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06/09/2024

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News: Icom UK Announces Pricing for the IC-7760 Transceiver: https://icomuk.co.uk/Icom-UK-Announces-Pricing-for-the-IC-7760-Transceiver/2/4871/

06/09/2024

Team 6O3T now have dates for their DXpedition: September 9-30, 2024. The location will be in the northern part of the country in the state of Somaliland. Special focus on low bands and 6m; SSB, CW & Digi.

[NEWS UPDATE] - 6O3T team announce that all antennas are now packed, including a 7-element beam for 6m. They also say they are finalising the last details, and the correct setup of the 5 stations that will be on air during the dxpedition, which includes SSB, CW and FT8. Meanwhile, regarding SuperFox...

22/08/2024

We have recently seen counterfeit copies of Icom radios available online, some also arriving in the UK to unsuspecting buyers. These copies look like genuine Icom radios but, when examined more closely, are not and are significantly inferior in both quality and performance.

We have put together an article about this issue, the implications of purchase and consumer guidance.

You can read the article here: https://icomuk.co.uk/Beware-of-Counterfeit-Icom-Products/4195/3306/

19/08/2024

Summer Camp ROC 2024 - The Story of the Weekend!

As dusk falls on the final evening of summer camp ROC 2024, we can look back over the weekend. This was the third and sadly last of the summer camps at the Ludgvan field site as next year the owners are developing it into a plantation. A new venue needs to be sourced for the next summer camp, and we hope it will allow us to provide as much fun and freedom as the present site.

Looking back the weekend started on Thursday lunchtime as Cal G5XDX arrived to a field entrance blocked by a portaloo, but more on that later. Suffice to say at this point Cal heaved it out of his way to make an entrance to the field and set up the first tent - strangely enough mounted on a trailer. How else would Cal be camping this year :)

Cal was soon joined by TikTok M0TIK and Richard WKW and 2 further tents were set, though if you can call TikTok’s a tent, more like a small village hall. Later in the day the ‘vanlife’ crew started to arrive: aka Nige M7NGL, Chris G1VNA, Martin M0XVN and Lee 2E0RLP. The club tent was also erected after a struggle with TikTok and a tent pole - nah Chris it’s still not straight. Award for the smartest tent of the weekend must go to Rickard 2E0IOL’s ‘inflatable’, and the most compact tent went to Brad M7WBD (any smaller and he could have probably worn it as a poncho).

Neil G4SEN didn’t totally bottle out of sleeping under canvas this year, managing a whole one night!

Rob M0KLG on the other hand decided that sleeping under canvas was not for him and chose bravely to sleep in his car instead for 3 nights. Passenger Tim M7FCD decided that was too uncomfortable, or did Rob snore(?), and instead shared Richard G4WKW’s enormous family tent.

It was then that ROC set up what could well be a future competition, or maybe Olympic sport?. The fastest portaloo in the country. In about 10 seconds the aforementioned portaloo covered a distance of 100m to a new home actually near to the camp, towed behind a Mini Cooper, with 3 ROC crew hanging off the back of it.

Friday saw more arrivals set up camp, and a whole load of masts and antennas. We really were beginning to see our challenge of setting up an RF Field coming together!! 10 and 12m masts were growing out of the ground all over the field. The dual between Cal and Richard 2E0IOL was underway for who had the biggest(!), and wires were strewn across the field.

The weekend’s competition was going to be keenly fought.The competition was to recognise the station making contact with the most continents, then the number of lighthouses contacted (as the weekend coincided with the LOTA event), and the most separate DXCC entity contacts. Rules were discussed and agreed, plans were formed and ops went off to their corners to begin the battle. RF was flying all over the place, often trying to make contact on the same band, with shouts of “who’s on 20m”, “who’s wiping out 15m” frequently echoing round the field.

Catering was sorted early on, with plans for Neil G4SEN and Dawn to savour the queue for fish and chips from the other side of the counter for a change on Friday night. Ian 2E0GYR and Lee 2E0RLP excelled as BBQ chefs on Saturday evening, offering pulled pork, stuffing and apple, burgers and sausages.

