Archive for 2022
Also in GB2RS this week…
A new Kenwood TM-D710GA transceiver has been installed on the International Space Station. The old amateur radio equipment was dismantled, and the new kit will be used for transmitting Slow Scan TV images on 145.800MHz FM, probably using the SSTV mode PD-120. The signal should be receivable on a handheld with a quarter wave whip. […]
Rallies and Events News – 12 June 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, the 12 June, two rallies are in the calendar. The Mendips Radio Rally is at Farrington Gurney Memorial Hall and Playing Fields, Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Somerset BS39 6TY. There is […]
DX News – 12 June 2022
Ryan, K0EFW will be active holiday style as S9EFW from Sao Tome, AF-023, between the 14 and 19 June. He will operate mainly SSB on the 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands. QSL via his OQRS account and Logbook of The World. During this trip he will set up a contest/remote station. Len, K1NU will […]
Special Events News – 12 June 2022
The camp for young amateur radio operators in North, Central, and South America will operate special event station W8Y throughout the camp taking place from the 12 to the 17 June. The G-QRP Club Callsign will be active as GI5LOW for the first time in the lead up to, and during, the Convention. It will […]
Contest News – 12 June 2022
The IARU ATV Contest ends its 30-hour run at 1800UTC today, the 12 June . Using the 432MHz band and up, the exchange is the P number, serial number and locator. Today, Sunday the 12 June, the second 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial […]
Propagation News – 12 June 2022
The sunspot number on Wednesday was zero with a solar flux index of 100. Given the high flux numbers we have been seeing this is a little disappointing. The last time the visible disk was officially spotless was December 2021. The upside is that there has been little risk of coronal mass ejections and the […]
