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SAQ transmitting on Sunday
This Sunday is Alexanderson Day, the day when Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden fires up its Alexanderson alternator to transmit as SAQ on 17.2kHz VLF. For those who don’t know the story, this is the last surviving high frequency alternator CW transmitter from the pre-electronic transmitter era. Built in the early 1920s, it was used […]
IARU welcomes new member
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has welcomed the St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Amateur Radio Society as its newest member-society, to represent St Kitts and Nevis. The Society does not claim to represent Anguilla, which is already represented in the IARU by the Anguilla Amateur Radio Society; the inclusion of Anguilla in their name dates back to […]
Membership Services scheduled downtime
RSGB Membership Services will be offline from 17.00 on Tuesday, 3 July 2018 until midnight to allow for an essential hardware upgrade. This means all online services requiring a membership login will be unavailable during this time. If you need a voucher to visit Bletchley Park for 4 July, please ensure you download your voucher […]
RadCom July 2018, Vol. 94, No. 7
THIS EDITION IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE ONLINE We apologise for any disappointment This edition is currently being converted to our HTML5 online viewer, which will bring enhanced readability, download speed and picture quality SDRplay RSPduo twin tuner SDR: New British receiver launched at Dayton covers 1kHz-2GHz—twice—with no gaps Online edition Membership Services login required, follow the […]
RB-DATV on 70.5-71.5MHz
Following the recent introduction of the simplified NoV process for 70.5-71.5MHz, we have received reports of a successful RB-DATV (Reduced Bandwidth-Digital Amateur TV) contact in that new part of the band. The contact was ~4km between G4CPE and M0SKM near the Dunstable/Luton area. Members of the BATC have been instrumental and leading development efforts at […]
ITU chief declares Z6 prefix illegal
The Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union has said that authorising Kosovo Z6 call signs is “unauthorised and illegal”. Houlin Zhao said; “ITU has not allocated call sign series Z6 to any of its member states. “Consequently, the utilisation of call sign series Z6 by any entity without a formal allocation and consent of the […]
