British Science Week – will you be taking part in an amateur radio activity?

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British Science Week – will you be taking part in an amateur radio activity?

British Science Week starts this Friday the 7th of March and gives radio amateurs the opportunity to share their passion and knowledge of the hobby to reach new audiences. Schools including Kingsmead School in Taunton and St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Ormskirk have radio-related activities planned for students. Clubs including South Derbyshire and Ashby Woulds Amateur Radio Group will be involved with events that are open to the public.

A Men’s Sheds group in Crowthorne and Wokingham will be active as G8EYM and would appreciate skeds, especially with other Men’s Sheds – could you arrange one with them? In another fantastic development for this year, the RSGB Outreach team has partnered with the Radio Communications Foundation to provide FM radio receiver kits for 15 school, university, scout and youth groups to build.

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ARDC to Host Community Meeting

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Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) will host a Community Meeting 15th March 2025 starting at 17:00 UTC, 1:00M Eastern Time. The meeting will take place over Zoom.

Community meetings have become a tradition at ARDC. It’s a chance for us to keep you up to date on the things that we’re working on and the grants we’ve made, and it’s an opportunity for you to share your ideas and opinions.

Sign-up for the ARDC email newsletter to receive the Zoom link via email closer to the event.

ARDC - https://www.ardc.net/

Brandmeister DMR Network to Stop Supporting Some DMR IDs

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Beginning this summer, the Brandmeister DMR network will no longer support certain devices with DMR IDs that begin with the number 1. Hams utilizing the Brandmeister network with affected DMR IDs are encouraged to request a new ID from RadioID. Brandmeister is requiring their users to obtain DMR IDs that adhere to a Mobile Country Code (MMC) standard to help facilitate automated process that make up the Brandmeister network.

5-digit CAP+ IDs will stop working June 1st. 7-digit personal radio IDs starting with 1 will stop working January 1, 2026. Repeaters with 6-digit radio IDs starting with 1 will continue to work indefinitely.

Brandmeister Network - https://news.brandmeister.network/