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News for England South-East – 23 January 2022
Cray Valley Radio Society will run its next face-to-face Foundation training course on the 5th and 12th of February, in London SE9. For details, go to the website and select the training tab. Dave, G8ZZK, 0773 954 9822 Bracknell Amateur Radio Club has a net via GB3BN from 5pm today and next Sunday. On Wednesday […]
News for England South-West – 23 January 2022
Radio Operators Cornwall is the newest amateur radio club to be established in Cornwall. It has the club callsign G8ROC and aims promote activity, support all amateurs and newcomers to the hobby, whilst working with existing clubs to build a better radio community. Activities will include TX hunts, HF/VHF/UHF portable events, talks, demos and more. […]
News for Wales – 23 January 2022
Carmarthen ARS has nets via GB3FG on Tuesday and Thursday from 8pm and via GB3CM on Wednesdays from 7.30pm. Sundays see an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm. Contact Andy, GW0JLX on 0776 828 2880. On Tuesday 25 January Rhondda Amateur Radio Society FM net at 6.30pm on GB3BC if active, then QSY to 2m simplex […]
SpaceX launches amateur satellites
SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-3 mission launched on Thursday carrying 105 satellites including several amateur radio payloads. The Tevel mission comprises eight satellites, each with an FM transponder with an uplink on 145.970MHz and downlink, plus beacon transmissions on 436.400MHz. The EASAT-2 and Hades cubesats also have 2m to 70cm transponders, with Hades also carrying a […]
NASA recognises ARISS in pictures
NASA has recognised Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) as a science education and research programme. Two images of ARISS activity are among those singled out by the space agency as some of the best space station science pictures of 2021. ARRL Representative to ARISS International Rosalie White, K1STO, said recognition is significant […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
If you couldn’t join the RSGB’s Tonight @ 8 webinar on amateur radio software construction this week, you can catch up on the RSGB YouTube channel or at rsgb.org/webinars. Heather Lomond’s talk has inspired people to try something new; so take a look and perhaps make something yourself for the RSGB Construction Competition. There are […]
