The Radio Club will re-open on Friday, January 8th 2010 after the Christmas Break. All members are invited to attend. It is expected that the chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary will all be there to discuss the future of the club with the membership. 2009-12-31T20:55:28Z 1 2010-01-01T19:02:15Z 2009-12-31 2010-01-09 It is with great reluctance, and due to heart problems, that G1NNB has had to close down his packet station/network, which included the International BBS’s GB7ESX & GB7NNA. Both have given continuous service to mid Essex and beyond for over 25 years and were probably the longest running stations in the country. They used software designed by George’s son G1NNA. This cleverly designed popular software has been used by “packeteers” both in this country and abroad. GB7ESX & GB7NNA were the first AX 25 BBS’s in the world to have compressed mail forwarding. Latterly by popular request George installed GB7DXE, Essex’s first and only packet DX cluster, which is still running on the Internet. Packet stations have come and gone, but the Essex BBS’s kept on running, thanks to George’s hard work and dedication. George lives with his family in Witham, Essex. Two Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) members Carl G3PEM & Chris G0IPU have stated they will miss very much having access to George’s BBS’s and cluster. I am sure a good number of Radio Amateurs, particularly in Essex and surrounding counties, would like to thank George for promoting this mode of operation and keeping it alive for so many years. Clive G1EUC 2009-12-31T22:13:32Z 2 2009-12-31T22:13:32Z 2009-12-31 2014-12-31 THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL RTTY Roundup, Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party, AGB New Year Snowball Contest, SARTG New Year RTTY Contest, AGCW Happy New Year CW Contest, AGCW VHF/UHF Contest, Original QRP CW Contest, EUCW 160-Meter CW Contest and the Kid's Day Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. 2009-12-31T22:23:20Z 3 2009-12-31T22:23:30Z 2009-12-31 2010-01-04 Following the earthquake in Haiti on 13 January, all radio amateurs are requested to keep 7045kHz and 3720kHz clear for possible emergency traffic. IARU Region 2 Area C Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, reports that as of 0245UTC on 13 January nothing had been heard from radio amateurs in Haiti, but that the frequencies were being kept active in case any Haitian hams manage to get on the air. 2010-01-13T21:20:06Z 4 2010-01-13T21:20:06Z 2010-01-13 2010-01-29 SOS Radio Week 2010 starts at 0000 on 23 January and ends at 2359 on 31 January. During that time individual operators and amateur radio groups all over the UK and Ireland will be making as many contacts as they can to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. There are currently thirty individuals and groups registered and details of when and where they will be operating from can be found on the event website at www.sosradioweek.org.uk. However, it's not too late to join in and register for the event. Simply go to the website and select the option to register for the event. 2010-01-13T21:22:00Z 5 2010-01-13T21:22:00Z 2010-01-13 2010-01-31