Archive for December, 2015
Contest Committee Changes
As part of the implementation of the recommendations of the President’s Review of Contesting, the Board has agreed to split the Contest Committee into three Committees with effect from 1st January 2016. This develops the concept put forward in the Review of having spectrum representatives within the committee, and will improve accountability and communications The […]
Brian Newman, G4TGN, November 2015
With a heavy heart I have to report the passing of a very dear friend, Brian Newman, G4TGN in late November 2015. His funeral was on 18 December. Brian worked at Heathrow Airport for 25 years from the late 1960s, with eighteen years in the Fire Service and seven as an Apron Controller. Latterly he […]
RSGB HQ opening times
The RSGB’s offices will be closed for the Christmas and New Year break from 12 noon on Thursday, 24 December until 8.30 on Monday, 4 January.
Students to speak to spaceman Peake
Students at Sandringham School, St Albans are expected to speak to Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station some time during the period of 5 to 10 January, using the special event call sign GB1SAN. This is the first of several planned schools contacts in the coming weeks. Three of the students have been trained […]
News of 5MHz in Spain
At the end of November, the existing Spanish 5MHz permission came to a close. Following the result of the WRC-15 decision on 5MHz, the Spanish administrator has now permitted access to the new allocation from 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz with 15W maximum EIRP and 3kHz maximum bandwidth, using SSB and CW modes. The permission runs until […]
Surprise activity from North Korea
The world’s most-wanted entity, North Korea, was briefly on the air on 20 December. Polish DXer Dom Gryzb, 3Z9DX worked several hundred stations as P5/3Z9DX on 20, 15 and 10m. He reported very high noise levels in Pyongyang, from where he ran 100W to a vertical just above ground level. The site was amid many […]
