Archive for 2015
News for Wales – 18 October 2015
On Monday Dragon Amateur Radio Club is having a talk by GW8NZN on the life and achievements of Marconi. Details from Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF, on 07833 620 733. On Monday Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is having a social evening & DVD. Contact Craig, MW0MXT, on 01269 845 773. On Thursday North Wales Radio Society is […]
The Future of IOTA
The RSGB Islands on the Air (IOTA) programme celebrated its 50th anniversary as a premier DX programme in July 2014. The last fifty years have seen the programme grow to 2,500 active island chasers and approximately 15,000 more casual participants. It is perhaps second in scale and scope to the DXCC award; indeed, many would […]
146-147 MHz NoVs Extension
Ofcom has agreed that Full licence holders, including those with Club or Reciprocal licences, may continue to have temporary access to 146-147MHz for a further 12 months when the existing NoVs expire on the 31st of October. A new NoV must be applied for via the RSGB website. One change on the new NoV is […]
5MHz newsletter available
The 14th edition of The 5MHz Newsletter is now available for free download in pdf format from http://tinyurl.com/ockn2ea and it can also be found on the RSGB 5MHz page. The 5th birthday edition includes news on the CEPT European Common Proposal for an amateur 5MHz secondary allocation for WRC15, allocations in Hungary, Oman, The Netherlands […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
Due to unavoidable circumstances, the 40m GB2RS news reading from Germany will not take place on Sunday the 18th of October. Readings will be back to normal on the 25th. An International Space Station contact is planned for a school in Washington, USA on the 14th of October at 1941UTC and signals from the ISS […]
Speak to young people during JOTA
Next weekend is the 58th Jamboree on the Air. It is the largest Scouting event in the world and in 2014 over 1.3 million Scouts participated across 157 countries. In the UK, over 60 call signs have been registered for the event with many radios clubs helping out. If you hear these stations on the […]
