Archive for 2013
Spectrum Sharing – Nov 2013
The future role of spectrum sharing for mobile and wireless data services – Licensed sharing, Wi-Fi and Dynamic Spectrum Access Ofcom Consultation RSGB Joint Response
GB2RS News Script for 10 November 2013
Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 10 November 2013. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 10 November 2013 (8-page/63.5KB Word document) Note to newsreaders The editorial team has recently received a comment suggesting that the typeface and font size used for GB2RS news is a little small. We could readily increase the type size and […]
Philippines radio amateurs braced for typhoon aftermath
As this edition of GB2RS went to press, Typhoon Haiyan had just made landfall in the Philippines. Ham emergency radio operators, known locally as HEROs, expect to be busy in the coming days, as the community deals with damage from winds gusting up to 275 kilometres per hour, that’s 170 miles per hour. The Philippines […]
FUNcube-1 launch coming up
Amateurs will be pleased to learn that AMSAT-UK’s FUNcube-1 satellite, which has a 70cm to 2m linear transponder and telemetry data transmitter, will be placed into orbit on 21 November. The satellite will be deployed approximately 16 minutes after lift-off and will extend its antennas and activate the transmitter 10 minutes later. The satellite will […]
New Zealand amateurs to get 6m in December
The last Channel 1 Television transmitter in New Zealand is due to close down at the end of November. The telecommunications regulator has announced that as of 6 December that amateurs in New Zealand will have access from 50 to 51MHz without needing to apply for a permit.
Also in GB2RS this week…
A presentation about the RSGB Optical Marking System by Alan Betts, G0HIQ, Chief Examiner for the RCF is now available on the RSGB website. Viewers of Channel 5’s The Gadget Show may be interested in an interview with presenter Jason Bradbury recorded for the FrequencyCast technology radio show. He admits that without his amateur radio […]
