Archive for March, 2026
Also in GB2RS this week…
If you run a radio club for young people, make sure you take advantage of RSGB affiliation. There are plenty of great reasons, the best one being that it’s free. Benefits include RadCom in the post with RadCom Basics and RadCom Plus available via the RSGB app; promotion of the club’s activities; special book discounts; […]
Rallies and Events News – 29 March 2026
On Sunday, 5 April the Broadcast Engineering Museum is holding an open day. The museum is located at 41 Capper Avenue, Hemswell Cliff, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 5XS and the doors will be open from 11am. The museum has one of the largest collections of historic broadcasting equipment in the world, including outside broadcast vehicles, […]
Special Events News – 29 March 2026
Members of the Hellenic Naval Amateur Radio Club are active as SZ465CG until Saturday, 18 April. The team is operating using CW, FT4, FT8 and some SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, as well as via the QO-100 satellite. See QRZ.com for more information. Special callsign 9A10SOTA is in use to celebrate ten years […]
DX News – 29 March 2026
Thaire, W2APF is active as PJ2/W2APF from Curacao , SA-099, until 31 March. He is operating using CW, FT8 and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via Logbook of the World or directly to W2APF. Chris, VK2YUS is active as YJ0CA from Efate, OC-035, the main island of Vanuatu, until Thursday, 2 April. […]
Contest News – 29 March 2026
The CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest started at 0000UTC yesterday, 28 March, and runs until 2359UTC today, 29 March. Using SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Today, 29 March, the UK Microwave Group Millimetre Band Contest runs from 0800UTC to 1700UTC. Using all […]
Propagation News – 29 March 2026
After last weekend’s HF disruption, the latter half of the week was fairly settled. Last weekend, the Kp index rose to 7, sparking visible aurora around the UK. The disruption continued, on and off, until Tuesday, 24 March when the Kp index fell below 3 again. The disruption was caused by a solar wind stream […]
