Archive for January, 2025
DX News – 5 January 2025
Brian, GW4DVB is operating from St Kitts as V4/G4DVB until tomorrow, the 6 January. The station is active using multiple modes on the 160 to 6m bands. QSL directly to Brian. More information is available at QRZ.com Ralf, DB4REB is active as CN2REB from Morocco until the 30 January. He is operating using CW, FT8 and […]
Contest News – 5 January 2025
The ARRL RTTY Roundup started at 1800UTC on Saturday 4 January and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday 5 January. Using RTTY on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. USA stations also send their state and Canadian stations send their province. Tomorrow, the 6 January, […]
Propagation News – 5 January 2025
We started the new year with a bang, or more precisely a Kp index of 8 and widespread visible aurora. This was caused by a partial halo coronal mass ejection, associated with an eruption in the Sun’s southeast quadrant on the 29 December. The strong G3 to severe G4 geomagnetic storm peaked at about 1800UTC […]
RSGB Lecture Coordinator vacancy
The RSGB facilitates just over sixty lectures each year in a mixture of in-person, hybrid and remote formats. Fifty of these are at the RSGB Convention, and eleven are delivered through the livestreamed Tonight@8 webinars programme of events. This set of presentations aims to cover a wide mix of amateur-radio-related subjects, across all depths of amateur radio […]
YOTA Month draws to a close
Youngsters on the Air Month is nearly at a close. It has been filled with some brilliant activity from young people using special callsign GB24YOTA. Thank you to everyone who has been involved, including those who have been supervising young amateurs and those making contact with them on the air. Before the year ends, we […]
The first RSGB Tonight@8 webinar of 2025
The first RSGB Tonight@8 webinar of 2025 will be live on Monday 6 January. The presentation is all about the RSGB’s news service ‘GB2RS’ which will be celebrating its 70th anniversary next year. A team of people will contribute to the live presentation and will give you a behind-the-scenes insight into how the script is […]
