Category:Radio Club Passed Events

Keith George M1EKK

It is with great sadness that we have to say that Keith George M1EKK has passed away. Keith was a long time member of KARS and RAYNET. Keith attended the club regularly he was also a Vintage car restorer and enthusiast and attended various events raising money for charity. RIP Keith…
There will not be a funeral service, but there will be a wake at some point in the future.

27th November 2025 Club Meeting

This weeks meeting of the Keighley Radio Club is on the 27th November and will be in The Bronte, Lees Lane, Keighley BD22 8RA at 20:00

The Keighley Amateur Radio Society and Keighley RAYNET Christmas dinner will take place on the 18th December at 19:00 in The Bronte, Lees Lane, Keighley BD22 8RA. If you are attending you must book before the 4th December.

The Festive Menu

6th November 2025 Club Meeting

This weeks meeting of the Keighley Radio Club is on the 6th November and will be in The Bronte, Lees Lane, Keighley BD22 8RA at 20:00

The Keighley Amateur Radio Society and Keighley RAYNET Christmas dinner will take place on the 18th December at 19:00 in The Bronte, Lees Lane, Keighley BD22 8RA. If you are attending you must book before the 4th December.

The Festive Menu

British Inland Waterways on the Air 23-25 August 2025

The event is open to all Amateurs who are boaters, cyclists, walkers and other users of the canals, rivers, towpaths, riverbanks for work or recreation. Many clubs and individual Amateurs on or near the UK inland waterways obtain Special Event Station (SES) callsigns. Others operate mobile or portable using their own callsigns. Many more like to contact the BiWota stations. It is also a good chance for WAB enthusiasts to get some rare WAB squares. The primary bands are 40m (7MHz) and 2m (144MHz SSB and FM) but all bands are be acceptable.

The aim of the event is to bring together Radio Amateurs who regularly use the waterways to celebrate their hobby and raise awareness of the UK waterways.
BiWota was instigated by John Rogers M0JAV when he was Secretary of H.A.R.E.S. The photo below is of John and his narrowboat Carnival.

Islands On The Air Contest 26-27 July 2025

The RSGB IOTA Contest, using the Islands on the Air concept, was created in 1993. This is now a major international event, attracting thousands of participants from all over the world. Radio Amateurs will be travelling to islands around the globe, and putting them on the air, making contacts with other islands and with those who are chasing islands.

Contest bands are 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m, both CW and phone. The duration is 24 hours, starting at 12:00 UTC on Saturday (1 p.m. UK time). Stations send a signal report and serial number, with stations on islands sending their IOTA reference number, described below.

The next RSGB IOTA Contest is 26-27 July 2025, and a guide for newcomers to the contests is at www.rsgbcc.org/hf/information/iotahelp.shtml .

The IOTA Contest is based on the RSGB Islands on the Air awards programme which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The IOTA idea was conceived in 1964 by British short wave listener Geoff Watts (SK), who imagined that those of us who live in crowded cities would love to set up a station on a sunny beach among palm trees. This prospect is appealing to Radio Amateurs, even if the island in question might not be further away from the UK mainland than the Isle of Wight!

Geoff realised that there were too many islands in the world to enumerate, so he grouped together islands, particularly when they were small. In the IOTA programme numbers are allocated to each group using a continental prefix. The basic IOTA award requires contacts with 100 islands and groups including at least one from each continent. Entrants can obtain award credit for QSOs made in the RSGB IOTA Contest.

The IOTA Reference, sent by Island Stations in the IOTA Contest, consists of two letters indicating the continent, and a number indicating the allocated reference within that continent.

For example:

EU115 EU = Europe Ireland
AF032 AF = Africa Zanzibar
AN003 AN = Antarctica Heard Island
AS020 AS = Asia Taiwan
NA107 NA = North America Martinique
OC225 OC = Oceania Turtle Islands
SA004 SA = South America Galapagos

 

This contest brings together those who like to put islands on the air, those who enjoy contesting, as well as those chasing islands for awards. Please join us for a great weekend!