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Coronavirus: How amateur radio is connecting people during lockdown

By Vanessa Pearce BBC News
* 5 May 2020

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Pete, Sarah and Kathryn Sipple Image copyright Pete Sipple Image
caption The Sipple family - Pete, Sarah and Kathryn - say they've seen
a "massive" spike in interest for online courses

Amateur radio use in the UK has seen a "significant" rise during the
coronavirus lockdown as people seek new ways of staying connected. The
national body that represents users - the Radio Society of Great
Britain (RSGB) - has said many people who formerly enjoyed the hobby
are also returning to it.

Mark Rider's social life before the coronavirus lockdown consisted of
the occasional trip to the pub, rehearsing with musician friends and
visiting his wife in her care home.

"But when I knew that wasn't going to happen any time soon I decided to
dust off my amateur radio equipment to seek out some other social
interaction," he says.

Mr Rider, a retired engineer from North Warwickshire, said "ragchewing"
- or chatting to people on the airwaves - "has become one of the
highlights of my day".

"Because I live on my own, and because of lockdown, I knew I couldn't
do what I used to do, which wasn't going to be very good for me or my
mental health."
Image copyright Mark Rider Image caption Mark Rider: "Just speaking to
somebody else in the same situation is very rewarding"

The 67-year-old says keeping in touch with others has been more
important since his wife was taken into care after a stroke.

"Just speaking to somebody else in the same situation is very
rewarding," he says.

The RSGB defines [70]amateur radio as a "technical hobby for people who
want to learn about, use and experiment with wireless communications",
like Mr Rider, who uses his radio kit to speak to others using
designated radio frequencies.

Steve Thomas, RSGB general manager, says the organisation has
experienced a threefold increase in the number of people asking to sit
licensing exams since social distancing rules came into place. There
are currently about 75,000 licensed users in the UK.

"Across the country, clubs and individual radio amateurs are supporting
one another by setting up 'nets', or online meetings," Mr Thomas says.
Image copyright Bill Rowland Image caption Anne-Marie Rowland has been
holding twice-weekly meetings to support her community

Anne-Marie Rowland has been running twice-weekly meetings to help keep
people in contact.

The 11-year-old from Leedstown near Hayle in Cornwall, who has held a
licence for about a year, set up the transmissions with the Cornish
Amateur Radio Club to help keep people in contact during lockdown.

"We have some regulars but also some new people join in," she says.

Dad Bill, who also runs a weekly meeting, says "we're always available
with the radio on, there are a lot of older people out there
self-isolating, so this helps them feel connected".

Amateur radio users have also been showing their support for the NHS by
adding "/NHS" as an extension to their call signs and taking part in a
"get on the air to care" campaign (#GOTA2C), aimed at supporting the
emotional health and wellbeing of the radio communications community.

An amateur radio call sign, issued by the Government Office for
Communication (Ofcom), is a series of letters and numbers unique to
each radio operator and allows enthusiasts to identify each other and
establish which country they are in.
Image copyright Paul Devlin Image caption The NHS radio station GB1NHS
attracts "queues" of people wanting to engage, says Paul Devlin

Paul Devlin, from the NHS Emergency Care Improvement Support Team,
launched the campaign in an "unprecedented" partnership with the RSGB,
whose National Radio Centre is based at Bletchley Park in Milton
Keynes.

He was responsible for creating the health service's amateur radio
station GB1NHS.

"The NHS is the only government level organisation to routinely use
amateur radio to help improve the lives of communities globally," he
explains.

"We want radio operators to simply get on the air, reach out to fellow
enthusiasts and check how they're doing," says the 55-year-old from
Lichfield, Staffordshire.

"Being such a well-recognised brand, whenever GB1NHS is on the air we
have queues of radio operators wanting to engage with our messages."
Image copyright NHS Image caption Amateur radio users are being urged
to "get on air to care"

Analysis by Jim Lee, [71]BBC Radio announcer and newsreader

I first got hooked by the magic of radio as a schoolboy in Nuneaton. I
passed the necessary technical exam and Morse test and got my call sign
(G4AEH) dangerously close to my A-Level exams.

Listening to the pirate stations in the 60s made me want to work in
radio. When most of them were closed down, tuning around the shortwave
bands on a radio that my mum bought for me at a church jumble sale led
me to amateur radio.

That was over 50 years ago and even though I spend a lot of time
reading the news and introducing programmes for the BBC, communicating
around the world with an antenna I've made from a few bits of wire is
still part of radio's magic.

Amateur radio is ideal for social distancing and it's no surprise that
more and more people are turning to it during this crisis. Social media
and video calls are OK, but depend on there being sufficient internet
bandwidth for efficient communication.

You can't FaceTime the International Space Station, but there have been
occasions when radio amateurs have been able to speak to the astronauts
via their radio sets in a shed or back bedroom.

The digital world and amateur radio can exist side by side. There's no
way the new kid on the block will replace the magic of talking to
someone on the other side of the world with less power than it takes to
run a light-bulb. It's science in action.
Image copyright Pete Sipple Image caption Sarah Sipple helps run the
Essex Ham club with husband Pete

The RSGB introduced remote invigilation in the middle of April to allow
people to take their foundation exam - the entry step to obtaining an
amateur radio licence.

Pete Sipple, 50, from Leigh-on-Sea, who runs the Essex Ham amateur
radio club with his wife Sarah, has been offering [72]online training
courses for the exam for some time but says since the coronavirus
lockdown he's seen a "massive" surge in demand.

"We've had 1,135 people apply for a course so far this year, and due to
the Covid demand, are running two courses a month instead of one," he
says.

Mrs Sipple, 46, says she's noticed a rise in transmissions from people
who haven't been on air very recently.

"Pete has been getting messages saying, 'I haven't used the radio for
six or seven years, can you just help me get back into it?'"
Image copyright Callum McCormick Image caption Callum McCormick was
able to mobilise help for a man "down to his last half cup of milk"

Callum McCormick, a 61-year-old antenna manufacturer, hosts a daily
amateur radio welfare "net" for the over-65s from his home in Lapworth,
Warwickshire. It has reached hundreds of users, with thousands more
watching via his YouTube channel.

"The oldest user who has been in touch is 101-year-old George from
Dorchester who just wanted to call and tell us he and his wife Ivy were
being looked after by their daughter and were OK."

Mr McCormick says he was able to help one disabled and housebound user
"who was down to his last half cup of milk".

"He'd been calling in and over the days I'd clocked he needed help, so
I managed to mobilise a response to get some shopping to him and he's
now being looked after by the council," Mr McCormick says.

"I wanted to do something for the old boys who were feeling a little
bit lost and isolated."
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168. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
169. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds
170. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc
171. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
172. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food
173. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
174. https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts
175. https://www.bbc.co.uk/taster
176. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/localnews
177. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree
178. https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms/
179. https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc
180. https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/privacy/
181. https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/cookies/
182. https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/
183. https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidance
184. https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact
185. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnewsletter
186. https://www.bbc.co.uk/help/web/links/

Hidden links:
188. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52442553?#core-navigation
189. https://rsgb.org/
190. https://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhs-networks/gb1nhs
191. https://www.socialhams.net/m/groups/view/Cornish-Radio-Amateur-Club
192. https://www.essexham.co.uk/
193. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWRZEIjVQB8aUkyUQ-g-zA
194. https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52462204
195. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52475688
196. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52535044
197. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-52536070/thanking-healthcare-workers-worldwide
198. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-52546542
199. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52502409
200. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52537573
201. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-52536661/study-of-nhs-staff-to-understand-who-catches-virus
202. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52529820