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Contest News 25 May 2014
Today, 25 May, the third 70MHz Cumulative contest takes place from 1400 to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CW leg of the CQWW WPX Contest will keep the HF bands busy for the whole 48 hours this weekend. Expect the CW segments of […]
Propagation News 25 May 2014
Papers from a recent NASA workshop on solar cycle 24 suggest that we are at or close to solar maximum and that this will be among the weakest peaks on record. By all conventional measures this has been an extremely quiet cycle. However, the analysis adds that most major events, such as large flares or […]
Happy 100th Birthday, ARRL
The American Amateur Radio Relay League was formed on 18 May 1914, exactly 100 years ago on Sunday, and the RSGB sends its fraternal congratulations. By coincidence, Sunday is the final day of the Dayton Hamvention, where ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, and Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, will host a party, complete with […]
KickSat burns up without deploying Sprites
KickSat, the KickStarter-funded amateur satellite project, has re-entered and burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere without releasing its payload of Sprite micro-satellites. The satellite suffered an unexpected computer glitch on 30 April that caused the deployment countdown timer to reset. It proved impossible to correct the problem, meaning the timer did not trigger in time […]
Sign up for the Advanced distance learning course
Enrolment is about to start for the next Advanced distance learning course run by the Bath-based team. The course will run from July and work towards the December exam. Weekly work packages will be delivered using the Edmodo virtual learning environment. Remote tutor support will be available throughout the course and lots of revision questions […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The International Radio Union has announced that Timothy S Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA and Ole Garpestad, LA2RR have been re-elected as as IARU President and Vice President, respectively, for the five-year term beginning 9 May 2014. Rod Stafford, W6ROD, continues to serve as IARU Secretary; he is appointed by the American Radio Relay League in its capacity […]
