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Latest from IARU monitoring system
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports a north-west African military Thales-3000 system on 13,998.4kHz was causing interference in the amateur radio 20m band, and that in the amateur radio 40m band Radio Myanmar has been heard on 7200kHz, and Radio Hargeisa from the Republic of Somaliland on 7120kHz. Read more at www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2018/news1801.pdf (18-page/1.1MB […]
Gordon Adams, G3LEQ, SK
Sad news to start this week. Gordon Adams, G3LEQ passed away quietly last week. Gordon had held many posts within amateur radio including serving his fellow amateurs as the GB2RS News Service Manager for many years. He was also the RSGB Spectrum Director and a prime mover of the 5MHz experiment when that started. He […]
Four countries add 5MHz band
Lots of news this week for the 5MHz band. Following extensive discussions with their regulator, Czech amateurs can access both the new WRC-15 60m amateur secondary allocation of 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz and their existing 12 60m channels. The WRC-15 allocation is available on an individual permit basis, with a maximum power of 15W EIRP. The […]
RSGB Convention 2018 news
Detailed planning has now started for the 2018 RSGB Convention in October. The organisers plan the usual broad mix across the five streams with topics to cater for all tastes and at all levels. AMSAT-UK will be organising some of the lectures, as the AMSAT Colloquium will be incorporated into the Convention again this year. […]
New WWII exhibition at Bletchley Park
A new exhibition opens at Bletchley Park on 16 February 2018 that showcases some of the many stories of life and work at Bletchley Park during WWII. It uses the Bletchley Park’s oral history collection and the Roll of Honour to allow Veterans to tell their own stories through photographs, quotes and audio points. The […]
UK amateur confirms lost satellite signal
Paul Marsh, M0EYT was involved recently in confirming a signal reading from what is believed to be Image, a NASA satellite lost and presumed dead in 2005. Paul explained to the RSGB, “I was checking Scott’s discovery and it just so happened that the Image satellite was in view at the time Robert Tilley sent […]
