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Contest News – 17 August 2025
On Tuesday 19 August, the RSGB 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Thursday 21 August, the 70MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is […]
Propagation News – 17 August 2025
Last weekend was characterised by unsettled geomagnetic conditions caused by a massive coronal hole on the Sun. At one point, the Kp index got up to 6, with a corresponding decrease in maximum usable frequencies, or MUFs. In fact, the Dourbes Digisonde failed to record much at all over a six-hour period. Luckily, that disruption […]
GB2RS News Script for 10 August 2025
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Rallies and Events News – 10 August 2025
Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society Hamfest is taking place today, the 10 August, at Cobham Sports and Social Club Ground, Merley, near Wimborne, Dorset. The doors are open from 9am to 4pm. Admission, which includes parking, is £5. Talk-in is on 145.550MHz. For more information visit the website Also today, the 10 August, The Rugby […]
Special Events News – 10 August 2025
Special event station GB1HAF will be active on Saturday 16 August in support of SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity. Operators will be working on the 40m, 20m, 10m, 2m and 70cm bands using SSB and, possibly, data modes and CW. The East Midlands Electronics and Radio Group will be on the air to celebrate the […]
DX News – 10 August 2025
Don, KW7R is active as V73KW from the Marshall Islands. He is there on a work assignment until September 2025. In his spare time, he operates CW and FT8 on various bands. QSL via Logbook of the World. George, VU2DGR is active as AT44I from the Bharati Research Station. He is a member of the […]
