Archive for May, 2015
News for Wales – 10 May 2015
We start with an announcement that RAYNET Wales is looking to recruit new members across the whole of Wales for all current operational teams. They are particularly interested in forming a new Central Valleys team for the South Wales valleys of Merthyr and Caerphilly boroughs, and also teams across the North and Mid-Wales areas. If […]
Amateur radio Nepal emergency comms
The situation in Nepal, hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake last weekend, seems to be getting worse as time passes. Many people are still buried in collapsed buildings and caught in rubble from landslides, and there are fears that the death toll will continue to rise. Amateur radio has been active throughout the emergency and many […]
RadCom Plus launched
The first edition of the new RSGB online magazine RadCom Plus is now available to RSGB Members via the RSGB website at rsgb.org/radcom-plus. It contains construction projects for a high performance 2m masthead preamp, a 1.8 to 146MHz Z-match and a PLL that provides an accurate and stable frequency source. There are theoretical articles on […]
QB50p1 CubeSat tests successful
AMSAT-NL says that an initial series of tests of the FUNcube transponder payload aboard the QB50p1 CubeSat have been successfully completed. QB50p1 is one of two QB50 precursor spacecraft that were launched from Yasny in Russia in June 2014. The primary science payloads are still being extensively tested but it has now been possible to […]
VHF Field Day registration open
Registration for the RSGB’s VHF National Field Day on 4 and 5 July is now open. The online registration form is available via the VHF pages of the RSGB Contest Committee website.
G3WKL thanks contest review volunteers
RSGB President John Gould, G3WKL, would like to thank all those contesters who have volunteered to join the group set up to review aspects of contest management, following disquiet about the adjudication of a RSGB contest. The review has now started and should complete its final session on 1 August.
