Archive for July, 2020

News for Wales – 12 July 2020

| July 10, 2020

Blackwood and District Amateur Radio Society has an open net on Sundays from noon around 3.703MHz. Friday sees an open net from 7pm on 144.575MHz FM. Live streams of both are at www.mw0mwz.co.uk/liveshack.php. Details from Rob, MW0CVT, via email to mw0cvt@sky.com. Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has its 80m SSB net every Sunday from 2.30pm. Wednesday […]

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Mid-Ulster ARC feature

| July 10, 2020

This week’s Tuesday night lecture series by Mid-Ulster ARC featured a talk by RSGB Region 8 Regional Representative Philip Hosey, MI0MSO and then a Q&A with RSGB GM Steve Thomas, M1ACB – have a listen!

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Celebrate the NHS with Get on the air to care

| July 3, 2020

The RSGB’s Get on the air to care campaign with the NHS is celebrating the 72nd birthday of the NHS on Sunday, 5 July 2020. The Society is encouraging all radio amateurs to Get on the air to care to mark the celebration and to use /NHS after their call sign. Share photos on the […]

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Contest Committee to relax COVID-19 rules

| July 3, 2020

As we’re all aware, the changes to COVID-19 restrictions have been coming thick and fast recently, but they have also remained inconsistent across the different parts of the UK. The Contest Committee is preparing to allow Single Operator Portable entries to RSGB contests again from Tuesday, 7 July 2020. This is in time for the […]

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IARU appoints new EMC Coordinator

| July 3, 2020

The IARU Administrative Council has appointed Martin Sach, G8KDF, as global Electromagnetic Compatibility Coordinator, succeeding Tore Worren, LA9QL. The EMC Coordinator’s mission is to ensure that the concerns and needs of radio amateurs are effectively addressed in international standards bodies, particularly CISPR and the ITU, as well as in regional telecommunication organisations and at national […]

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GB2RS News Script for 5 July 2020

| July 3, 2020

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 5 July 2020 (11-page/196KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.

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