Also in GB2RS this week…

The RSGB will be releasing four new presentations from its 2024 Convention over the festive season. If you’d like to be the first to hear about new releases as soon as they are available, go to youtube.com/theRSGB and subscribe to receive notifications. The RSGB YouTube channel has hundreds of other videos and webinars to enjoy, as well as numerous playlists on amateur radio construction, useful practical skills, technical topics and much more. Let the Society know you enjoy the content by pressing the Like button when you watch a video.

Don’t forget that the RSGB’s headquarters will be closed for Christmas and New Year from 2pm on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 until 8.30am on Thursday, 2 January 2025. The RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) will also be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. On New Year’s Eve, the NRC will close at 2pm and it will also be closed for essential maintenance works on Thursday, 2 January. Outside of these times, volunteers look forward to welcoming visitors as usual.

Sweden’s Alexanderson alternator station SAQ has scheduled a transmission to send out a traditional Christmas message to the world. The century-old 200kW transmitter will start up and begin tuning at 0730UTC on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 using CW on 17.2kHz. Transmission of the Christmas message will take place at 0800UTC. The event will be livestreamed from 0725UTC via the Alexanderson site’s YouTube channel. Further details about the event, including test transmissions and QSL reports, can be found by going to the station’s website at alexander.n.se.

Please note there will be no GB2RS broadcast on Sunday, 29 December 2024, but many newsreaders will be holding informal nets in their usual broadcasting slots.

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