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Regional hub for makers to meet
A regional hub for makers and home brewers of radio related projects is proposed by Eric, M0REQ and Graham, G4NMD. The idea is for a club that co-operates with knowledge, experience and test gear to support those who are already building or wishing to build radio related projects. The inaugural meeting is set for Wednesday […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The CQ Contest policy has been updated. It will be effective with the upcoming CQ WW RTTY DX contest on the 24th and 25th of September, and all CQ contests going forward. CQ will resume accepting Russian or Belorussian log entries as regular logs and publish their scores. However, plaques will not be awarded to […]
Get ready for the Transatlantic Tests
The RSGB is hosting The Transatlantic Centenary Tests on the HF bands, for the entire month of December 2022 This is to commemorate the centenary of the achievement of amateur transatlantic communication, during the tests that were held between 1921 and 1923. Unlike the tests of the 1920s, which consisted of one-way communication, the 2022 […]
National Radio Centre contacts the ISS
RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) volunteer Steve, 2E0YBJ, was able to show the visiting public a live radio contact with the International Space Station using GB3RS He was using the demonstration station at the NRC, running SatPC32. This is used to track Earth low orbit satellites and, more recently, the on-board ISS repeater. Steve put […]
GB3HA back on air in Northumberland
The Northumberland 2m repeater, GB3HA, is operational again serving the north-east of England To celebrate the switch on, a short check-in net will be held on Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 7.30pm. Net control will be Roy, M0TKF, and all radio amateurs within the repeater coverage are welcome to call in for a quick hello. […]
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NASA is well known for communicating with astronauts on space missions, but radio amateurs may also contact NASA centres around the world. Until the end of 2022, NASA will mark several past and present-day key milestones. NASA amateur radio clubs at the agency’s centres and support facilities across the United States plan to participate with […]
