UPDATED 31 December 1999
Scottish Worldwide Radio is a group of CBers, radio amateurs and short wave
radio enthusiast in Central Scotland attempting to promote goodwill amongst
nations by communicating with similar minded people overseas. All QSOs (radio
contacts) are confirmed by means of QSL cards recording the details of the
contact, time, signal strength, readability etc., for the QSO.

To date the group has had contacts in a number of countries,
including:
- Australia
- Canada
- Comorros Islands
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Eire
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Malta
- Norway
- Paraguay
- Russia
- Turkey
- USA
However, this list is not exhaustive, representing those of most
interest to the groups members, or those countries with whom the group has had
the most QSOs.
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The group is presently composed of seven members so our QSL cards
are fairly exclusive:
- 108 SWR 123 Brian
- 108 SWR 001 Davie
- 108 SWR 004 Gary
- 2 SWR 001 Jock
- 108 SWR 002 Ken
- 2 SWR 002 Michael
- 108 SWR 005 Tony
At present Brian is the current champion and has contacted in the region of 100 countries but is too modest to let us know the exact number. In all probability he doesn't actually know how many and cannot be bothered to count - this rather puts the rest of us in our place! At present all of the groups QSL cards feature the
Scottish flag which, if you don't know, is called variously the Saltire or St.
Andrew's Cross. Here is another example:
However, we are presently giving some thought to producing some new QSL cards (no, before you ask they are not MILLENNIUM ones!) with Scotland's 'other flag' the Lion Rampant on it. This flag is a very striking rearing-up lion on a bright yellow background with a red border. When the final design of the card is decided upon, an example will be put up on these pages.
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The group normally operates on FM and USB and uses a range of
equipment from a number of manufacturers, including:
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Links to Other CB, Short Wave Sites
Having browsed the web recently for information about CB radio in
the UK, we have noticed that using search engines is not the most efficient
method as far too many of the sites have a US bias. Therefore, we decided to
construct a UK specific page with
CB news
and regulations.
In addition here is a list of sites that are either UK
based or good general CB sites or resource pages:
- Nevada: a good UK site with lots of
equipment and a frequently-updated second-hand equipment list.
- Lowe: a site from this UK
manufacturer of excellent short wave receivers.
- Martin Lynch: an informative
UK site with lots of links to equipment manufacturers and a second-hand
equipment list.
- International Short Wave
League: If you are interested in shortwave radio, then this UK site is for
you.
- Shortwave Shop: A UK retailer with plenty of new and second-hand equipment for sale.
- SWR CB
Links PageOur own page of worldwide CB Links sorted by continent, country
and nature of site.
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If you would like to contact us, or you would like us to include a
link to your site, please feel free to e-mail us here, or write to us at:
Scottish Worldwide Radio
PO Box 87
FALKIRK
FK1 5YQ
Scotland
Every e-mail and letter received will be replied to (100% QSL
every time!).
Thank you for visiting the Scottish Worldwide Radio site
Page designed by Muffel
Good DX'ing!
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