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 156 or so Members who
wish to be similarly available from this site and the RSARS EMAIL LIST SERVER (aka REFLECTOR)
HANDBOOK.
MEMBERSHIP NEWS which includes
NEW MEMBERS and SILENT KEYS updated on the 1st day of every month
the list of Honour Members and links to downloadable membership
application form etc.
INFORMATION and NEWS - the place where
you will find the most up-to-date news from the Society including
a hypertext menu of LINKS toover33 other interesting
military- and amateur radio-oriented sites.
There are details of 54 Rallies and
Shows at which the Society has been represented by our Rally
Representatives in the last few 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.
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.
A worded description of the regular amateur RADIO NETS held by the Society: this page has
its own 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.
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)
A separate section entirely dedicated to 50 or more FREE HF Antennas and Projects
documents
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 and Contests Rules, Society May Anniversary Activity Rules
Summary Sheet to accompany Contests Logs, Society Contests Log
Sheet
Society Awards Claims 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
Review of "The Secret Wireless War" (The story
of MI6 Communications 1939-1945) and "Edgar
Harrison" - (Soldier, Patriot and Ultra Wireless
Operator to Winston Churchill) both by Geoffrey Pidgeon
"The Winters Summer Walk of 151 miles to the AGM" by Richard Winters, G3NVK
"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
RSARS Information display leaflet, RSARS HISTORY POSTER and THE
CORPS BADGE HISTORY POSTER - for Rally Stands etc.
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.
MUSEUMS in the United Kingdom
having a naval, military, aviation or wartime theme - 53 such
Museums (and locations or collections of similar interest) are
currently listed and described and links exist to all websites
where available.
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.
By the same token mutatis mutandis and acknowledged to the
owners whether individual, corporate or otherwise including the
Crown, MoD and any or all other Government
Departments.
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