Archive for 2017
Additional YOTA 2017 places available
As two countries are no longer able to attend YOTA 2017, the other countries who are involved are being invited to nominate additional team members – there are six places to fill. This means that if you’re a young radio amateur in the UK aged 15-25 and are free from 5-12 August 2017 you should email yota@rsgb.org.uk […]
RadCom July 2017, Vol. 93, No. 7
THIS EDITION IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE ONLINE We apologise for any disappointment This edition is currently being converted to our HTML5 online viewer, which will bring enhanced readability, download speed and picture quality WSJT-X: Work the World—Joe, K1JT, Steve, K9AN and Bill, G4WJS explain News and Reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 85 Around […]
Brian Joseph Poole, G3MRC, RNARS No 33, FOC No 1683, 2nd May 2017
There are not many radio amateurs of whom it can be said that they defined First Class when it comes to CW operating. ‘Joe’ Poole was certainly one of the few. I had the good fortune to contact him from a number of places, starting with my own home station and whilst visiting places such […]
Maintenance takes SAQ off the air
There will be no Alexanderson Day over-the-air VLF transmission on 2 July 2017 from SAQ, the Alexanderson alternator station in Sweden. SAQ periodically schedules transmissions with the nearly century-old behemoth that operates on 17.2kHz from the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station. SAQ said the event was cancelled due to ongoing maintenance work at the site. […]
Asteroid named after radio amateur
The International Astronomical Union has named a celestial body after a radio amateur. Space physicist and radio amateur Asta Pellinen Wannberg, SM3UHV, is a professor at the Department of Physics at Umeå University. She has made a ground-breaking effort to use scattering radar when studying meteors that are activated when small particles penetrate the atmosphere. The […]
Can you help out with YOTA?
There’s just six weeks to go before the RSGB host the IARU Region 1 Youngsters on the Air activity week. Activities during the week will include Summits on the Air, ARDF, construction, and operating a special event station—amongst many other topics. We are still looking for volunteers from RSGB affiliated clubs to help with various […]
