Archive for February, 2014
Peter Pitt, G3ICH, 11 February 2014
Peter Pitt, G3ICH passed away at the age of 87 on 11 February 2014, having been a Member of the RSGB for 61 years. He was almost solely a CW operator, this being his hobby and career. I often chided him, as I reckoned he didn’t own a microphone! Tribute by Doug Nias, G3VRB
Website visual preferences
The Society is pleased to announce that a Site Visual Preferences tool has been added to the site under the MyRSGB section. This feature, intended to facilitate accessibility and usability, enables visitors to our site to change elements such as font size, background colour and screen width. We hope you find this a useful addition […]
GB2RS News Script – 23 February 2014
Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 23 February 2014. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 23 February 2014 (8-page/60.5KB Word document)
ISS CubeSat deployments to resume
The deployment of the second batch of CubeSats from the International Space Station will commence at 1700GMT on 25 February. CubeSats deployments are streamed live at http://m.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream. The deployment will start with 12 commercial CubeSats from Planet Labs and it is expected that the four amateur radio CubeSats, along with the 915MHz SkyCube, will be […]
W1AW goes to Guantanamo Bay
As part of ARRL’s Centennial QSO Party, Ed Williams, KN4KL, and Bill Verebely, W4WV, will activate W1AW/KG4 from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from 26 February to 4 March. This may be the first time the US Navy has authorised the use of a portable callsign from Guantanamo Bay. QSL via ARRL headquarters or Logbook of The […]
RSGB Convention news
The 2014 RSGB Convention will be held at a new venue, Kents Hill Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. The event will run from 10 to 12 October. The new location has much more space for lectures, more bedrooms, a larger dining area and various other positive attributes. The RSGB is delighted to confirm that Brian […]
