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Sarah Brightman postpones ISS visit
Last week Sarah Brightman announced that she is postponing her trip to the International Space Station. However, planning for Major Tim Peake’s forthcoming mission is progressing well. He is planning to contact selected schools via amateur radio during his stay on the ISS. The first stage of the selection process ended recently and an announcement […]
RSGB President meets Patron
At the Buckingham Palace Garden Party yesterday, Dr John Gould, G3WKL, President and Graham Coomber, G0NBI, General Manager, were delighted to represent the Society and have the opportunity of speaking with our patron HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT .
RSGB website maintenance
Owing to essential maintenance some users may experience intermittent connectivity to the RSGB Shop and the Radioclubs.net websites between 19.00 and 22.00 on 8 May 2015. We apologize in advance for any issues arising from this work, which is replacement of essential hardware.
BATC digital ATV special edition
The British Amateur Television Club has just published a special edition of CQ-TV devoted to reduced bandwidth digital amateur television. A lot has been happening, particularly on the new 1MHz allocations at 70 and 146MHz. The CQ-TV RB-TV Special contains a round-up of recent on-air tests, a new award and exciting details of DigiThin, a […]
Episode 8 TX Factor now online
Episode 8 of TX Factor is now available for download. It features interviews with Don, G3XTT, the editor of PW magazine and Dave Stockley, G4ELP, who runs Icom UK. There’s a trip round Broadcasting House with help from Jim, G4AEH and Jonathan, M5AEO and also a chance to win a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ courtesy of […]
Greek high-altitude balloon launch
AEOLUS team, a group of Greek radio amateurs, will make a second attempt to send a payload carrying amateur radio equipment to the stratosphere. The special callsign granted for this is J43VHF and the flight name is AEOLUS-2WAY. The balloon launch is scheduled for 10 May at 0800UTC. Radio amateurs will be able to communicate […]
