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News for England South-West – 20 December 2020
Torbay Amateur Radio Society has nets on Sundays on 14.270MHz from 9.30am and on 145.575MHz from 12 noon. Monday’s nets are 3.663MHz from 10.30am, 1.982MHz from 8pm and 50.155MHz from 8.30pm. Wednesday sees nets on 14.270MHz from 9.30am and 3.663MHz from 10.30am. Contact Kerry, M0KRE, on 0772 599 9973. Cornish Radio Amateur Club has a […]
News for Wales – 20 December 2020
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has an 80m net from 2.30pm on Sundays. Wednesdays see a FM or Fusion net from 7.30pm via GB3CM, and on Thursday there’s a net via GB3FG from 8pm. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. On Monday Cleddau Amateur Radio Society has its end of year appraisal. Contact Heinz, MW0ECY, […]
New RadCom Basics released
The latest edition of RadCom Basics is now available. Articles include Are You Making Full Use of the RSGB? Antennas and Planning Matters; Metal bashing with Basic Workshop Practices; FT8 digital mode; and revisiting a Start Here article on How Filters can Help Remove Interference from Outside the Amateur Bands. RSGB Members can read this […]
Awards Manager appointed
The RSGB Board has appointed Lindsay Pennell, G8PMA as the new RSGB Awards Manager. An avid award collector himself, Lindsay already volunteers as a RSGB QSL Bureau Sub-manager and has recently served on the Legacy Committee. He will start his new role next week after which he can be contacted via email: awards@rsgb.org.uk
Charity auction for special Morse key
The RSGB and NHS Campaign ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ is off to a great start this week with the launch of a charity auction to raise money for NHS Charities Together. Roy Bailey, G0VFS created his beautifully-engineered VirusPerpleXed Bug CW Key during the first lockdown and has kindly donated it for the auction. […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The world’s largest solar observatory, located on the island of Maui in Hawaii, has released its first image of a sunspot, which captures the phenomenon in striking detail. The image, taken last January, is among the first solar images of the new Solar Cycle 25 and can be seen at https://tinyurl.com/gb2rs-sunspot The telescope’s 4m primary […]
