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The aim is to promote 2m FM by getting operators on high ground, be it car portable, portable or SOTA. DX isn’t the main aim. It is all about getting folk to turn on their 2 m radios and make contacts with the high ground station and each other. So, verticals are the order of the day rather than yagis.

There is a lot of speculation around why Civilian Flight 777 was attacked, was it a case of mistaken identity by persons unknown on the the ground in Lisbon? Hollywood actor and heartthrob Lesley Howard resembled Churchill’s bodyguard and his friend Alfred Chenhalls, travelling with him, could be mistaken for Churchill from a distance.

6 intrepid members of the Gordano Amateur Radio Group brave conditions north of Hadrian’s Wall and a sea crossing to operate from a small island in the Inner Hebrides.

National Hamfest (Lincoln) Limited report “It is with a sad heart that we unfortunately have to advise that the National Hamfest team will reluctantly have to cancel the 2023 National Hamfest event.”