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Wales 17 November 2013
On Monday Dragon Amateur Radio Club is having a talk by Dave Roberts, GW8NZN on the history of radar, etc. to World War 2. More information from Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF, on 07833 620 733. On Monday Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is having a DVD night. Details from Craig, MW0MXT, on 01269 845 773. On Tuesday […]
Training and Assessment Guide
Steve Hartley, G0FUW and Martin Wheeler, G5FM have produced a new online resource, the Training and Assessment Guide, which can be found at www.rsgb.org/taguide. The guides describes the procedures that are to be followed for the provision of training and assessment as part of the RCF/RSGB scheme for people to become eligible for a UK […]
GB2RS News Script for 10 November 2013
Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 10 November 2013. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 10 November 2013 (8-page/63.5KB Word document) Note to newsreaders The editorial team has recently received a comment suggesting that the typeface and font size used for GB2RS news is a little small. We could readily increase the type size and […]
Philippines radio amateurs braced for typhoon aftermath
As this edition of GB2RS went to press, Typhoon Haiyan had just made landfall in the Philippines. Ham emergency radio operators, known locally as HEROs, expect to be busy in the coming days, as the community deals with damage from winds gusting up to 275 kilometres per hour, that’s 170 miles per hour. The Philippines […]
FUNcube-1 launch coming up
Amateurs will be pleased to learn that AMSAT-UK’s FUNcube-1 satellite, which has a 70cm to 2m linear transponder and telemetry data transmitter, will be placed into orbit on 21 November. The satellite will be deployed approximately 16 minutes after lift-off and will extend its antennas and activate the transmitter 10 minutes later. The satellite will […]
New Zealand amateurs to get 6m in December
The last Channel 1 Television transmitter in New Zealand is due to close down at the end of November. The telecommunications regulator has announced that as of 6 December that amateurs in New Zealand will have access from 50 to 51MHz without needing to apply for a permit.
