Members of Emerg were grateful to have the opportunity to honor and remember both the members of 460 Squadron RAAF and all those that fell during the war. As well as laying a number of wreathes the group put on a special event station, making 115 contacts with the help of George (the base cat) and John our caterer and Florist.

The club was delighted to welcome so many visitors to our recent rally! A special thanks to the traders who helped to make the day such a success.

We’re looking forward to our next rally which will be held on 16th May 2026.

Again as seen in the gallery that group members have a life outside of Radio, Andrew M0OOO, Shannon M3ZSW and our club mascot Hopper spent the day on the Derbyshire high peaks at Bleaklow Summit at some 2,000 feet above sea level and just south of the A628 Woodhead Pass. Access is not difficult but some preparation and experience is required if like these three you want to visit the crash site of the USAF Boeing RB-29A Superfortress 44–61999, of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron at Higher Shelf Stones.

As Wikipedia puts it “Much of the main plateau of Bleaklow is a boggy peat moorland, seamed by ‘groughs’ (pronounced ‘gruffs’, water-eroded channels in the peat) and lacking strong changes in elevation – in poor conditions its traverse is probably the most navigationally challenging in the Peak District.”

We’re looking forward to seeing traders and visitors at our rally in a few days time at Beckingham Village Hall, Beckingham, near Gainsborough!

The following exhibitors (listed in alphabetical order) have indicated in advance that they will be present:

• Alan Clegg
• Chris and Kim Woodward
• Dave Longstaff
• Ian Whittaker
• ITregeneration
• Ludatronics
• MA Components
• Mickey’s Electronics
• Peter Johnson
• Phil Johnson
• Richard Crossley
• Len Thompson
• TK Electronics

There will also be an RSGB stand, manned by Bob Hambly, RR13, and a Lincolnshire RAYNET stand.

We know from experience that others will appear on the day, and have made appropriate arrangements to accommodate them!

Although this is first and foremost a radio and electronics event, don’t forget that it is possible to camp on site the night before the rally, should you be making a long journey to reach us, as some club members intend to camp on site overnight.

Members of the group have interests beyond amateur radio, one of these being the amazing electro-mechanical Alexanderson transmitter SAQ, located at Grimeton near Varberg in Sweden. Maintained and operated occasionally by members of the Alexander Association, the transmitter made 2 scheduled Morse code transmissions on 2nd July, celebrating 100 years exactly since its inauguration by the then King of Sweden, Gustav V.

SAQ is very easy to receive here with a simple E-field probe connected directly to an audio pre-amp, whose output is then connected to a PC external soundcard, with the digital signal then being processed by the very capable software program SAQrx, written by Johan Bodin, SM6LKM. You can see pictures of the antenna (concept by Ann, G1PRM using “junk box” items; expert carpentry and assembly by Phil, G8KLC) and a screenshot from SAQrx during the SAQ transmission in our gallery.