40th Anniversary Club Special Event Callsign

From 1 to 30 November 2017, the Bo-Karoo Amateur Radio Club will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the commissioning of the Vanderkloof Dam with the special callsign ZS40VDK.

As part of these celebrations, the Club is hosting the ZS40VDK Bash at the Sandgat Resort just outside the town of Vanderkloof on Saturday 18 November. The Bash includes the Club AGM, a potjieskos competition and a dance.

The Vanderkloof Dam (originally the PK Le Roux Dam) is situated approximately 130 km downstream from the Gariep Dam and is fed by the Orange River, South Africa's largest river. 
The dam was commissioned in 1977. Vanderkloof Dam is the second-largest dam in South Africa (in volume) and has the highest dam wall in the country at 108 metres.

GB1BSW Rescheduled

Wrexham Amateur Radio Society event to help Brymbo talk to the world, has been rescheduled following hurricane Ophelia.

Using the callsign GB1BSW, the Wrexham Amateur Radio Society are hoping for a successful event on the new date Saturday 18th November 2017

Wrexham Amateur Radio Society - http://www.wrexham-ars.com

Chapel on the Airwaves

Mark Chanter M0WMB and a team of helpers were at St Ive Methodist Chapel to set up the equipment needed for ‘Churches On The Air’ (CHOTA), an initiative run by the World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners.

“A few countries that we made contact with were Brazil, Kuwait, Turkey, Mauritania, Morocco and Saudi Arabia”

— Mark Chanter M0WMB

With two eight-metre masts, a radio and amplifier, and two dipoles to cover a range of frequencies installed by late afternoon, Mark spent the night making contacts via Upper Side-Band (USB) all over the world.

Media Story - http://www.cornish-times.co.uk/article.cfm?id=112164