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Amateur Radio Development Leader
The RSGB is looking to recruit to a voluntary leadership position in the newly-formed Amateur Radio Development Committee (ARDC). The post holder will play a key role in contributing towards meeting strategic priorities under Strategy 2022, especially Growth, Participation and Diversity. As well as leading on existing elements within the committee, the Chair will develop […]
Contact Cadets on 60m
Next weekend, 16 and 17 March 2019, Army, Navy and Air cadet units in the UK will be carrying out Exercise Blue Ham 19. Operating on the 5MHz shared band, the expected period of operation will be from 8am to 5pm both days. QSO exchange details can be found at alphacharlie.org.uk/exercise-blue-ham. Amateur operators may claim […]
DXCC Most Wanted list updated
The DXCC Most Wanted entities list has been updated on Club Log. It contains 340 entities. The top five most wanted are P5 North Korea, 3Y/B Bouvet Island, FT5/W Crozet Island, BS7H Scarborough Reef and CE0X San Felix Islands. Scarborough Reef and San Felix Islands switched places in the fourth to fifth position.
AGM voting opens soon
Voting opens for the RSGB 2019 AGM on 13 March 2019. Members will find the Resolutions and other details in the April issue of RadCom and, after 13 March 2019, at rsgb.org/agm2019. The 2019 RSGB AGM takes place in Birmingham on Saturday, 27 April 2019.
Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ, SK
It is with great sadness that I inform everyone that Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ, RSGB Regional Representative for Region 13, passed away in hospital on 4 March 2019. He had been in hospital in Nottingham for some days with a breathing problem and seemed to be recovering well after recently undergoing an operation. The news came […]
Commonwealth Contest next weekend
The Commonwealth Contest, RSGB’s longest-running contest, takes place for 24 hours over the weekend of 9 and 10 March 2019. As mentioned in Propagation News, you should not expect much propagation on the upper HF bands, but some hardy travellers will undoubtedly activate countries that don’t appear on the air every day, so make the […]
