GB2RS
Live ISS contact from UK school
An amateur radio contact with the International Space Station, facilitated by ARISS, is planned for Friday, 14 December 2018. The contact with Kenilworth school is scheduled for 1255UTC and will be streamed from around noon at live.ariss.org.
Turkey gets 60m and 6m
Turkey’s telecom regulator, BTK, in a government gazette notice on 29 November 2018, released two new amateur radio allocations. They are the new WRC-15 60m band, at 15W, plus an all mode 6m allocation of 50 to 52MHz, with a power limit of 75W.
RSGB responds to CEPT report
The RSGB has made a submission to CEPT regarding its Draft Report on Wireless Power Transmission for Electric Vehicles. This is the latest step as part of ongoing work by RSGB and IARU that is preparing for WRC-19 next autumn. A copy of the submission can be found at WRC-19 papers on the RSGB website.
Also in GB2RS this week…
There will be no GB2RS script for Sunday, 30 December 2018. The last news reading for 2018 will take place on Sunday, 23 December 2018, with normal service resuming on Sunday, 6 January 2019. Individual newsreaders may choose to run a net instead of the news during their slot on the 30th, though this must […]
GB2RS News Script for 9 December 2018
Please click the link below to download this week’s news script GB2RS News Script for 9 December 2018
Rallies and Events News – 9 December 2018
Members of the British Vintage Wireless Society are holding a swapmeet and auction this Sunday, 9 December, at Royal Wootton Bassett Memorial Hall, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire SN4 8EN. Doors open at 10am and the auction starts at around 1pm. More details of BVWS membership can be found at bvws.org.uk. We have no rallies […]
