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G100RSGB lastest news
The special event callsign celebrating the RSGB Centenary stays in Region 4 this week. Sunday, 10 March, sees Durham and District ARS putting an HF and VHF station on the air using SSB and PSK. On 11 March, GD100RSGB will be heard again as the callsign goes back to the Isle of Man with CW, […]
LES-1 satellite heard again
Phil Williams, G3YPQ, an amateur radio astronomer in North Cornwall reports picking up a signal from the LES 1 satellite, a satellite launched in 1965. The satellite failed to reach its intended orbit owing to a wiring error and has been drifting out of control ever since. G3YPQ ran across it while monitoring near 237MHz […]
Also in GB2RS this week
Advanced Exam March 2013 On 2 March, 54 candidates sat the Advanced Examination and 39 were successful. The next examination will be held on Thursday 2 May at 7pm. The closing date for applications is on 10 April. Congratulations to all those who were successful. All digital modes now open to French amateurs Pierre, F1SHS, […]
GB2RS News, Sunday 3 March 2013
Here is the GBRS2 News for Sunday 3 March 2013 Script (link to PDF) Podcast (link to media file)
GD100RSGB back for 1 day
The special event callsign celebrating the RSGB Centenary stays in Region 4 this week. Today, 3 March, sees Tynemouth ARC operating from North Shields on the HF bands as well as 2m and 70cm using SSB, CW and data. Then on Monday 4th the callsign goes back to the Isle of Man and GD100RSGB will […]
Varicode adopted by ITU
On 19 February the International Telecommunication Union announced the simultaneous adoption and approval by correspondence of a new Recommendation entitled Telegraphic Alphabet for Data Communication by Phase Shift Keying at 31 Baud in the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services. The alphabet, commonly called Varicode because the more frequently used characters in the English language occupy fewer […]
