Archive for April, 2022
Also in GB2RS this week…
The IARU Region 1 Political Relations Committee, in conjunction with the Region’s EMC Committee, has submitted a paper to a recent European Commission call for evidence with respect to solar energy strategy. Solar energy systems, which include Solar PV, are a progressive technology whose use is to be encouraged. However, there are certain caveats to […]
Rallies and Events News – 17 April 2022
Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk We’ll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. The Cambridge Repeater Group Rally takes place on the 24th of April. The venue is Foxton Village Hall, Hardman Road, Foxton, Cambridge CB22 6RN. Doors open at 9.30am and admission is £3. […]
DX News – 17 April 2022
Braco, E77DX will be active holiday style as 8Q7DX from the Maldives, AS-013, until the 27th of April. He plans to operate on the 10 to 80m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World and E73Y. Michael, DF8AN will be touring the Caribbean until early May. He will be active from Martinique as FM/DF8AN until […]
Special Events News – 17 April 2022
Look out for GB1BB today from about 5pm to 7pm local time around 7.170MHz or 3.770MHz as well as 2m FM simplex and via GB3IW. Operators from the Isle of Wight Radio Society will be on the Bramble Bank in mid-Solent for the few minutes that it is exposed by this weekend’s extreme Spring tide. […]
Contest News – 17 April 2022
On Monday the IRTS 70cm Counties Contest runs between 1300 and 1330UTC. It is followed by the IRTS 2m Counties Contest from 1330 to 1500UTC. Both use FM and SSB and the exchange is signal report and serial number. Please note that Irish stations will also send their county. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity […]
Propagation News – 17 April 2022
We had a week with declining solar flux index numbers, but with the ever-present threat of coronal mass ejections. The SFI declined from 101 on Sunday to 96 on Wednesday with the possibility of further falls as the week goes on. A solar filament located near the centre disk of the Sun erupted early Monday […]
