SOS Radio Week - 2010

Between 23rd & 31st January I took part in the SOS Radio Week 2010, organised by Derek & David Hughes, G7LFC & M3LFC.

Full details of this are on the SOS Radio Week website, details / link below, with various fundraising events being held by amateur radio enthusiasts before & after the RNLI SOS fundraising day on 29th January.

In total I made over 120 contacts working locally on 2 metres & worldwide on echolink & CQ100. Most of my activity was over the weekend of 30th / 31st January.

Sponsorship & donations pledged amounts to £70, & on 6th February I forwarded a cheque for this amount, payable to 'RNLI', to the SOS Radio Week organisation. Hopefully this will help them reach their target figure of £2,000.

At the bottom of this page are some photos of the weekend in the 2E0RMI shack...

Thank you to all who sponsored me & to all who made contact during this enjoyable special event. Here's to next year...

Please feel free to look at the other pages here on my website - there are various general radio & amateur radio items included on this site.

You may also be interested in my other website which has radio downloads including amateur radio related programmes.

Click on the link below for the chelmsfordcalling.co.uk website.  

If you make contact wth me during this SOS Radio Week 2010 & would like confirmation of our QSO, I am happy to e-mail the following QSL to you. Please e-mail me at jim.salmon@blueyonder.co.uk & I will reply with the image below.

The 2E0RMI shack ! Sunday 31st January 2010, showing operation on 2m & CQ100, & also monitoring transmissions on 80m from friends at 'MARS' - Meirion Amateur Radio Society - G6BLB / GC4LZP operating from Barmouth, Nth Wales. Excellent use was made of CQ100 & webcams to link up with MARS. I enjoyed QSO's with many new contacts & also with people who I haven't been in contact with for years ! Thanks to everyone who took part...

To see 3 videos / recordings of QSO's on Sunday 31st January, including contact with colleagues at MARS, click on the link on the right hand side or visit 'Videos Page 5' in the top left menu.

There are also various amateur radio related videos on my associated YouTube page, available by clicking below...