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To avoid interference with neighbouring groups the Isle of Wight RAYNET Group primary frequencies are:
2m band – 144.675 70cm band – 433.775
The Island has particularly difficult terrain for radio propagation, therefore we are keen to carry out regular radio communications exercises including cross band talk-through stations thus increasing the range of low power handheld radio sets in these difficult areas.
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We have also provided communications assistance for events on the Island such as Walk the Wight, Cowes Week Fire Work Night, British Heart Foundation Cycle the Wight, Bembridge Street Fare and others and look forward to being asked to cover these events and possibly others in the years to come.
If you would like RAYNET to assist in the provision of communications for your event please contact the Isle of Wight RAYNET Controller.
We are an entirely independent group that provide communications using personal equipment with the addition of several items of radio equipment owned by the group that have been purchased with money raised by events such as car boot sales.
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To learn more about RAYNET in the UK click on the link in side bar.
We are always looking for new members if you are interested please contact us. You do not have to be in possession of an Amateur Radio Licence to take an active role in RAYNET operations, there are other ways that you can be a valuble member in the Group. If you are interested in obtaining an Amateur Radio Licence, training can be provided to assist you on your way starting with a Foundation Licence. For more information and an application form use the following link:
Isle of Wight RAYNET Group and Isle of Wight Council Emergency Planning have a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The IOWRG Exposition is avaible to view on this website.
A few brief facts about our Island
In Amateur Radio terms the Isle of Wight shares the IOTA reference EU-120, this means that we are one of the group of English islands allocated this number by the Radio Society of Great Britain Islands On The Air.
The Isle of Wight is well known for a famous landmark ‘The Needles’ which is an outcrop of white chalk pillars on the western most tip of the Island marked by the Needles Lighthouse. The Needles Point Lighthouse has the following references for amateur radio activation - UK 0067 & LH 2985, location squares - IO90fp and WAB SZ28.
Guglielmo Marconi set up his first radio station at Alum Bay near the Needles to carry out most of his early radio experiments famously transmitting to two ferry boats at sea and a station in Bournemouth on the mainland.
The principal town is Newport in the centre of the Island, other major towns are Cowes, Ryde, Sandown and Shanklin.
The Isle of Wight is also known as Dinosaur Isle to palaeontologists around the world for it’s abundance of fossils and dinosaur discoveries some unique to the Island. These are found mainly along the south coast of the Island falling out of the Lower and Upper Green Sands, Wealden Beds and chalk cliffs.
The Island’s major industries are tourism, and aerospace component manufacturing.
Cowes is well known around the world as the home of yachting and Cowes Week Regatta is held here every year in August. The 100 Guineas Cup race now known as the America’s Cup first took place here over 100 years ago which gets it’s name from the American Yacht the America that won the race.
GKN Aerospace is a world leader in aerospace composite technology. The company was formerly Westland Aerospace a subsidiary of Westland Helicopters before that British Hovercraft Corporation and originally Saunders Roe Limited. Saunders Roe was famous for the Princess Flying Boat.
The home of the Britten Norman Islander aircraft is still operating at Bembridge Airport.
Major components for the 2nd World War Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Airframe Assemblies at Sandown Airport.
