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News for England South West – 3 September 2017
Weston Super Mare Radio Society is having a DF hunt today and a construction, operating and natter night on Monday. Details from Martin Jones, G7UWI, on 01934 613 094. On Monday Burnham on Sea Amateur Radio Club is holding a junk sale. Details from Charles, G0SKA, on 01753 647 101. On Tuesday Exeter Amateur Radio […]
News for Wales – 3 September 2017
On Monday Dragon Amateur Radio Club is operating QRP in the bay. Contact John Pritchard, MW0JWP, on 0751 503 1025 On Thursday North Wales Radio Society is holding a general meeting. Contact Liz Cabban, GW0ETU, on 0776 019 0355
Survey to find the extent of VDSL Broadband Interference
The RSGB’s EMC Committee has for three years been investigating the problems of interference (RFI) from VDSL broadband on the HF amateur bands and lobbying for action to reduce the problem. We have a lot of historic data, but both Ofcom and Openreach contend that 150 reports from 50,000 amateurs is not indicative of a […]
Chair of the RSGB HF Contest Committee
The RSGB HF Contest Committee is responsible for deciding the HF contesting strategy, organising the HF contesting calendar, setting the rules and providing clarification of the rules to the contest adjudicators. This committee performs a key role in the enjoyment of amateur radio by many RSGB members. The position of Chair of the HF Contest […]
VHF/UHF UKAC Scoring System
For a number of years, there has been a high degree of debate around what scoring system should be used for the RSGB VHF/UHF UK Activity contests. As a consequence of this discussion, the RSGB President, Nick Henwood, G3RWF, convened a group of experienced contesters representative of the major viewpoints held. This group has worked […]
Diversity in amateur radio
What was your earliest encounter with amateur radio? There are probably almost as many stories as there are RSGB Members. Perhaps it was early contact with your local club. I remember looking mine up in the RSGB Bulletin (yes, I know!) and going to a meeting. Fortunately, I was already nuts about radio or that […]
