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MKARS News
Welcome to MKARS the Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society.
The club has nearly 60 years of history and an enthusiastic membership with very diverse interests. The club is particularly proud of the association with Bletchley Park and our successful training, for which we have introduced hundreds of members to the hobby.
Please feel free to visit us on our club nights or at any of the events in our diary.
To find out more about MKARS and what we have been up to check out our news items below or subscribe to our news feed. For more information on our news and diary feeds please check out our feed information page.
Weekly Club Net on GB3MK - Sundays 8pm
There is a weekly net on the clubs 70cm repeater GB3MK. All members and prospective members are welcome.
GB3MK scheduled downtime
Our 70cm repeater GB3MK will be off air from 5th November due to electrical circuit testing at MK Council. We will have it operational again as soon as possible when testing is complete.
Intermediate Course now full
All the places on the Intermediate course have now been filled.
The next course is planned for September 2018
Frank
M0JSZ
Foundation exam passes
We welcome into the world of amateur radio the following students who passed their Foundation exam this evening, they are:-
Christopher Glover
Drew Fitzsimmons
Graham Spiers
Huw Price
Jahveen Davis
James Jago
John Vincent
Patrick Wood
Frank M0JSZ
RSGB Contesting
Why not have a go at one of the RSGB contests? There are regular contests on the VHF bands. Registering your results is quite easy and will gain the club some valued points in the league tables. Contest dates are posted in the club diary on the left.
RSGB contest schedule here Guide on submitting your contest log here
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ÖVSV Österreichische Versuchssenderverband partners with RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory!
ÖVSV Österreichische Versuchssenderverband and RFinder are pleased to announce a new partnership agreement effective 3 September, 2017. ÖVSV has now joined as the latest Member Society of RFinder
Hurricane Irma forces DXpedition change
Members of the Argentinian DXers Group, who were expected to be active as PJ7T from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between October 24th and November 4th, have cancelled their operation due to the damage done by Hurricane Irma
PDXG QSL Management Platform update
Earlier this year we released a report on the status of our PDXG QSL Management Platform that was designed to automate the QSL manager’s back end processes