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Act now to get elected
This is the time of year when we call for volunteers to step forward for election at the RSGB AGM, which will take place at the Angel Hotel in Cardiff on 22 April 2017. In 2017 the RSGB will be looking to appoint one elected Board Director, one nominated Board Director and five Regional Managers. […]
Upgrade TQSL to v2.0 for LoTW
As of 1400UTC on 15 January, the ARRL’s Logbook of The World will no longer accept contacts that have been digitally signed by versions of TQSL earlier than version 2.0. Users of earlier versions are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible, as older TQSL versions contain uncorrected defects and display inaccurate error messages. The […]
TV history talk at Royal Institution
On Friday, 27 January there is a free-to-attend, invitation-only, event at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS, entitled The Evolution Of Television From Baird To The Digital Age. It is a series of talks in ‘celebration’ of the first public demonstration of television in January 1926 at 22 Frith […]
Final set of GB16YOTA activations
The special callsign GB16YOTA is on the air to introduce and promote amateur radio to young people. It will be operated from a variety of clubs and organisations throughout December. On the 28th and 29th Leicester Radio Club will be operating the callsign and on the 30th it will go on the air from the […]
New GB2RS broadcast in FreeDV
RSGB GB2RS news is now also broadcast in FreeDV. The transmission starts at 8.50am on 3.640MHz ± QRM followed at 9am by the news. The post-news net is from 9.30 to 10am. The initial launch is by Matthew Phillips, G6WPJ in Suffolk JO01jx. FreeDV is a new mode for sending voice over HF and VHF […]
Season’s Greetings from the GB2RS team
This is the final GB2RS news reading for 2016 and we start with seasonal greetings to all Newsreaders and listeners, both over the air and via the internet recordings, and not forgetting viewers of the ATV broadcast, which is available via several repeaters and kindly streamed via the BATC.TV website. We would like to take […]
