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Three new videos now on RSGB website
Three new videos are now available from the RSGB website. For RSGB Members there are two lectures from the RSGB 2018 Convention—John Worsnop, G4BAO The Wednesday Night Digifest and Steve Nichols, G0KYA The Top HF Propagation Questions and Some Possible Answers—and available to all in the Film Archive there is a new archive film National […]
IARU supporting 50MHz monitoring trial
This year the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) takes place, and there is an important motion on the agenda to consolidate and extend access to 50MHz in IARU Region 1, which covers Europe, Africa and Asiatic Russia. One of the national telecoms administrations that is actively supporting the proposal is the Czech Republic; unfortunately […]
Restricted NRC access – advance notice
Advance notice that RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will have restricted access for visiting radio amateurs wishing to operate the station, GB3RS on 6 June, 17 July and 7 August 2019. On 6 June, the NRC will be running a special event station, GB2DAY to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day and on 17 […]
RSGB Convention 2019 – booking open!
Join us between 11 to 13 October at Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes for this year’s RSGB Convention. The programme is being finalised and will feature streams including HF, VHF, AMSAT-UK and general interest. The Convention will include the annual Construction Competition, an SMD Buildathon, the Contest University and a Pi workshop. Our after-dinner speaker […]
Midland Series ARDF event
The first of the Midland Series ARDF events takes place on Saturday, 18 May 2019 at Burbage Common, between Hinckley and Earl Shilton in Leicestershire, map reference SP446953. Any one interested should meet at the visitor centre off the B4668, that’s the old A47, at 10am. Suitable radio receivers will be available on loan. There […]
Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, SK
Sad news now. Mount Athos’ best-known radio amateur, Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, became Silent Key on 5 May 2019 after complications resulting from cancer. He was 64. Monk Apollo was essentially the lone DX voice from Mount Athos, the 20th most-wanted DXCC entity, where he operated from his Orthodox Monastery.
