Archive for February, 2019
Online RadCom software upgrade
The RSGB has changed the way it hosts the online version of RadCom. This now uses HTML5 to display the pages and no longer requires Flash to be installed. The pages will also load faster. All this year’s editions are now available to Members in the new format at rsgb.org/radcom and we will be converting […]
UK in IARU 50-70MHz Contest top 10
Provisional results for the last IARU Region 1 50-70MHz Contest are now available on the IARU Region 1 website. Several UK stations are in the top 10 in various categories. The six hour 50MHz category saw G4ZAP/P achieving fourth place and G0VHF/P got 10th place. In the multi-operator 50MHz section, the GJ8P stations achieved fifth […]
Rallies and Events News – 24 February 2019
This Sunday, the 24th, the Rainham Radio Rally takes place at The Victory Academy, Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5JB. Doors open 10am to 4pm and it’s £2.50 for adults, with free entry for children. There will be local and national traders, the BRATS kitchen, a BRATS interactive zone for Kids, BRATS junk and […]
DX News – 24 February 2019
George, W2AIV will be on holiday in Belize as V31GF until 2 March. He will be on the 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands using SSB but will also try some slow CW. Logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World. Willy, ON4AVT will be active as 6W7/ON4AVT from Senegal until 30 March. He […]
Special Events News – 24 February 2019
H31A is being used to commemorate 500 years of the foundation of Panama City, Panama. The station will be on the air at various times until 15 August. They will be operating on the 80 to 10m bands, particularly using digital modes, RTTY, PSK31 and FT8, and some SSB. For more information, please refer to […]
Contest News – 24 February 2019
This Sunday, the 24th, the First 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CW World Wide 160m DX contest ends its 48 hour run at 2200UTC this Sunday, the 24th. Using SSB on the 1.8MHz band only, the exchange is signal […]
