Membership of The Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society (RSARS) is open
to anyone interested in amateur radio and who has completed service with
the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom
or certain other countries or is
currently serving.
INFORMATION and NEWS - the place where you will
find the most up-to-date news from the Society (including on the 1st of every month the list of New Members and Silent Keys) plus a hypertext menu of LINKS to over 33 other
interesting military- and amateur radio-oriented sites.
There are details of over 40 Rallies and Shows at which the Society has been represented by our Rally Representatives in the last 3 years and the Rally Calendar with information as to where we will be standing at future events.
This page also includes an on-site link to a Membership Application form for you to download and print immediately for submitting to
the Membership Secretary.
A worded description of the regular amateur RADIO NETS
held by the Society: this page has its own subsidiary links to the two separate detailed tables
of Nets (listed on a daily basis Monday-Friday and Weekends) and the preferred CALLING FREQUENCIES used by
Members.
The Society's Members' SHACK AID comprises a schedule of the RSARS nominated calling frequencies, a full table of the RSARS Nets (including date, time, frequency, mode, control station etc., and the UK/Overseas (except VK/ZL) Stores Price List and the separate VK/ZL Stores Price list.
SOCIETY STORES - full lists of Stores available to Members:
(A) The UK/OVERSEAS STORES PRICE LIST which shows the UK and Overseas prices and postage and packing details and
(B) The VK/ZL STORES LIST which repeats the details of all items on offer but shows the prices for that area in Australian Dollars.
The Society's STORES MANAGER is Mike, GØSWY and he can be e-mailed.
Alan, VK6PG is kindly handling all VK/ZL orders and despatches and he too can be emailed.
And for your convenience we have a preview of most of the items in the STORES SHOP WINDOW.
This window now carries a link to STORES NEWS, regularly updated.
These documents are also available as .pdf for downloading from within our RSARS MEMBERS' E-LIBRARY.
MUSEUMS in the United Kingdom having a naval, military,
aviation or wartime theme - 50 such Museums (and locations or collections of similar interest) are currently listed and described and links exist to all websites where available.
PHOTO GALLERY - photographs of Members, scanned
by the Editor from prints supplied by the Members, or transmitted to him by
e-mail. The Gallery includes The White Helmets and their Diary and "Members
Remember" an item relating to former noteworthy postings with picture and
story. The Photo Gallery is changed as frequently as we receive
new material.
There is also our GREAT GALLERY, hosted off-site, where we have constructed several Rooms (55 to date) of themed pictures (217 at the moment) of Members and their activities.
We have also added QUICKSILVER - history and pictures of this Corps' mobile recruiting team - to preserve this historic chapter.
RSARS MEMBERS' E-LIBRARY containing in excess of 60 documents (inter alia):
Members Callsigns/Numbers Lists (Current month's update) QSL BUREAU USERS in call sign order and as a separate document in Membership number order (Current month's update)
Society Rules Awards Rules, CWAD Contest Rules Contests Summary Sheet, CWAD Contest Log Sheet, CWAD Contest Summary Sheet Shack Aid The Society's history "MERCURY" No. 1 - Spring 1961 Main RSARS Stores List (for UK and Overseas [other than VK/ZL]), the VK/ZL-only RSARS Stores Prices List
The Obituary of Major-General Eric S. Cole, G2EC the first Vice-President of RSARS
The Obituary of Major Raymond A. Webb, G3EKL the second Vice-President of RSARS
The Obituary of Major Dennis W. J. Haylock, G3ADZ a Founder member of RSARS
Review of "The Hidden Hand" by Professor Richard J. Aldrich
Details of "Schonland: Scientist and Soldier" by Doctor Brian Austin, GØGSF The Berlin Wall by Major (Retired) J T Aitken TD, FRICS, MRAC, GMØHZM A Terrier’s Tale and Memories by Major (Retired) J T Aitken TD, FRICS, MRAC, GMØHZM Galloway's Secret War By Major (Retired) J T Aitken TD, FRICS, MRAC, GMØHZM Another Galloway Secret by Major (Retired) J T Aitken TD, FRICS, MRAC, GMØHZM
A separate section entirely dedicated to HF Antennas and Projects
RSARS Information display leaflet - for Rally Stands etc.
RSARS HISTORY POSTER - for Rally Stands etc.
THE CORPS BADGE HISTORY POSTER - for Rally Stands etc.
all in PDF file format with DOWNLOADING instructions.
The opportunity to send electronic QSL CARDS
and POSTCARDS to anyone with the e-mail facility and Internet access is available
on this site. Full details are given on the Dispatch Office page and there is a wide choice of postcards
and music. We have established a basic QSL card already and are embarking
upon building up our own album for you to use subject to our obtaining
suitable material - contributions gratefully accepted!! We assure you that this service is entirely FREE and there are no
limitations on the number of times you may use it. Do please note however that most national radio societies will not accept electronic QSL cards for Award claiming purposes and RSARS is no exception - "cards" sent this way will not be eligible for RSARS Awards claims.
EasyMail - your easy route to send messages to such
members of RSARS Council as are currently available on e-mail and also
extended to the 170 or so Members who wish to be similarly available from this Site. The
Page is fully interactive and easy to use and there is more advice on the subject on the Information and News page under Final Reminders.
Please remember that the onus is on you to tell the Webmaster of any inaccuracies in your email address and any changes you may make to your ISP etc. He can and will change it within minutes of being informed.
Hear the sound
of the marching band and the familiar "Begone Dull Care". Have your
multi-media speakers switched on and allow several minutes for loading.
The lyrics of this traditional English ballad are set out on the MARCH PAST WORDS PAGE.
If you wish to save the sound file to your own computer then:-
in NETSCAPEright click here and chose "Save Link as" from the drop-down menu, completing
the dialogue box as to your own wishes.
in EXPLORERleft click here
and chose "Save as" and proceed according to your own wishes.
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