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News for England South-West – 24 May 2020
Torbay Amateur Radio Society has nets on Sundays on 14.270MHz at 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. Saturday’s net is on 3.663MHz from 10am. Details from Kerry, M0KRE, on 0772 […]
News for Wales – 24 May 2020
Blackwood and District Amateur Radio Society has a net on Sundays from noon around 3.703MHz. Friday sees a net from 7pm on 144.575MHz FM. Live streams of both nets can be found at www.mw0mwz.co.uk/liveshack.php and everyone is welcome to drop in to say hello. Details from Rob, MW0CVT, via email to mw0cvt@sky.com. Carmarthen Amateur Radio […]
More media coverage for #GOTA2C
The RSGB’s national campaign ‘Get on the air to care’ in partnership with the NHS has received more media coverage this week, including two BBC radio interviews with local radio clubs and a video message from the NHS. Thank you to everyone who is showing their support by getting on the air, caring for other […]
Second Hope QSO Party starts tomorrow
The RSGB Contest Committee is running a second Hope QSO Party event, starting on Monday, 18 May 2020. The rules can be found on the Committee web pages—please note there are two rule changes for this second event. The calendar is at rsgbcc.org/hf.
New beta of WSJT-X updates FT4 and FT8
A new beta version of the WSJT-X software suite has been released. It includes the first updates since last autumn to the popular FT8 and FT4 protocols. Installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are available from the WSJT-X Development Group. Go to candidate release WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc1. The WSJT-X Development Group request those using the […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The transponder on HuskySat-OSCAR 107 has been activated and is open for use and testing. It’s fairly sensitive, and five to 10W of uplink power is plenty most of the time. The linear transponder is inverting, with an uplink passband of 145.910 to 145.940MHz and a downlink passband of 435.810 to 435.840MHz. The 1200-baud BPSK […]
