Archive for April, 2019

Also in GB2RS this week…

| April 26, 2019

Joe Taylor, K1JT has announced a new digital mode, FT4, which is 2.5 times faster than FT8 and is an experimental digital mode designed specifically for radio contesting. FT4 can work with signals 10dB weaker than needed for RTTY, while using much less bandwidth. The message formats are the same as those in FT8 and […]

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SOS Radio Week

| April 26, 2019

SOS Radio Week will take place between 0000UTC on 1 May 2019 and 2359UTC on 31 May 2019. This annual event has been extended for 2019 to raise awareness of the amazing work that the brave volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) perform and to honour the volunteer watchkeepers of the National Coastwatch […]

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New digital mode announced

| April 26, 2019

Joe Taylor, K1JT has announced a new digital mode, FT4, which is 2.5 times faster than FT8 and is an experimental digital mode designed specifically for radio contesting. FT4 can work with signals 10dB weaker than needed for RTTY, while using much less bandwidth. The message formats are the same as those in FT8 and […]

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GB2RS News Script for 28 April 2019

| April 26, 2019

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 28 April 2019 (11-page/144KB Microsoft Word document)

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Rallies and Events News – 28 April 2019

| April 26, 2019

This Sunday, 28 April, the Northern Amateur Radio Societies Association Exhibition (NARSA) will take place at the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre, Blackpool FY2 9AA. There will be a talk-in station and plenty of car parking. There will be trade stands, a bring-and-buy, special interest groups and an RSGB book stall. Doors open at 10.30am, or […]

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DX News – 28 April 2019

| April 26, 2019

Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active as TM6ILE from Groix Island, EU-048, until the 4 May. He will operate CW only. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Hiro, JF1OSL, Toru, JH0CJH and Shin, JR1NHD will operate as MD0HWX, MD0ITP and MD0IUX respectively holiday style from the Isle of Man, EU-116, until the 1 […]

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