ARLA/CLUSTER: Icom UK patrociona um veiculo de demonstração das potencialidades do D-Star em HF

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Icom UK sponsor GX3RCM Amateur Radio demonstration vehicle

Icom UK have supplied the Sheffield Amateur Radio Club with a range of
its latest (D-STAR) digital and HF Amateur Radio Equipment.

The radios will be used on a demonstration bus which the club was
awarded by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).

Their goal is to promote Amateur Radio to a wider audience at rallies,
events. Importantly the unit will be taken to schools and used as a
teaching tool to introduce young people to the Amateur radio hobby.

The Sheffield Amateur Radio Club began its life in the 1920’s. The
club has 70 members from all ages and walks of life. The club has a
very active programme of special events that are aimed at bringing
Amateur Radio, electronics and communications to the wider public.

So far the club with the GX3RCM Amateur Radio Demonstration Vehicle
has visited local schools during National Science Week and attended
local summer festivals such as those at Low Edges and Woodseats.

Last year they put on a special event celebrating, Jamboree on the
Air, for a local Scout Group. Recently the vehicle has been seen at
the Newark National Hamfest and Lamfest in aid of Cancer Research.
At these events the club uses Short Wave and VHF transmitting and
receiving equipment to contact other Radio Amateurs all over the
world. The club makes contacts with several hundred or even thousands
of Amateur Radio stations this way.

The vehicle also allows the club to demonstrate the latest D-STAR
digital Amateur radio technology to the public and hopefully interest
some of them enough to take up the hobby.

Read more on the Icom UK website

Our thanks to Ian G3ZHI for spotting this item