News – South Kesteven Amateur Radio Society

GB2FLY – SKARS Field Day

June 15, 2021June 30, 2021 admin

SKARS are happy to announce an exciting field day taking place on 3rd July 2021 at The British Model Flying Association in Buckminster. (BMFA Buckminster Sewstern Grantham Lincolnshire, NG33 5RW ) Further details about the club can be found on their website at www.nationalcentre.bmfa.org To commemorate this occasion we have been granted use of the special events call sign GB2FLY. The event will run between 0900 and 1700 on Saturday 3rd July 2021 and is open to ALL. Come along and get an insight into Amateur Radio. Talk to some of…

SKARS Celebrates 10 Years

February 16, 2021July 7, 2021 admin

Jim Wheeldon M0JHW – SK

December 26, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

Jim sadly passed away in December after a short spell in hospital after a stroke. Jim was an active member of SKARS and will be remembered for often appearing with something to sell at the start of club meetings. He was the Raynet coordinator for Lincolnshire as well acting as a fishing bailiff in Grantham. Jim, you will be missed. RIP

Wam Bam Challenge

November 13, 2020July 7, 2021 admin

The simple aim of this challenge is to see how many callsigns you can contact between 00:01 on 14 November 2020 until Lockdown ends at 23:59 on 2 December 2020. As many of the contacts will be by ground wave there should be plenty of on-air activity even when the bands are apparently dead – and participants are encouraged to try modes that they might otherwise not normally use. Participants – Members of SKARS are automatically registered for the challenge but anyone else (ideally near to Grantham) is welcome…

Covid-19: SKARS Meetings cancelled until lockdown ends

March 18, 2020February 16, 2021 admin

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak all face to face club meetings are canceled until the restrictions are eased. Remember there is a net on GB3GR each Wednesday at 8pm.