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Happy New Year
The news team and all the staff at RSGB HQ would like to wish our newsreaders, listeners and online readers a very Happy New Year. We would like to remind everyone that we always welcome your news, by email, to radcom@rsgb.org.uk, and the deadline is 10.00 sharp on Thursday mornings. The GB2RS script is usually […]
Board and regional volunteers wanted
The RSGB is calling for volunteers to fill roles in its Board and Regional Team. There are Elected Director vacancies, as well as eight Regional Representative roles to be filled. The online nomination process is open and completed papers, with supporting nominations, must be received by 2359UTC on 31 January 2022. You can find out […]
GB100BBC marks BBC Centenary
Celebrations to mark the BBC’s Centenary began at noon on 1 January 2022. The London BBC Radio Group was granted an extended special event radio licence by Ofcom, to operate GB100BBC throughout 2022. The amateur radio activity is one of many events organised to celebrate 100 years of the BBC, which began broadcasting from Savoy […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The RSGB HF Contest Calendar for 2022, with all the rules for our contests, has been published—go to rsgbcc.org/hf and for VHF go to rsgbcc.org/vhf. Please put all your favourite contests into your diary for this year. The WSJT development group has released an updated version of WSJT-X, version 2.5.4, that it’s calling a “bug […]
Rallies and Events News – 09 January 2022
Now is the perfect time to let us know your group’s rally or event plans for 2022. Email radcom@rsgb.org.uk with details and we’ll publicise your event for free in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. There are already over twenty rallies in the calendar for 2022.
DX News – 09 January 2022
W2APF will be active as VP2MDX from Montserrat, IOTA reference NA-103, from the 9th of January to the 18th of February. He will operate CW and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via W2APF.