Archive for June, 2021
Volunteers sought for 100th anniversary station
To celebrate the first one-way amateur radio QSO across the Atlantic that took place on 12 December 1921, ARRL members have joined with a group of UK operators who plan to recreate the event in December this year. To celebrate the centenary of Paul Godley, 2ZE’s success, in collaboration with North Ayrshire Council, special event […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will be closed to all visitors between the 14th and 17th of June. This is because ground works are taking place around the building blocking the fire escape. Normal opening hours will be resumed after the work is finished. The RSGB’s Friendship on the Air Award is […]
DX News – 13 June 2021
Jun is active as XV9RH from Hanoi and will remain in Vietnam until the 26th of June. In his spare time, he operates CW and FT8 on the 20 to 10m bands. QSL via OE1JUN. Harald, DF2WO will be active as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso starting on the 13th of June for three weeks. […]
Special Events News – 13 June 2021
GB0UTA will be on the air until the 28th of June promoting the University of the Third Age. This special event station will be operating on behalf of the Honiton, Devon branch. GB5UTA will be on the air during the same period on behalf of the Cirencester and Tetbury branches of the U3A. See the […]
Contest News – 13 June 2021
With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Several contests now accept portable entries, so please check the contest rules. Above all, please follow relevant national and local restrictions. This weekend is the Argentinian CW Group’s contest, running for 24-hours until 1500UTC today, the 13th. […]
Propagation News – 13 June 2021
The predicted geomagnetic disturbance we spoke about last week didn’t amount to much. The Kp index rose to four on Monday evening, but the disturbance was short-lived and it was back to one later on Tuesday. Region 2829 was the only sunspot group visible on the Sun later in the week. This pushed the solar […]
