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News for England South-West – 25 December 2016
This broadcast covers the two weeks from 25 December to 8 January. To keep the bulletin short we have omitted ‘club closed’ notices and edited some entries more heavily than usual. Exeter Amateur Radio Society has its net on GB3EW from 7.45pm on Tuesday the 27th and on GB3EX from 7.45pm on Tuesday the 3rd. […]
News for Wales – 25 December 2016
This broadcast covers the two weeks from 25 December to 8 January. On Tuesday the 27th Newport Amateur Radio Society has its club net from 8pm on 145.425MHz. Details from Margaret, GW4SUE, on 01633 665 289. On Thursday the 29th Aberystwyth & District Amateur Radio Society has its net, starting on 145.500MHz then moving to […]
RSGB questions Ofcom WTA S54 Regs
RSGB EMC Committee put questions to Ofcom based on their new Wireless Telegraphy Act, Section 54 regulations concerning enforcement against RFI from in service equipment. The attached response largely reiterates the points made in Ofcom’s response to consultation on the original proposal. However the answer to question 6 reveals more information about what is needed for […]
Questions from RSGB for Ofcom regarding S54 Regulations
Follow the link below to read this paper. Questions from RSGB for Ofcom regarding S54 Regulations (9 pages/258KB PDF)
Historic transatlantic contact
On 11 December 2016 a special amateur radio event commemorated the 95th anniversary of the first transatlantic shortwave reception between Greenwich, Connecticut, and Ardrossan, Scotland. On that day in 1921, a radio signal transmitted from a Radio Club of America (RCA) test station—located in a small shack on the property of Minton Cronkhite, 1BCG in […]
VHF Contest Committee announcement
VHF Contest Committee announcement After careful analysis, the VHF Contest Committee (VHFCC) has made a number of decisions on rule changes for VHF contests in 2017. The full details of each of these, including a trial change to the scoring system and the statistics from the VHFCC 2016 survey that underpinned the rule decisions can […]
