California QSO Party

The Northern California Contest Club, in conjunction with the California QSO Party committee would like to invite Amateur operators worldwide to join in the fun and excitement of what has progressed from a state QSO party to a fun and challenging contest for all!

The California QSO Party event will take place 4-5 October 2014 1600 UTC 4 Oct  to 2200 UTC 5 Oct 

This contest has reached maturity in 49 years and boasts participation from many countries all over the world, in addition to North American participants. We hope you will be one of the competitors in CQP 2014!

County activation status- http://cqp.org/Counties-Plan-2014.html

California QSO Party home page - http://www.cqp.org

International Air Ambulance Week 2014

The new Amateur Radio Events Organisation wish to advise everyone of a new 9-day special event taking place, commencing on 27 September 2014.

The event will be known as the IAW (International Air-ambulance Weekend) and is in support of the many Air Ambulance services around the world and particularly those in the UK, which are donation funded.

More details on the event, it aims and a registration form to take part can be found at http://www.radio-amateur-events.org - Registration is entirely free of cost.

Southend & District Amateur Radio Special Event

The team from Southend and District Amateur Radio Society were active at a fundraising event for Little Havens Hospice active on Sunday 24th August 2014.

The club was on-air with the special event callsign GB0FHH (Fair Havens Hospice) from the charity Summer Music Festival held at the Ekco Sports & Social Club in Southend.

The SADARS team of Bernie G0ENN, Eddie G1OHN and Mick G6WCI were joined by Essex Ham’s Pete M0PSX for the afternoon’s activities on HF and 2m, and some excellent contacts were made with countries including Saudi Arabia, the US and Canada.

The HF station made use of the club’s Windom antenna, with a tri-band collinear for local 2m contacts – a handy lattice tower used for the venue’s CCTV cameras made for an excellent antenna mast for the day, although local QRM from the artists performing at the music event was a little distracting at times.

It has been a while since the Southend and District Amateur Radio Society has been active in the field, but with renewed interest in amateur radio in Essex, it’s hoped that SADARS will be out-and-about in the area again soon.

Details of the event, plus photos - http://www.essexham.co.uk/news/southend-ars-aug-2014.html