Archive for June, 2018
News for England South-West – 24 June 2018
On Monday Bristol RSGB Group is having a talk Portishead Radio by Larry Bennett, G4HLN. Contact John, G4DVV, by email to johnthomas@blueyonder.co.uk. On Monday Mid-Somerset Amateur Radio Club is holding a social meeting. Details form David Edwards, G8BFV, on 01749 670 085. On Monday Weston-super-Mare Radio Society is having a natter night along with construction, […]
News for Wales – 24 June 2018
Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is holding a junk sale on Monday. Next Saturday sees GB1BAF on the air for Armed Forces Day. Contact Steve Williams, MW6CCG, on 0787 849 4337. On Thursday Aberystwyth and District Amateur Radio Society has its net starting on 145.500MHz. Details from Ray, GW7AGG, on 01970 611 853. On Thursday North […]
Three balloons go up on Thursday
Three high altitude balloon launches will take place from a site in Welshpool on Thursday, 21 June 2018, conditions permitting. Starting between 10.30 and 11.30am, the balloons will have a number of experiments on board to look at various aspects of space flight. Involving a number of schools in the north west, the launches are […]
70MHz experimental NoVs now easier
Following agreement with Ofcom, the RSGB is pleased to announce that a new much faster online process is now available for all Full Licensees to access the 70.5-71.5MHz experimental band. Applications can now be made online for a new, annually-renewable Notice of Variation. It works in a similar way to the 146-147MHz NoV. This replaces […]
RBN adds FT8 spots
The Reverse Beacon Network is beta-testing a separate Telnet feed for FT8 spots. You can find it at telnet.reversebeacon.net port 7001. This is in addition to the existing feed on port 7000, which has been re-purposed as CW-only. Also, Aggregator version five has been developed as a beta that can handle FT8 spots received from WSJT-X. […]
WRC-19 preparations underway
Preparations for the next World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) have continued over the past few weeks with meetings at ITU in Geneva and CEPT Project Team D in Estonia. Volunteers from IARU and member societies have been engaged on two key agenda items of interest to amateur radio; regarding a potential 50MHz allocation for Region […]
