HARS Special Event Stations completed during 2026
GB2RMR for Railways On The Air - 27 Sept 2026
HARS had a very successful weekend during the annual Railways on the Air event in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. We had 4 Club members attending to assist in taking turns with running the two stations we had on the air and talking to the many Visitors who walked by our gazebo. We recorded well over 100 QSO's during the event with most of them on the 40 Mtrs Band due to the very good working conditions we experienced.
GB2RMR for Railways On The Air - 27 Sept 2026
HARS had a very successful weekend during the annual Railways on the Air event in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. We had 4 Club members attending to assist in taking turns with running the two stations we had on the air and talking to the many Visitors who walked by our gazebo. We recorded well over 100 QSO's during the event with most of them on the 40 Mtrs Band due to the very good working conditions we experienced.
GB1PPF for Churches and Chapels On The Air Event
St Peter and St Paul Church Fenstanton, Cambs
13 September 26
A small Team of Club members attended the event at the church on the Saturday, this is the first time of activating the callsign from Fenstanton; we setup our operating station very quickly then into plenty of operating on 40m Band. During the day we had plenty of Visitors to the church which included plenty of questions of what we were doing.
St Peter and St Paul Church Fenstanton, Cambs
13 September 26
A small Team of Club members attended the event at the church on the Saturday, this is the first time of activating the callsign from Fenstanton; we setup our operating station very quickly then into plenty of operating on 40m Band. During the day we had plenty of Visitors to the church which included plenty of questions of what we were doing.
GB2RRM for International Museums On The Air Event
Ramsey Rural Museum
26 - 28 June 26
Club Members attended the event over the weekend; we setup three operating stations which were active on various Bands and Modes. During the Saturday we took out time to tweak our HF antennas which comalated in being able to work callsigns on the 6 Metres Band.
Plenty of fresh air, walking, good banter, sharing ideas and different methods of setting up kit and of course a little bitta sunshine!
Ramsey Rural Museum
26 - 28 June 26
Club Members attended the event over the weekend; we setup three operating stations which were active on various Bands and Modes. During the Saturday we took out time to tweak our HF antennas which comalated in being able to work callsigns on the 6 Metres Band.
Plenty of fresh air, walking, good banter, sharing ideas and different methods of setting up kit and of course a little bitta sunshine!
GBØTEM for Tempsford Museum and Archives
1940's Spirit of Resistance Weekend Tempsford
29 - 31 May 26
A small Team of volunteers manned the station and public display with plenty of QSO's into 20 Countries using HF Voice, CW and Data Modes, loads of engagement with the public with regard to how we operate now compared to during WWII, CW sending and decoding (this drew plenty of observers), discussions on the items on the table plus we had some give away freebies!
For the Club Members that attended they were well looked after by the lovely Museum Team with Tea/Coffee and bottled water plus the obligatory big cookie all in all a very social and enjoyable event.
Museum details - https://www.tempsfordmuseum.co.uk
1940's Spirit of Resistance Weekend Tempsford
29 - 31 May 26
A small Team of volunteers manned the station and public display with plenty of QSO's into 20 Countries using HF Voice, CW and Data Modes, loads of engagement with the public with regard to how we operate now compared to during WWII, CW sending and decoding (this drew plenty of observers), discussions on the items on the table plus we had some give away freebies!
For the Club Members that attended they were well looked after by the lovely Museum Team with Tea/Coffee and bottled water plus the obligatory big cookie all in all a very social and enjoyable event.
Museum details - https://www.tempsfordmuseum.co.uk
GB2DWM for Mills On The Air Event
Friday 8th - Sunday 10th May 26
Duloe Tower Mill Eaton Socon
The Special Event went at a very leisurely pace over the period of operating with the bands behaving as best as they could on HF but we did suffer from QSB. We operated with a different HF antenna for this event. It was a sociable event for those that attended over the days with plenty of chatting around a mug of tea and exchanging ideas. Again some field repairs took place with the two MOONRAKER telescopic masts, this was soon sorted with the on-site engineers using the right tools for the right job! Below is the MOTA participation certificate for the event.
Friday 8th - Sunday 10th May 26
Duloe Tower Mill Eaton Socon
The Special Event went at a very leisurely pace over the period of operating with the bands behaving as best as they could on HF but we did suffer from QSB. We operated with a different HF antenna for this event. It was a sociable event for those that attended over the days with plenty of chatting around a mug of tea and exchanging ideas. Again some field repairs took place with the two MOONRAKER telescopic masts, this was soon sorted with the on-site engineers using the right tools for the right job! Below is the MOTA participation certificate for the event.
GB0WYT for RAFARS Airfields On The Air Event
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th Apr 26
Glebe Farm near RAF Wyton
The event went very well with the bands being a little spars on the activity on HF due to the operating conditions. It was enjoyable for all those that attended over the days with plenty of chatting around a mug of tea. We did a couple of upgrades on the two telescopic masts and our Tri-Linear antenna. Below is the RAFARS AOTA participation certificate for the event.
