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AGM voting starts next week
The 91st RSGB AGM takes place on 21 April 2018 in Birmingham. Voting starts next week and all the relevant information is in the April RadCom that should arrive with UK Members next week and overseas Members shortly after that. RSGB Members have until 19 April 2018 to cast their votes, or do so in […]
Exercise Blue Ham 2018
Once again during the weekend of 17 and 18 March 2018, the Cadet Forces will be operating on the UK 5MHz band using the allocated frequencies for the purpose of Exercise Blue Ham. All the usual live logging and map plotting will take place on the Alphacharlie web portal that will allow participants to see […]
Candidates invited for RSGB Presidency
The RSGB has open elections for its President. Unfortunately, no nominations have been received for 2018 to 2020 and the post is now being re-advertised. The closing date is 2359UTC on 26 April 2018. If an election is required, details will be published in the June edition of RadCom, available in mid-May. The current President […]
Arkwright Day at the NRC
Next Saturday, 10 March 2018, the RSGB National Radio Centre will be hosting students from the Arkwright Scholarship Trust for amateur radio training and Foundation exams. This will mean restricted public access to the National Radio Centre, and the radio station GB3RS will not be available for use by visiting radio amateurs. We apologise for […]
Major SOTA activations next Saturday
The Summits on the Air (SOTA) event Summit to Summit Europe to Australia and Beyond takes place on 10 March 2018. Over 30 SOTA activators are planning to climb to summits in Europe, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The event will start around 0630UTC next Saturday. For any one wanting to join […]
Second beta version of WSJT-X released
A second beta version of WSJT-X version 1.9.0 has been released. This is to allow further field testing of the new FT8 DXpedition mode, designed to enable DXpeditions to make FT8 contacts at very high rates. The team is inviting the amateur radio community to participate in a public test run of FT8 DXpedition mode. […]
