SU30ASR Special Event

The Egyptian Radio Amateurs Society (ERASD) members will be active from Abu Quear - Alexandria as SU30ASR from 24th August until 2nd September 2012.

The special callsign is to celebrate the special event 30th Arab Scouts Camp.

ERASD operators SU1SK, Said, SU1AO, Atef and SU1AR, Ayman plan to operate SSB CW and digital modes.

QSL via SM5AQD more info on http://www.qrz.com/db/su30asr

Please join The Egyptian Radio Amateurs Society Facebook page to learn of upcoming activities and all news about ERASD - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Egypti! an-Radio-Amateurs-Society-For-Development-ERASD/118552214859517​

Operations at 2O12L

Operations at 2O12L (Two-oscar-one-two-London) the flagship station celebrating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been progressing beyond the expectations of the organisers.

In the first 12 days of operation, the station had made a remarkable 31,000 contacts with over 20,000 unique stations in 175 different countries.

Demand to work the station is very high and pile-ups are fierce at times. The best two bands for world-wide communication have proved to be 20m and 17m, whilst many contacts with UK stations have been completed on 40m and 30m.

The station remains open to the public daily from 10am until 4pm until 9 September.

Further information about the station can be found on the website at http://www.2O12L.com​

Writtle Calling celebrates 90th anniversary of 2MT

On the 90th anniversary of the start of regular broadcasting by 2MT Writtle, the communications regulator Ofcom have issued an RSL licence to broadcast station Writtle Calling on 87.7 MHz FM.

In 1922, regular broadcasting started from the 2MT (Two-Emma-Toc) Marconi hut at Writtle near Chelmsford, Essex. The hut is now preserved in the Chelmsford Sandford Mill museum.

Writtle Calling aims to commemorate this anniversary and from September 10 to 18 will be broadcasting on 87.7 MHz from the grounds of Writtle College, Essex, near to the site of the original Two-Emma-Toc station.

Information on Writtle Calling - http://www.writtlecalling.co.uk/pr3.pdf

You can listen to Writtle Calling online - http://www.writtlecalling.co.uk/

The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society will be operating from the 2MT Marconi hut at Sandford Mill museum on the first three Sundays in August - http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2012/

2MT on Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2MT

The callsign 2MT was issued as an Amateur Radio callsign in December 2001 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Marconi's first transatlantic signals. The station was operated from the Marconi New Street factory in Chelmsford - http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/events/marfold/marfold3/marconi3.htm​