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th Apr 26
Glebe Farm near RAF Wyton
The event went very well with the bands being a little spars on the activity on HF due to the operating conditions. It was enjoyable for all those that attended over the days with plenty of chatting around a mug of tea. We did a couple of upgrades on the two telescopic masts and our Tri-Linear antenna. Below is the RAFARS AOTA participation certificate for the event.
Club Meeting Mar 26
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place at the recent Club Meeting on 26th March @ 19:45hrs, held in the BVH and showed a turnout of 21 Members.
During the AGM various end-of-year reports were presented to the members from the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster and Publicity Officer. Also during the meeting the New Club Chairman - Richard MØOFF and Secretary - Gareth M5KVK were proposed and seconded by the members plus a new Rally Organiser - Malcolm MØVVT were welcomed to their Posts and a placement for a Repeater Assistant was agreed (placement is temporary at the moment).
An Agenda item was discussed regarding the current rate of the Club Membership Subscriptions, it was Proposed and Seconded that we increase them slightly to reflect current charges to the Club; the rate agreed is still good value compared to what other Radio Clubs charge locally.
Presentations took place of the HARS Presidents Award which went this year to David MØSKT for his tireless work as the Club Treasurer, Website, Publicity and the Organiser of three Special Event Stations for the Club. The G3AZZ Microphone Award was presented to the out-going Club Chairman John GØFIK for his service guiding the Club over the last two years.
After the AGM a trawl of members attending the meeting took place for the GBØWYT SES which is taking place over the second weekend of April, volunteers came forward to assist with the event.
And finally the obligatory tea, coffee and biccies where available to quench all the dry throats due to all the talking!
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place at the recent Club Meeting on 26th March @ 19:45hrs, held in the BVH and showed a turnout of 21 Members.
During the AGM various end-of-year reports were presented to the members from the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster and Publicity Officer. Also during the meeting the New Club Chairman - Richard MØOFF and Secretary - Gareth M5KVK were proposed and seconded by the members plus a new Rally Organiser - Malcolm MØVVT were welcomed to their Posts and a placement for a Repeater Assistant was agreed (placement is temporary at the moment).
An Agenda item was discussed regarding the current rate of the Club Membership Subscriptions, it was Proposed and Seconded that we increase them slightly to reflect current charges to the Club; the rate agreed is still good value compared to what other Radio Clubs charge locally.
Presentations took place of the HARS Presidents Award which went this year to David MØSKT for his tireless work as the Club Treasurer, Website, Publicity and the Organiser of three Special Event Stations for the Club. The G3AZZ Microphone Award was presented to the out-going Club Chairman John GØFIK for his service guiding the Club over the last two years.
After the AGM a trawl of members attending the meeting took place for the GBØWYT SES which is taking place over the second weekend of April, volunteers came forward to assist with the event.
And finally the obligatory tea, coffee and biccies where available to quench all the dry throats due to all the talking!
Club Meeting Feb 26
HARS had a Club Meeting on 26th Feb at The BVH had a turnout of 19 Members who came along for a coffee, a natter and to hear and see a very informative Presentation by Philp Nichols on Royal Air Force Upwood 1917 to present day. Plenty of questions were asked at the end of the Presentation.
Club Meeting Jan 26
Our first Club Meeting for 2026 was held on 22nd Jan at The BVH with a turnout of 21 people who came along to hear our Chairman's New Year Club update and then be enlightened with a presentation by Dom M0BLF on setting up a QO-100 Satellite Amateur radio station and the background behind QO-100. The audience were shown a remote live QSO taking place plus several CQ, CQ, CQ calls by Dom. Altogether a very good presentation which gave food for thought to those who maybe did not understand satellite radio communication or gave them the boost to set a station up at their QTH. We also had visitors to the presentation from Cambs-Hams who were most welcome and it was nice to see them.
Our first Club Meeting for 2026 was held on 22nd Jan at The BVH with a turnout of 21 people who came along to hear our Chairman's New Year Club update and then be enlightened with a presentation by Dom M0BLF on setting up a QO-100 Satellite Amateur radio station and the background behind QO-100. The audience were shown a remote live QSO taking place plus several CQ, CQ, CQ calls by Dom. Altogether a very good presentation which gave food for thought to those who maybe did not understand satellite radio communication or gave them the boost to set a station up at their QTH. We also had visitors to the presentation from Cambs-Hams who were most welcome and it was nice to see them.
UPDATE 28/02/26 - From listening to Dom's Presentation David - M0SKT has now set up and aligned his QO-100 capable equipment at his QTH and can report good comms in and out of the Satellite on SSB Voice, and Digital Modes.
You can listen in live on the communications via this link - https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb
You can listen in live on the communications via this link - https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb
