Author Archives: John Ray

GB2STA Airfields on the Air 1/2 April 2023

Introduction LEFARS participated in this year’s Airfields on the Air event, using Special Event call GB2STA, over the weekend of  1st / 2nd April, re-visiting a field in Abridge used for last year’s activation and within the ATZ of Stapleford Aerodrome (ICAO: EGSC). Staplefield Aerodrome is the largest commercial flying school in the UK, complete… Read More »

Visit to HamRadio 24-26 June 2022

My  last visit to the Ham Radio Show in Friedrichshafen, Germany was in 2018. With COVID-19, it has taken three years to re-open and Ham Radio 2022 was held on the last weekend in June.  The modern exhibition centre (Messe) is next to an airport and three miles from Friedrichshafen and Lake Constance. This is… Read More »

International Marconi Day 23 April 2022

LEFARS took the opportunity to use the club’s main G4ONP callsign to participate in International Marconi Day  on 23rd April.  Operating from a portable location in Essex, members of the LEFARS Portable group used a 40m doublet on 40m and 20m HF  with the club’s Icom IC-7300. On VHF, an IC-7000 provided 50W on FM… Read More »