Also in GB2RS this week…

| September 18, 2020

Like the RSGB Convention, the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2020 will also be online this year. Taking place on Sunday, 11 October 2020, there will be a lecture stream from 11am to 4pm. You can find out more at amsat-uk.org/colloquium. The registration URL is tinyurl.com/amsatukreg2020.

The UK Six Metre Group AGM takes place at 1700UTC on 27 September 2020, via videoconference. It’s followed by a talk by Peter Lund, JW7QIA, on recent 50MHz and 70MHz operations from Svalbard—more at uksmg.org.

Mike Meadows, G4GUG has a passion for amateur radio that has led to a new University of the Third Age—or U3A—online group being set up. You must be a U3A member to take part. The RSGB is working with U3A to help support this special amateur radio interest group. For more details, email janine.aldridge@u3a.org.uk.

The RSGB Construction Competition 2020 is open for entries. There are four categories, including one specifically for people who are new to amateur radio. But hurry, the deadline for entries is 25 September 2020. For more details, including how to enter, see rsgb.org/construction-competition.

Are you heading for university this year? Several students who passed their remote-invigilation amateur radio exams are off to university in the next few weeks. If you would like to let others know which uni you are attending, perhaps with the aim of setting up an amateur radio club, send your name, email and university to radcom@rsgb.org.uk and we’ll print the list in RadCom. UK University Amateur Radio also aims to help co-ordinate university clubs—see ukuar.org.

A new attended propagation beacon has gone on the air. Operating on 3.510, 7.015, 14.015 and 10.110MHz, the power will be 20 or 25 watts. There is no timetable for transmissions and further information is on the QRZ.com page of M1EDF, including details of the unusual construction.

The RSGB Examinations Standards Committee (ESC) has published its 2020 report that looks back on activities during 2019.

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