February 10, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

Radio hams mill about at John O’Groats (UK)

The John O’Groat Journal reports members of the Caithness Amateur Radio Society (CARS) took part in a contact event May 7-8 in the British mainland’s most northerly mill at John O’Groats

Plans to transform John O’Groats Mill into a visitor attraction and community hub had a further boost with the visit by CARS members to use the historic building for contacting other ham radio enthusiasts.

Nigel Mansfield MM7BWT, CARS club secretary, said: “Called Mills on the Air, clubs all over the UK and Europe, operating from all types of mills, tried to raise as many contacts as possible through the medium of amateur radio.

Read more – Southgate: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/may/radio-hams-mill-about-at-john-ogroats.htm