As you may or may not be aware, 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of Louis Varney.
The MSARS committee think it appropriate that his famous callsign, G5RV (bequeathed to the society by Louis' widow Nelida) is activated more often from this year.
Society members have already given the callsign several outings since January 1st, and indeed MSARS have implemented a procedure by which any UK-based member may use it to celebrate Louis' achievements in (and lasting contributions to) amateur radio. It is unashamedly also a way to help promote Mid Sussex Amateur Radio Society going forward.
To view both previous and future activations of the G5RV call, please refer to the special 'G5RV On The Air' calendar at the bottom of our main Calendar page.
Members wishing to participate in activating the call, please check the calendar first. Anyone else who just wants to get the exclusive call in their log should keep an eye out here too!
Applicable rules for use are posted in the Members Section.
The G5RV logs will be uploaded electronically to QRZ.com, ClubLog.org and LoTW (Logbook Of The World). All files must be submitted to the club secretary in ADIF format (.adi files). No paper logs will be accepted from club members, purely because it causes extra work for our already overworked committee. The club are currently preparing an eQSL card, and also one which may be sent out via the Bureau. Exciting!
In related news, I've received some fantastic old QSL cards from Ken G3WYN.
Ken writes:
'Here are a couple of cards sent to me by Louis over the years.
One from his first ever contact from Ireland in 1978 when he an Nelida spent a week with Sean, Gerry and I in Ireland with our wives, and another sent in 1982 confirming a 10m contact with me whilst he (and Nelida) were in Uruguay on one of their annual South American trips'.
Wonderful nostalgia.
73,
Berni M0XYF