Fair to say washed down with more than a few beers and rattlers.

The ROC team radio quiz kicked off at 20.00hrs on Saturday, with pairs being challenged with a number of radio trivia questions to test the brains before they got too frazzled with alcohol! Team names were Dumb and Dumber, Not a Clue, 3 Idiots (all 2 of them), The Westons, Z Cars, the Funny Faces (though we preferred Demelza’s pseudenym for daddy’s team - Bum Bum Heads) and eventual winners Two Non-Blondes. Well done Morwenna and Dawn! We’re all still thinking is there really that many licensed radio amateurs in California?

A great night continued after, sat around the camp fire (again thanks go to Lee for bringing cretaure comforts to our wild camp!), and the beers became shots as the hardy ones ignored the light showers. Some stayed up late to try their luck on the radio, others rose early to catch what they could of greyline and the scores rose.

Ian, assited this time by Andrew ensured camp were fed on Sunday morning; a big fry up to sort any hangovers. Sadly this didn’t seem to work for TikTok who was certainly not ticking smoothly Sunday morning.

The contest ran until midday Sunday when scores were totalled and the group gathered round to hear how well or otherwise they had done. First off, continents table was topped by Chris G1VNA with 4, pipping Martin M0XVN’s 3. Lighthouses was keenly contested but overall winner Callum with 18 beat Chris G1VNA on 15 and TikTok on 10.

Everyone managed to make contacts over the weekend, a number reported making new DXCCs to add to their own scores. The big prize was the overall points score, totalling up continents, lighthouses and the separate DXCC entities. A close battle for the top 3, TikTok on 101 pts, Chris on 159 pts and Callum at 173pts. So maybe Cal’s efforts with finally getting a 60 foot vertical in the air paid off!

Best individual contacts this weekend: Well done for the VK worked by Chris G1VNA, Seychelles for Martin M0XVN, and top marks to Nigel M7NGL for working VK with 10W on a home brewed 1/4 wave! Impressive!

And finally, the weekend was topped off with TikTok getting scalped by Cal, and a devilishly difficult quiz courtesy of Morwenna that left us trying to work out where our other 29 sphincters are....

Thanks to everyone that came and joined in the fun, you made the weekend amazing! Looking forward to next year already.

73, Neil G4SEN

11/08/2024

Afternoon, all, Camp ROC from Thursday. More to come on that shortly.

In the meantime, "Learn with ROC" starts tomorrow:
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06/08/2024

Hi everyone, unfortunately due to work commitments today on top of a very busy week means I haven't been able to prepare for the zoom session tonight. I shall therefore postpone and start 1800hrs Tuesday 13th Aug. Apologies for any inconvenience.

22/07/2024

Nice write up in this month’s RadCom for anyone that took part in May.

17/07/2024

13/07/2024

Here’s a nice achievable challenge…

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Dear Contester,

Are you ready to challenge yourself and other radio amateurs in a true contest within the contest? 🚀

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the IIxHQ SPEED AWARD!!, which will take place during the IARU HF Championship 2024.

This year, in addition to the usual fun and competition, we have introduced new categories and fantastic prizes to make everything even more exciting!

When? 🗓️ From July 13, 2024, at 12:00z (14:00 local time) until July 14, 2024, at 11:59z (13:59 local time).

What do you need to do? Simple! Just make a QSO with all the II2HQ, II4HQ, II6HQ, II9HQ, and II0HQ stations in the mode you prefer and, most importantly, in the shortest time possible!

Check your real-time ranking results on the website hqspeedaward.ari.it . The rankings will be constantly updated thanks to the HamAward platform. No log submission required!

Prizes up for grabs:

🏅 HQ OFFICIAL T-SHIRT for the top 3 in each of the 6 rankings in the Mixed and Single Mode categories!

🏅 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards downloadable in .pdf format for all participants who achieve the required QSOs! See the attached Regulations.

