The new buzzphrase is "Social Distancing" and you would have thought that most Radio Amateurs were well acquainted with solo operating but there is also a very sociable side to our activities. Our local Club in Spalding meets (or used to) every week, hosts one of the biggest annual Rallies in the Country as well as several smaller public events throughout the year. In the new medical environment of a virus infected World, all of those public activities have sadly been curtailed for the time being.
The Club is still very active though. We now have an active net on 2 meters instead of a face to face meeting. Some of our younger members have been actively supporting the more vulnerable with physical help with shopping and other chores.
In these strange and testing times Amateur Radio has become an even more important life line than ever before. Crisis bring out the best of everyone and that is certainly true of our Club members. Let us hope that this emergency will soon run its course and we can get back to some sense of normality but, in the mean time, a huge thank you to all of those contributing to keeping spirits high.
Best 73 es 88
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