Archive for December, 2018
RadCom January 2019, Vol. 95, No. 1
Amateur radio goes geostationary—Es’hail-2 opens new frontier of amateur satellite communications To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 85 Around Your Region – Events roundup 89 New products 11 News 12 RSGB Matters 6 Regulars Advertisers’ index 93 ATV, Dave Crump, G8GKQ 32 […]
Diversity in amateur radio
‘But that’s not real radio!’ It’s not a new cry directed at FT8, DMR or Network Radio, but much older than that and often made whenever someone practices a version of amateur radio different from theirs. I suspect there were similar cries when SSB was first introduced, and before that AM by the CW diehards. […]
RSGB HQ Christmas closure dates
RSGB HQ will be closed for the Christmas and New Year period. Our offices close on Friday, 21 December 2018 at 16.30, and are open again for business as usual on Wednesday, 2 January 2019 at 08.30. In the meantime, if you need information about amateur radio, exams or RadCom you’ll find lots of information […]
Kenilworth pupils speak to astronaut
Pupils at Kenilworth School in Warwickshire conversed with astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor aboard the ISS on Friday afternoon. The amateur radio on the International Space Station contact was facilitated by the ARISS volunteers and streamed live via the internet. Ten children asked around 20 probing questions, and we learned things like what the outside of the […]
SAQ to transmit on Christmas Eve
Sweden’s Alexanderson alternator station SAQ has planned a Christmas Eve transmission on 17.2kHz. The transmitter will be tuned up starting at around 0730UTC, and a message will be transmitted at 0800UTC. The 200kW Alexanderson alternator is an electromechanical transmitter dating back to 1924. The event will be streamed live on the Alexanderson site YouTube Channel. […]
Call in to YOTA stations
Youngsters on the Air month (YOTA) runs throughout December. The next clubs to activate the GB18YOTA call sign will be the RSGB’s National Radio Centre on Sunday, 16 December 2018. This is followed by Castle Rushen High School Radio Club on the 21st and Chertsey Club on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th. If you hear […]
