Archive for February, 2025
Contest News – 23 February 2025
The CQ 160m DX Contest started at 2200UTC on Friday 21 February and ends at 2200UTC today, Sunday 23 February. Using SSB on the 160m band, the exchange is signal report and CQ zone. USA stations also send their state and Canadian stations send their province. The REF Contest started at 0600UTC on Saturday 22 […]
Propagation News – 23 February 2025
It seems we were a little over-ambitious in suggesting that last week would be better for HF propagation. It looked like we would avoid coronal mass ejections and see the Kp index fall to lower levels. Unfortunately, the Sun had other ideas and a fast-moving solar stream, often moving faster than 500 km/s, had a […]
A helping hand from your local club
Tony, M0SHG took just eight months to go from studying for his Foundation licence to passing his Full licence exam. Now aged 66 and having missed a significant portion of his formal education, Tony has said this was no mean feat. The support of his local club, Cray Valley Radio Society, was instrumental in helping […]
Submit your RSGB Construction Competition entry
Don’t forget to submit your entry to the RSGB Construction Competition by Saturday 1 March. You’ll need to email a short description of your entry and up to four photographs. It is also recommended to send a link to a video that demonstrates your entry working. The judges will be considering entries in six categories: […]
March Tonight@8: a one-man antipodean adventure
Between January and March 2024 Bob Bower, GM4DLG took on a one-man antipodean adventure. The DXpedition is currently being serialised in RadCom, and on Monday 3 March, he will be delivering a Tonight@8 presentation to complement these features. The trip was eight weeks long and covered 27 activations from 11 sites on six islands. Bob operated on […]
RSGB Board – January 2025 key messages
Following its meeting in January, the RSGB Board has shared these key messages: 2024 Membership: At the end of 2024 the total number of RSGB members stood at 20,401 which is a nett fall of 153 members or 0.74% in the year. However membership is slightly higher than it was in 2014. As the budget assumption […]
