Archive for 2019
Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, SK
Sad news now. Mount Athos’ best-known radio amateur, Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, became Silent Key on 5 May 2019 after complications resulting from cancer. He was 64. Monk Apollo was essentially the lone DX voice from Mount Athos, the 20th most-wanted DXCC entity, where he operated from his Orthodox Monastery.
Amateur radio cyclone relief effort
An interesting item about amateur radio was broadcast on the BBC World Service this week. It dealt with the importance of amateur radio emergency communications during the recent cyclone in India. Listen to the broadcast—Ham Radio Aids Cyclone Relief Effort.
Also in GB2RS this week…
New videos have been added to the RSGB YouTube channel for any one to view. Dan McGraw, M0WUT presents Electronic Design for the Masses: HF WSPR Transceiver and Noel Matthews, G8GTZ talks about The Farnham WebSDR. Go to rsgb.org/videos for these and many more interesting talks. A BBC Earth PodCast featuring Eleanor Griffin, M6NWZ talking […]
GB2RS News Script for 12 May 2019
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 12 May 2019 (11-page/181KB Microsoft Word document)
Rallies and Events News – 12 May 2019
There are no rallies in the diary for this weekend, 11 and 12 May. Dayton Hamvention® takes place on 17 to 19 May at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA—the RSGB will be represented with a book stall and Membership stand. On Sunday, 19 May, the Dunstable Downs National Amateur Radio […]
DX News – 12 May 2019
To celebrate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on 17 May a special station, 8J1ITU, will be on the air throughout May from the Japanese island of Honshu. QSL via the Bureau. Tom, DL7BO will be active again as XV9BO from Mui Ne, Vietnam on 13 to 19 May. He will operate sporadically on the […]
