Archive for April, 2020

Japanese amateurs get new privileges

| April 24, 2020

Japanese radio amateurs now have new privileges on the 160 and 80m bands. The new allocations are 1800 – 1810, 1825 – 1875, 3575 – 3580 and 3662 – 3680kHz. The new regime allows Japanese radio amateurs to operate FT8 on the 160m and 80m bands, as well as WSPR on 1836.6kHz. Additional details are […]

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Also in GB2RS this week…

| April 24, 2020

Tim Duffy, K3LR has announced that Contest University USA (CTU) 2020, usually held at the Dayton Hamvention, will be held online via Zoom on Thursday, 14 May 2020, starting at 1245UTC. CTU 2020 is free. The CTU course outline has been posted online. Connection details to the CTU Zoom bridge will be posted on the […]

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GB2RS News Script for 26 April 2020

| April 24, 2020

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 26 April 2020 (11-page/170KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.

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Special Events News – 26 April 2020

| April 24, 2020

Peter, G4XEX will be active as GB4SAH for Stay At Home until 30 April to help amateurs pass the time during the lockdown. Euan, MM0VIK is active as GB1COR from his home QTH in the Shetland Islands, EU-012, until the end of April in recognition and support for the health professionals and essential key workers […]

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Contest News – 26 April 2020

| April 24, 2020

Due to social distancing and movement precautions around the world, most contest organisers are not accepting entries from multi-operator groups or from portable stations. Check the rules before taking part. The SP DX RTTY contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC this Sunday, the 26th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands the exchange […]

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Propagation News – 26 April 2020

| April 24, 2020

Last week showed how difficult it can be to prepare HF propagation predictions. We said that we expected the Sun to remain settled throughout the week. But on Wednesday, the 15th, there was a stealthy, slow-moving coronal mass ejection off the Sun that barely appeared in the SOHO spacecraft imagery. However, this CME was Earth-directed […]

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