http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html News items from the FISTS CW Club Eu/UK en-gb http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news459 During May, as part of the Brighton Festival (UK), the arts group "Invisible Flock" have floated a data buoy in Brighton Marina that participants on their walk can communicate with via text message. The buoy translates the messages into Morse code and blinks them out through the night. For more information, please see their website http://tinyurl.com/seaofvoices Tue, 15 May 2012 00:15:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news459 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news458 FISTS news is now also posted to the new Google+ page http://fists.co.uk/gplus Mon, 14 May 2012 12:55:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news458 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news457 It's a pleasure to welcome our latest members: Ian VK3TB 14141, Ranger N0CVB 15727, Dave W2DAB 15728, Dennis KC7HOF 15729, Tom KB1UG 15730, John KK4BOB 15731, Bob W2TAC 15732, Ben KF4HEV 15733, Wayne WB0PEO 15734, Charles AK4AQ 15735, Bob W2RJD 15736, Pete W3DKV 15737, Rez K1REZ 15738, McLeod W5JMJ 15739, Tony W1ZMB 15740, Steve K2DEP 15741, Juilo KK4EQP 15742, William KK4IAJ 15743, Bodie KB3WLB 15744, Pete HB9DSU 15866, Chris M0HMR 15867, David G4YVM 15868, John G3WWM 15869, Scott 2E0OZI 15871 and John EI7KG 15872. Fri, 11 May 2012 10:10:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news457 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news456 Congratulations to the following FISTS Awards winners: Steve NU7T 4676, Nightmare Alpha Numeric. Tom KF0K 8513, USA Worked All States. John VE1BA 13160, 1 X QRP. Darren G0OTT 14062, Millionaire. For more information about FISTS Awards, available to FISTS members worldwide, please see the Awards web page http://fists.co.uk/awards Thu, 10 May 2012 20:15:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news456 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news455 The FISTS North America Spring Sprint http://fists.org/operating.html#sprints takes place this coming Saturday, 12th May 2012, 1700-2100 UTC. Members worldwide are invited to participate. Wed, 09 May 2012 21:55:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news455 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news454 Photos of an Elecraft KX3 during construction http://tinyurl.com/kx3build taken by Steve WG0AT have been published by John AE5X. The KX3 is Elecraft's new high performance, multi-mode, 160m - 6m QRP transceiver. Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news454 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news453 Make sure that your current callsign and any additional callsigns are registered with the RSGB http://tinyurl.com/rsgbreg or else your QSL envelopes may be returned to you. Sat, 05 May 2012 09:25:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news453 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news452 Chelmsford Museum (UK)'s exhibition Marconi and The Sea http://tinyurl.com/marconisea is from 14 April to 8 July 2012. One of Chelmsford's prime industrial landmarks, Marconi's New Street Factory, was opened one hundred years ago. This exhibition unravels the connections between Guglielmo Marconi's early company and the needs of communication at sea. For more information, please see the exhibition's web page http://tinyurl.com/marconisea Fri, 04 May 2012 13:15:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news452 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news451 We are offering engraved brandy glasses and whisky tumblers http://fists.co.uk/glass25 in celebration of FISTS 25th Anniversary this year at £6.99 (GBP). Delivery to the UK is: brandy glass £5.50 (GBP), whisky tumbler £6.50 (GBP) or a set of both £9.30 (GBP). For an additional £1.00 (GBP) per item, you can have your callsign engraved. For more details, please see the FISTS 25th Anniversary Glassware web page http://fists.co.uk/glass25 Thu, 03 May 2012 11:25:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news451 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news450 In celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Gibraltar hams will be operating with the special prefix ZQ2 as from 5th May till 15th June, 2012. John ZB2EO / G4JTC. Wed, 02 May 2012 16:40:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news450 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news449 The April edition of "morsEAsia" http://tinyurl.com/meaapr12 from FISTS East Asia http://www.feacw.net/ is available. Wed, 02 May 2012 11:25:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news449 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news448 The letter Q (e.g. MQ0CDL) in UK callsigns starts on Saturday 5th May for holders of a Notice of Variation (N.O.V.) http://tinyurl.com/qnov2012 . The Q prefix is available for 5 weeks and celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. You can apply online for an N.O.V. here http://tinyurl.com/qnov2012 . For more information, please see the RSGB announcement http://tinyurl.com/pfx2012 . This will be very helpful for FISTS members working towards the Prefix Awards http://fists.co.uk/prefix ; you can count the same FISTS member more than once towards the Prefix Awards under their standard and special callsigns, e.g. M0CDL and MQ0CDL count as two separate prefixes. Wed, 02 May 2012 11:05:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news448 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news447 We're delighted to welcome our latest members: Hidy JG1NXC 15110, Tad JK1SWR 15111, Mike G3WTA 15856, Timo OH8XAT 15857, Alan G3RMZ 15858, Rick M6BPO 15859, Philippe F6HRJ 15861, Clive G8UKN 15862, Kelvin GW7KKN 15863, Viv G0OXW 15864, Lars LB2TB 15865 and Appledore & District Amateur Radio Club GX2FKO 15870. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:05:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news447 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news446 The FISTS Down Under May 2012 newsletter http://tinyurl.com/fdumay12 is now available. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:45:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news446 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news445 The Marconi Archive website http://tinyurl.com/marconiarc has an extensive collection of Marconi-related documents, photos and film clips available. These are taken from the Marconi Collection housed at Chelmsford, Essex. Highlights include: - Titanic Messages, Exclusive archive of original material. - A 3D demonstration of Marconi portable receiver and transmitter. - Excerpts from the diary of Marconi's Assistant - George Kemp. - Newspaper articles covering the marriage of Marconi to Beatrice. - Film footage of Marconi's funeral. - Marconi's original patent for a system of wireless telegraphy. - Sound recording of Captain Kendall speaking about Dr. Crippen. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:40:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news445 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news444 Rare video footage http://tinyurl.com/g3zqsvideo of George G3ZQS and Bill G2AKK talking about Morse code, the FISTS CW Club which they founded and Samuel Morse filmed in 1991 has been uploaded by Jim G4YLB. Following this are excerpts from three days during which the FISTS CW Club and Darwen Amateur Radio Club (DARC) put the callsign M0RSE on the air to celebrate Samuel Morse's 200th birthday. The FISTS CW Club http://fists.co.uk that George and Bill founded is now celebrating 25 years of promoting Morse code, 1987-2012. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:50:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news444 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news443 The latest version (2.4.1) of the FISTS Log Converter Windows program http://fists.co.uk/flc allows contacts to be excluded from EUCW QRS Activity Week submissions by including FISTSACTIVITIES EXCLUDE in the log book's COMMENT or NOTES fields. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:35:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news443 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news442 The next Ladder sessions http://fists.co.uk/ladder are on Sunday 13th May. Email April entries to activities@fists.co.uk by 5th May please. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:10:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news442 http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news441 The EUCW QRS Activity Week http://eucw.org/euqrs.html 23-27th April, replaces the QRS Party that was previously organised by FISTS. It remains first and foremost a social event. Notable changes from previous years are that participants are no longer asked to exchange club names and member numbers during QSOs (at a minimum just RST, name and QTH), and the recommended frequencies are different. Note that the FISTS Log Converter program http://fists.co.uk/flc for Windows supports creating log submissions for the QRS Activity Week. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:25:00 GMT http://www.fists.co.uk/news.html#news441