Archive for July, 2022
Poldhu ARC Open Day
Poldhu Amateur Radio Club is holding an Open Day on Saturday the 6 August from 10am. They welcome anyone who has an interest in amateur radio, or those that are already licensed, to join them for the day. There will be an opportunity to operate the club station, have a chat and learn more. The […]
Also in GB2RS this week….
The biographical film about Sir Ran Fiennes’ life, Explorer, has a fair number of clips of HF radio operations with his late wife, Ginny, and Laurence, GM4DMA now KL7L included. HF communications were a mainstay of many of their expeditions from the early 70s to the 2000s. The trailer for the film has a short […]
Rallies and Events News – 24 July 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. Today, Sunday the 24 July, the Finningley ARS Rally is due to take place near Doncaster, junction 2 of the M180. It will be a car boot style rally. Refreshments will be […]
DX News – 24 July 2022
Ian, G3WVG will participate in the IOTA Contest as MN5A from Rathlin Island, EU-122 on the 30 and 31 July. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS and Logbook of The World. Henning, OZ2I will operate CW as EJ7EE from Bere Island [Bear], EU-121, between the 29 and 31 July. On the 1 and 2 August he […]
Contest News – 24 July 2022
On Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1830 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 2.3 to 10GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Thursday sees the data leg of the 80m Club Championships run from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using RTTY and PSK63, the exchange is signal report and […]
Propagation News – 24 July 2022
Last week was almost a repeat performance of the previous week. We had very disturbed geomagnetic conditions on Tuesday, with the Kp index hitting five. But then other days, like Wednesday, when conditions were much more settled. The solar flux index declined from its high of 176 last Saturday to 133 on Thursday. The Sun’s […]
