Throughout the month of May, when the Royal National Lifeboat Institute conducts its annual fundraiser, "Mayday," hams throughout the UK will be on board. In recognition of all lifeboat crews, including independent ones and coastal watch keepers, hams will be getting on the air at various times between the 1st and 31st of May. Listen for special event station GBØFLB which will be on the air from Fleetwood lifeboat station on the 4th and 5th of May.
The station is being run by Thornton Cleveleys Amateur Radio Society based in Lancashire and is one of many getting involved. Be listening too for MXØKWA, which is being operated by the Kent Weald Radio Club at various times from the Kent/East Sussex coast.
For more details about SOS Radio Week and a full list of stations - Throughout the month of May, when the Royal National Lifeboat Institute conducts its annual fundraiser, "Mayday," hams throughout the UK will be on board. In recognition of all lifeboat crews, including independent ones and coastal watch keepers, hams will be getting on the air at various times between the 1st and 31st of May. Listen for special event station GBØFLB which will be on the air from Fleetwood lifeboat station on the 4th and 5th of May.
The station is being run by Thornton Cleveleys Amateur Radio Society based in Lancashire and is one of many getting involved. Be listening too for MXØKWA, which is being operated by the Kent Weald Radio Club at various times from the Kent/East Sussex coast. For more details about SOS Radio Week and a full list of stations, visit https://www.sosradioweek.org.uk/
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