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Contest News – 5 October 2014
The 432MHz to 248GHz contest finishes its 24 hour run at 14.00UTC today, the 5th. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Today, the 5th, the 21/28MHz contest runs from 07.00 to 19.00UTC. The modes are CW and SSB and the exchange is signal report, serial number and district. The IARU 432MHz-248GHz Contest […]
Propagation News – 5 October 2014
Yet another week with large and threatening sunspot regions that failed to produce a number of large solar flare. Saying that, five M class solar flares took place. The largest solar flare was a M7 that occurred on the 2nd as a large sunspot group was rotating off the solar disc. Numerous C class solar […]
IARU Region 1 Conference
Last week saw the 23rd International Amateur Radio Union General Conference held in Bulgaria. National societies, including the RSGB, from 45 countries covering Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and Africa sent representatives to agree and coordinate activity to secure the future of amateur radio. Real progress was made at the meeting on a number of topics that […]
The future of IOTA
The RSGB’s Islands on the Air programme celebrated its 50th anniversary in July 2014. The last 50 years has seen the programme grow to 2,500 active island chasers and approximately 15,000 more casual participants. Those close to it have been anxious to ensure the sustainability of the IOTA programme and have spent some time reviewing […]
Lord Howe Island DXpedition
Christian, DL1MGB reports that, in less than four weeks, VK9DLX will be QRV from Lord Howe Island. The main team will arrive on 12 October but some members are scheduled to arrive earlier so don’t be surprised if you hear VK9DLX some days earlier than expected. The main focus of this advance operation will be […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The Austrian national amateur radio society is involved in the negotiations with the government telecommunications ministry, to create a new amateur radio Act. The negotiations will revolve around modernising that nation’s rules. This is to make it more contemporary, bring relief in the application process and also enable such concepts as remote operation. The society […]
