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Club night Thursday 18th June

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Club Night will be meeting at the Royal Oak, Mill Hey, Haworth (Opposite the Railway Station) on Thursday 28th May for one week only. To assess if it could be adopted as the official meeting venue. Please attend if at all possible as your opinion would be appreciated….

Regards Joe G0RLY

Dining with the club

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KARS AGM will take place on 26th March 2026

Hi All
Please note The Keighley Amateur Radio Society AGM will be held at The Bronte, Lees Lane, Keighley BD22 8RA , on 26th March 2026 starting at 20:00 hrs. .
Please do your best to attend.
If you wish to stand for a position of office or as a Committee member then that can be done on the evening of the meeting, a proposer and seconder is required, and will go to the vote of members if required.

 

Many Thanks Chairman,  Joe Karkoszka G0RLY

KARS AGM 20th March 2025

Hi All

Please note The Keighley Radio Club AGM will be held at The Bronte, Lees Lane, Keighley BD22 8RA , on 20th March 2025 starting at 20:30 hrs. This will be after the KARS  AGM.

Please do your best to attend.

If you wish to stand for a position of office or as a Committee member then that can be done on the evening of the meeting, a proposer and seconder is required, and will go to the vote of members if required.

Joe G0RLY

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!

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.