The Radio Society of Sri Lanka

The General Meeting for the Month of  FEBRUARY  2014 will HELD on WEDNESDAY the 26th of FEBRUARY At Otther Aquatic Club Baudhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07.

MONTHLY MEETINGS  are held on the last Wednesday of the month in the Balcony Hall of the Otter Aquatic Club 380 / 1 Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7. at 6.00 p.m. Its not far from the BMICH towards Borella. Continue towards the rear of the BMICH at the Wijerama Rd  / Baudhaloka Mawatha   junction.
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Please note that unless otherwise notified, monthly General Meetings will be held at Otters Aquatic Club at 6.00 P.M. on the last Wednesday of the month. Please also monitor the RSSL net regularly on 145.625 MHz at 0900 P.M. for RSSL announcements. You are welcome to contact any Council member if you need to verify meeting dates. Membership and ID Card applications can be obtained at the meetings. Membership renewals are also accepted by the Treasurer at the monthly meetings.

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The General Meeting for the Month of January 2014 will be held on WEDNESDAY the 29^th of January at 6 P.M. At Otter Aquatic Club Baudhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07.

Monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month in the Balcony Hall of the Otter Aquatic Club 380 / 1 Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7. at 6.00 p.m. Its not far from the BMICH towards Borella. Continue towards the rear of the BMICH at the Wijerama Rd / Baudhaloka Mawatha junction. Please also monitor the RSSL net regularly on 145.600 MHz at 0900 P.M. for RSSL announcements. You are welcome to contact any Council member if you need to verify meeting dates. Membership and ID Card applications can be obtained at the meetings. Membership renewals are also accepted by the Treasurer at the monthly meetings.

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Victor Goonetilleke
Honarary Secretary RSSL

If you need more information please contact Victor (4S7VK) via 4s7vk@rssl.lk

Happy Christmas, Complements of the Season

The President and the Council of Management of the Radio Society of Sri Lanka -  wish all our members, world-wide friends, partner clubs and IARU Region III member organisations a Happy Christmas and the best Complements of the Season.

May the festive season give you the time to spend with families and friends and of course catch up with the Amateur Radio Bands.

SPECIAL EVENT STATION 4S0CGM  TO COMMEMMORATE THE 2013 COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, SRI LANKA

Special event station 4S0CGM will operate during the month of November to commemorate this very special event taking place in Sri Lanka. This is a unique opportunity for the radio amateurs of Sri Lanka to hail this event and greet the world during this month when many heads of state as well as foreign ministers of 53 Commonwealth countries and numerous delegations will be arriving in Sri Lanka in connection with this meeting  named CHOGM 2013.  In addition  His Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse, President of Sri Lanka will assume the Chairmanship of the Commonwealth.

The special event station will use all bands and a special QSL will be issued by the RSSL for all contacts. QSL information is P.O. Box907 Colombo. We have already set up a QRZ.Com page.

is also proposed to run the Special Event station from the premises of the TRCSL if logistics can be arranged. In any event the club shack at Haig Road will be operational during the month of November and we invite our members to operate the station.

In addition three more calls have also been issued for the CHOGM  which are 4S5CGM, 4S6CGM and 4S7CGM which individual operators can operate / their suffix and the RSSL will accept their log and issue QSLs which will be printed by the RSSL with space for their individual suffixes. Continue reading →

The CQ WW is the largest Amateur Radio competition in the world with over 30,000 participants

OBJECTIVE: For amateurs around the world to contact as many other amateurs in as many CQ zones and countries as possible.

Current Sri Lankan record for multi – multi is held by 4S0DX in 1993 and the score was 2,750,960. This was by a German DX Group hosted/helped by the RSSL during the presidency of Ranjit Goonawardene operating from 4S7RR’s estate in Kosgama, Avissawella.

This year a team with the blessings of the radio society will operate under the club call 4S7RS from Biodiversity Education and Research Centre, Hiyare Reservoir, Hiyare, Galle, Sri Lanka. Thanks to the arrangements made by our good friend and RSSL treasurer Nadika 4S6NCH. The location is surround by 600 acres of wild land we hope the electrically quiet location will help us to make many contacts. We will be running barefoot 100 watts and a tri-bander for the higher bands.

Anyone who like to join Please call Jaliya on 0772378108

Contest will be on SSB
October 26-27, 2013
Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday
Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday