Archive for February, 2018

Latest from IARU monitoring system

| February 16, 2018

The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports a north-west African military Thales-3000 system on 13,998.4kHz was causing interference in the amateur radio 20m band, and that in the amateur radio 40m band Radio Myanmar has been heard on 7200kHz, and Radio Hargeisa from the Republic of Somaliland on 7120kHz. Read more at www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2018/news1801.pdf (18-page/1.1MB […]

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GB2RS News Script for 18 February 2018

| February 16, 2018

Please click the link below to download this week’s news script GB2RS News Script for 18 February 2018

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Rallies and Events News – 18 February 2018

| February 16, 2018

The Radioactive Rally will take place this Sunday, 18 February, at Nantwich Civic Hall, Cheshire CW5 5DG. There is free car parking and the doors open at 10.30am. There will be a bring-and-buy, as well as traders and an RSGB book stall. A raffle ticket is included with the entrance programme, and additional tickets can […]

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DX News – 18 February 2018

| February 16, 2018

Members of Sandringham School Amateur Radio Club, led by Headmaster Alan, G4DJX, are in The Gambia operating as C5DX, with the visit ending on the 18th. Students have run a couple of pile ups at the time of writing and are doing well. QSLs go to G4DJX and logs will be uploaded to Logbook of […]

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Special Event News – 18 February 2018

| February 16, 2018

The 5th Paddock Wood Guides will taking part in GirlGuiding London and South East England’s Impact Big Sleepover on the 24 and 25 February near Sittingbourne, Kent. A special event station will operate on the 25th, GB5PWG for Paddock Wood Guides. GB4UKG, representing UK Guiding, will be on the air from Abermule School, Montgomery, Wales […]

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Contest News – 18 February 2018

| February 16, 2018

The ARRL International DX Contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 18th. It’s CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and TX power. US stations will also send their state, and Canadian stations their province. On Tuesday, the IRTS 80m Counties Contest takes place from […]

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