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KW Electronics Talk
K.W. Electronics was a British manufacturer of amateur radio equipment founded in the mid-1950s by the late Rowley Shears G8KW.It was based in Dartford, Kent, and manufactured a wide range of high-frequency band receivers, transmitters, and accessory equipment including the KW Vanguard, KW2000, etc. The company was taken over by DECCA and subsequently ceased production during […]
Ham Radio Network Proudly Presents Grand Field Day
On the 31st of July at 9 AM, The Ham Radio Network is Hosting a Grand field day at Willesborough Windmill in Ashford. This is a FREE event where those interested in Ham Radio, or who want to find out more, can come along and see traditional and state-of-the-art modes of operation, using GHz down […]
Durban Road clean-up and social event at Manston.
Thank you to everyone the helped with the clean-up at the back of the scout hut on Durban road, here are some before and after pictures that show the hard work The club will be holding a social event for members and their guests at Manston on the 23rd of July. G0HRS members will receive a £10 […]
GB1MSM at Manston
Thank you to everyone who turned up to operate GB1MSM at Manston. We had a great turnout so thank you to everyone who turned up, VHF was very successful and the DMR was also good. The HF conditions were against us and thank you to everyone that helped set up the station. Congratulations to Adam […]
SOS Radio Week – Margate Lifeboat Station
Hilderstone Radio Society organized a Special Event Station at Margate LifeboatStation’s open day on 7th May as part of SOS Radio week, spreading the word of theRNLI’s work worldwide.We suspended our antenna between the top of the lifeboat station’s 10m highflagpole and some railings on the cliff behind the lifeboat station. It worked prettywell once […]
GB0NFL
On the 20, 21 & 22 August, the GB0NFL Special Event Station will one again be on air for International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend . We will have a HF station operating near the North Foreland Lighthouse using 400w with an experimental phased pair of verticals for 80m and EFHW for 40m and up. The HF […]
RSGB National Club Of The Year 2018
The Hilderstone Radio Society is delighted to be named RSGB Club Of The Year 2018. After winning the regional award for 6 years running, we are all very happy to have been awarded this coveted title. Thank you to all of our members and our RSGB representatives.
JOTA 2018
The Hilderstone Radio Society provided a special event station for the 1st St Johns Margate Scouts. The club activated a HF station, a DMR station and provided a Morse activity and short range communications using simplex radios. Around 60 scouts in total attended the event and a great day was had by all.
Intermediate successes
Good news from the Hilderstone radio club. After months of study and practical assessments four members, Patrick Bean, Philip Challans, Morgan Flynn and Steve Brett, sat the examination for the Intermediate level of the Amateur Radio Licence. Clive Widdus had guided them through the theory and they had already completed rigorous practical assessments. […]
Wonderful News!
The Hilderstone radio club has won the top club of the year in Sussex and Kent for the third year running. The regional manager of the Radio Society of Great Britain Mick Senior presented the Hilderstone radio club with the shield. Mick said that the club’s application was outstanding for its outreach work, its organising […]
