Archive for 2021

Also in GB2RS this week…

| July 30, 2021

Kevin, G0PEK and Lauren, 2E0HLR will be taking part in the Megacycle DXpedition as they cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats. It starts on Sunday, 1 August 2021, and they hope to be home by the 28th. They will be carrying radio equipment on the bikes and operating VHF bicycle mobile and APRS along […]

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Rallies and Events News – 1 August 2021

| July 30, 2021

Before travelling to any rally or event, please check the event’s website as there may be alterations or cancellations due to the current restrictions. News of a cancelled rally first. The Galashiels Rally, planned for the 24th of October, has been cancelled for this year. The Wiltshire Radio Rally, Electronics Fair & Car Boot Sale […]

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DX News – 1 August 2021

| July 30, 2021

Yann, F1SMB will be active as FO/F1SMB from several French Polynesia islands in August. Between the 2nd and 6th of August he will be on Moorea, IOTA reference OC-046, and between the 6th and the 10th it will be Tahaa, OC-067. He will operate QRP SSB and FT8 mainly on 40m and 20m. QSL via […]

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Special Events News – 1 August 2021

| July 30, 2021

On the 7th and 8th of August, Welland Valley ARS will be running GB5HAW from the Harborough At War event at the Market Harborough Show Ground LE16 7QB. It is a two-day 1940s and World War II living history show. There will be trade stands, static military vehicle displays, battle re-enactments with smoke and pyrotechnics […]

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Contest News – 1 August 2021

| July 30, 2021

With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe. August is the month of the traditional summer holiday so there are no RSGB HF contests this month. Today, the 1st of August, the 432MHz Low Power Contest runs from 0800 […]

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Propagation News – 1 August 2021

| July 30, 2021

Last week the Sun was bursting with sunspots, with a solar flux index in the high 80s. But, by Thursday, we were looking at a different picture, with zero sunspots and a solar flux index of 79. We also had a geomagnetic disturbance, thanks to the arrival of a high-speed stream from a coronal hole […]

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