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MKARS News
Welcome to MKARS the Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society.
With over 50 years of history and 100 members MKARS is one of the largest amateur radio clubs in Britain. Please feel free to visit us on our club nights or at any of the events in our diary.
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MKARS Rally - Sunday 24th August, 2014
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MKARS 2014 Rally
SEE OUR RALLY PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Longueville Hall
HammondPark
Whaddon Road
Newton Longville
Milton Keynes MK17 0AT
Club Night Cancelled !!!
There Will Not Be A Club Night On Monday The 4th Of August,
As The Cadets & Officers Are Away For A Week, Therefore There Will Be No One Available To Open Up...
The Next Club Night Will Be On The 18th Of August...
September Intermediate Training course
We are now taking names for the Intermediate training course that will start in September. The course is limited to 10 places, so please get your names in early to avoid disappointment.
Frank M0JSZ
Upgrading XP to Linux Part II - The Workshop
After the popularity of the previous talk and multiple requests from members, we will be running Part II of the XP to Linux event as a workshop on June the 2nd.
The basic order of things will be a quick introduction, plus answering a few members questions (which unfortunately we didn't have much time for last time). Followed by an informal workshop where people can bring their own machines and we will try to help with any problems or even do some full Linux installs.
I will also bring a selection of desktops running the latest versions of Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, etc for members to have a play with. Plus Mike will demoing some of the radio software available.
If you didn't manage to make it last time this isn't a problem, although if you do have time it might be worth taking a quick look at the presentation so you get to understand a bit of the background about linux.
See you there!
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434 MHz balloon goes around the world
The 434 MHz solar powered party balloon B-64, launched by radio amateur Leo Bodnar M0XER, is approaching the UK at the end of its record breaking journey around the world
GB100ZZ
Poldhu Amateur Radio Club will be running the unique call sign GB100ZZ during the month of August. ZZ was the call sign used by Poldhu from the early-mid first decade of the 1900s
Amateur balloon circumnavigates northern hemisphere
Leo Bodnar, M0XER launched a homemade balloon with a 12g solar powered radio tracker on the 12th of July from near Silverstone in the UK