Categories:

Italy CW
Italy SSB
Italy Mixed
Foreign CW
Foreign SSB
Foreign Mixed
And that’s not all! Winners will be awarded at Contest University Italia, at the Montichiari Electronics Fair (BS), in March 2025. If you cannot attend, no problem: your T-Shirt will be shipped directly to your home! 🏠

Don't miss this unique opportunity to have fun, compete, and win!

Get ready for the IIxHQ SPEED AWARD, we can't wait to see you in action!

The ARI HQ Team

Al fine di incentivare la presenza di stazioni attive nel contest IARU HF Championship 2024, nonché di supportare al meglio l’attività del nostro Team Nazionale HQ, viene istituito il concorso “IIxHQ SPEED AWARD!!” volto a premiare le stazioni italiane e estere, che avranno effettuato un sig...

07/07/2024

We had a great time at the CRAC radio rally today. Again this year we were able to make a donation to MCBARG, the local beacon and repeater group. £168 collected from ROC members this year.

05/07/2024

We shall be in attendance and hope to see many of you there!

01/07/2024

LotW is OFFICIALLY back up and running as of 1600 UTC today.

Here's the official announcement:
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MEMBER BULLETIN

July 1, 2024

Dear ARRL member,

Effective 12:00pm ET / 16:00 UTC we will be returning Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) to service.

As work progressed on the network, some users encountered LoTW opening briefly during which some 6600 logs were uploaded. The logs were not processed until this weekend as we tested that the interfaces to LoTW were functioning properly.

We are taking steps to help manage what will likely be a huge influx of logs. We are requesting that if you have large uploads, perhaps from contests or from a DXpedition, please wait a week or two before uploading to give LoTW a chance to catch up. We have also implemented a process to reject logs with excessive duplicates. Please do not upload your entire log to “ensure” your contacts are in LoTW as they will be rejected. Lastly, please do not call ARRL Headquarters to report issues you are having with LoTW. You can contact support at [email protected].

Through the end of the year, you may experience planned times when LoTW will be unavailable. We have been using this time to evaluate operational and infrastructure improvements we would like to make to LoTW. Those times will be announced.

We appreciate your patience as we worked through the challenges keeping LoTW from returning to service. We know the importance of LoTW to our members, and to the tens of thousands of LoTW users who are not ARRL members. LoTW, just behind QST, is our second most popular ARRL benefit.

29/05/2024

It's going to be a fabulous get-together!!
Limited spaces available.

CAMP ROC Spring Edition!25 April 2024 by G8ROC CAMP ROC Spring Edition!12:00 – 11:0031 May 2024 – 3 June 2024 Once again, Camp ROC returns for a Spring edition at the Rising Sun pub camping field, Alternun, Launceston, PL157SN.Please see Camp ROC East (Location Info) for complete information ab...

22/05/2024

Not long now!!

CAMP ROC Spring Edition!25 April 2024 by G8ROC CAMP ROC Spring Edition!12:00 – 11:0031 May 2024 – 3 June 2024 Once again, Camp ROC returns for a Spring edition at the Rising Sun pub camping field, Alternun, Launceston, PL157SN.Please see Camp ROC East (Location Info) for complete information ab...

21/05/2024

Fantastic day at the ROC-PARC BBQ and open day on Saturday. The weather was lovely, food was great (Thank you, Ian 2E0GYR/Neil G4SEN). Great to see members from both clubs mingling and enjoying the chat, both radio and non-radio. We are looking forward to the next one!
Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (Official)
G8ROC

17/05/2024

LoTW update:

14/05/2024

The ROC event at Pendennis point was a great success earlier this month, lots of visitors and great WX. Lots of club members "playing" radio and many contacts in the log. Very well done to the ROC members involved in organising and running the HF day, promoting the SOS radio week, RNLI and the NCI.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1487628471817161/

14/05/2024

Join us from 1030...

09/05/2024

https://g8roc.org.uk/rocevents/bbq-open-day-roc-parc-event-open-to-all-2/?mc_id=456

06/05/2024

04/05/2024

Social ZOOM, open to all...

01/05/2024

Icom’s IC-7300 HF Transceiver Hits 100,000 Unit Sales in the Global Market

https://www.icomjapan.com/news/4088/