MI0ILE’s location was IO64wn80. The distance between the two locations is 5,584 km. The previous record on this satellite was 5,523 km – set by F4DXV and N1AIA on October 24, 2018.