April 2025 - Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club (Hampshire)

Field Weekend (Activating G3CNO)

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 28 Apr 25 | Events, Field Events, Historic

⚠️ This weekend is cancelled. It has been replaced by the 17th – 18th May 2025 . Main Points of the Weekend: Activating our club call-sign G3CNO Operation on all bands with the club’s equipment. Experimenters: Members welcome to setup and experiment with their own kit. Other Fort Activities: none we know about at this…

Field Weekend (Activating G3CNO)

by Chris G3WIE | 28 Apr 25 | Events, Field Events, Historic

Main Points of the Weekend: Activating our club call-sign G3CNO Operation on HF bands with the club’s equipment Experimenters: Members are welcome to setup and experiment with their own kit. Other Fort Activities: none we know about at this time. Signing-in: Club Members, must all sign-in (and out) at the Fort Reception Office. Visitors: Welcome by…

Interactive 2m/70cm Net Map

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 21 Apr 25 | Blog

As a project in between “145 Alive” events, Richard French is mapping out regular 2m & 70cm simplex nets across the UK. If you’re looking for a change, or if you’re on a trip or vacation, this map could provide you with details of alternative nets in your area. Based on information in the RSGB…

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Cancelling an Event

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 19 Apr 25 | How to do a thing

It probably makes sense to you that when a club event is cancelled, you would want to delete it from the website. However, the website is a powerful communicator, and information such as events travels way beyond the club’s territory. Published events go into people’s smartphones, become part of Search Engine databases (Google, Bing, Yahoo),…

The “Historic” Event Category

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 16 Apr 25 | How a thing works

You may notice that there is a “Historic” category under the “Events” category. You may also have noticed that a month or so after an event’s date has passed, the website automatically adds the “Historic” category to the old event. This is a feature that helps the website promote current and approaching events (home page,…

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