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.
The COUNCIL and OFFICERS
of the Society with mailing addresses - to email them
individually go to the next item on this index -
EasyMail.
EasyMail - your easy route
to send messages to such members of RSARS Council who
are currently available on email and also extended to
the 150 or so Members who wish to be similarly
available from this site.
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. There is a subsidiary page NET NEWS and CHANGES to these data - with up-to-date information as to any interim arrangements occasioned by conditions and other circumstances.
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.
These documents are also available in PDF for
downloading from within our RSARS MEMBERS'
E-LIBRARY.
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 carries a link to STORES
NEWS, regularly updated. These documents are also
available in PDF for downloading free from within our
RSARS MEMBERS'
E-LIBRARY.
RSARS MEMBERS'
E-LIBRARY containing in excess of 60 documents
all in PDF with DOWNLOADING instructions (please note
all documentation is entirely free and is not limited
to RSARS members only) :
(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), QSL BUREAU HANDBOOK and an
archive commencing April 2007 of the monthly QSL
BUREAU NEWSLETTERS
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, RSARS HISTORY
POSTER and THE CORPS BADGE HISTORY POSTER - for Rally
Stands etc.
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 and
added to as frequently as we receive new
material.
There is also our GREAT GALLERY, hosted off-site, where we
have constructed several Rooms (56 to date) of themed
pictures (223 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.
EasyMail - your easy route
to send messages to such members of RSARS Council
as are currently available on email and also extended to
the 150 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 and in the EMAIL LIST SERVER HANDBOOK.
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.
RSARS DISPATCH OFFICE
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.
Hear the sound of the marching band and the
familiar "Begone Dull
Care". Rember to have your multi-media speakers
switched on.
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 right click here
and chose "Save Link as" from the drop-down menu,
completing the dialogue box as to your own wishes.
RSARS is not responsible for the content of external
Internet sites
Incoming links to this website, or any
part thereof including its peripherals or mirrors are
welcomed and indeed encouraged: however regard must be
had to the existing copyright laws and intellectual
property rights of RSARS, the owners, designer and
author(s) of all or any part hereof including text,
scripts, coding, layout and graphics prior to any
unauthorised copying or reproduction via any medium
howsoever occasioned, save for entirely personal and
non-commercial use.
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