Next Meeting Feburary 14th 2012
Old Scouts Rugby Ground Northampton.
CQ CQ CQ BBC
Nothamptonshire Comunications Club is making the news. This Saturday 23rd April there will be a segment on BBC radio 4's Today program about NCC and amateur radio operations.
BBC journalist Tom Bateman spent an evening with us operating portable and there will be a section onrado 4's Today program about 3 Mins long between 07:00 and 09:00 Saturday 23rd April with recodings of the station and interviews with members. Toms full report is available online here
RNLI SOS Radio Week
SOS Radio Week 2012 has started and there are nearly fifty stations on the air the length and breadth of the UK, from Sennen Cove in the South West to the Orkney's in the North.
NCC will be contacting as many stations taking part in the RNLI SOS radio Week which starts 21st January to 29th January 2012.
Updates will be posted throught the week on the special club webpage here.
Current Special Events being operated by members
Who are we?
Northamptonshire Communications Club is a new radio club set up by some amateur radio enthusiasts in Northamptonshire. The club is not just for radio amateurs but for anyone interested in radio communications. You may be an amateur already, a CB operator, listener or you may have no radio experience, we welcome all. Our aim is to promote amateur radio by way of demonstrations and events around the county as well as having regular meetings where people will be introduced to the club and join in our events that we organise.
We will be running training courses for people who wish to become radio amateurs enabling them to gain an internationally recognised qualification.The club meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Northampton Old Scouts Rugby Club Rushmere Road, Northampton. NN1 5RY. Thanks to everyone who attended our first meeting it was great to see such a good turn out and we hope to see everyone again at our next meeting, bring someone else along too..
To learn more contact us at mx0ncc@myqrz.com
News
Daventry celebrate the world service
Daventry celebrate the world service and Terry Waite and his brother will visit Daventry today as well as giving a talk on 19th July at the Daventry Arts Festival, where there is an exibition of the BBC world service which was transmitted from Daventry in 1924.
Mr Marconi built the empire radio station there in 1927, the first ever longwave transmitter was installed and later became the BBC world service
on 26 feb 1935 they used the transmiter in the first practical tests of radar. In 1968 the world service was moved to droiwich many thanks Daventry world service, a famous saying was "Daventry calling Daventry calling"
Northampton Repeater Group Website back online
The Northampton repeater group website is now back online at http://www.northamptonrepeatergroup.org/ this site will be kept up to date with news and happenings with the repeaters around Northampton