Archive for January, 2018

WITCH Takeover at TNMOC

| January 19, 2018

WITCH Takeover takes place on Thursday, 15 February 2018 from 12 noon to 5pm at the National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park MK3 6EB. This event will be a tie-in with a visit and speech by artist John Yeadon, creator of the paintings Portrait of a Dead WITCH and Portrait of a Live WITCH. The […]

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GB2RS News Script for 21 January 2018

| January 19, 2018

Please click the link below to download this week’s news script GB2RS News Script for 21 January 2018

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Rallies and Events News – 21 January 2018

| January 19, 2018

We have no details in the diary for any rallies this weekend. But on 27 January the Horncastle Radio Rally will take place at Banovallum School, Mareham Road Entrance LN9 6DA. Entry will be £2. The venue is indoors, on one level, with all the usual attractions including bacon butties. There is free car parking […]

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DX News – 21 January 2018

| January 19, 2018

Brian, GW4DVB will be operating a small holiday DXpedition to Palm Island in St Vincent and the Grenadines, IOTA reference NA-025. He will operate from 21 to 28 January using the call sign J88PI. The equipment will be an FT-991A with 100W into a 10m vertical on the 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10m bands. […]

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Special Event News – 21 January 2018

| January 19, 2018

GB1LBC will be on the air from Silloth RNLI Lifeboat Station on 27 and 28 January, to raise awareness of the work the volunteer crews undertake in the coastal waters of the UK. Main operating bands will be 40m voice and 20m digital modes, mostly PSK and FT8. Other bands may be used if conditions […]

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Contest News – 21 January 2018

| January 19, 2018

On Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 2.3 to 10GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CQ WW 160m DX Contest runs for 48 hours, starting 2200UTC on Friday the 26th. Using CW only on the 1.8MHz band, the exchange […]

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