Archive for May, 2021
News for England South-East – 23 May 2021
Reading and District Amateur Radio Club and Burnham Beeches Radio Club are planning for the McMichael Rally to go ahead on Sunday, 11 July from 9.30am. The venue is Reading Rugby Football Club. This will be a fully outdoor event and subject to the COVID-19 regs at the time. Details at mcmichaelrally.org.uk. Hastings Electronics and […]
News for England South-West – 23 May 2021
South Bristol Amateur Radio Club has a club net on Sundays on GB3WR from 7.30pm. Andy, G7KNA, 0783 869 5471. Thornbury and South Gloucestershire ARC has a daily net on GB3ZB from 10.30am. Wednesday sees a Zoom meeting from 8pm. On Friday, there’s a net on 145.450MHz from 8pm. For details, email secretary@tsgarc.uk. On Sundays, […]
News for Wales – 23 May 2021
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm every Sunday. There’s a 2m FM open net from 8pm every Tuesday and Thursday via GB3FG. On Wednesdays, there’s an FM or Fusion net from 7.30pm via GB3CM, which may still be operating at low power. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. Newport […]
RadCom Basics – May 2021 edition now out
We are pleased to announce the May 2021 edition of RadCom Basics is now available at rsgb.org/radcom-basics. With the long-awaited easing of lockdown, we’ve made this a bumper edition. Check out the topics covered by new and familiar contributors—whether you’re new to the hobby, or returning and looking to brush up on the basics, there’s […]
RadCom Basics March 2021, No. 21
In this edition… Welcome to the latest edition by Lee, G4EJB, Editor In this edition—help with the basics—overcoming problems we can all find ourselves with, practical ways to test and more help with construction; and a brief look at the very successful NHS and RSGB Get on the Air to Care campaign, the media coverage […]
Changes to the RSGB 50MHz awards
The RSGB Awards Manager has reviewed the current 50MHz awards offered by the Society and concluded that the existing 50MHz 2-Way Countries and 50MHz DX Countries awards are significantly duplicating each other. This has come about because, originally, the DX Countries award was for cross-band operation in the days when few countries had a 50MHz […]
