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GB2RS News Script – 9 March 2014
Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 9 March 2014. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 9 March 2014 (8-page/65.5KB Word document)
Sub-30kHz amateur signal crosses Atlantic
In what’s believed to be a first, a very low frequency signal from Bob, W2ZM in New York was heard across the Atlantic by Paul Nicholson and later by Mike Dennison, G3XDV. Bob was transmitting on 29.499kHz under a US Part 5 Experimental licence using the callsign WH2XBA/1. His very slow-speed CW signal was initially […]
ISS Ham Video transmissions start
The Ham Video transmitter in the Columbus module of the International Space Station was commissioned on Thursday 6 March and is making its first transmissions this weekend. Pictures were planned for Saturday at approximately 13.27 UTC and from today, for a week, “blank video” emissions are expected. Three or more receiving sites will be streaming […]
Radio club featured on BBC TV
In a Gaelic programme on the BBC called Trusadh, meaning The Wave Messengers, ex-radio officer Hamish Taylor of Harris talks about the role of radio operators at sea. Stirling and District Radio Club also took part in a 10 minute section where they described CW on the amateur bands. There was also a segment about […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The largest ever launch of micro-satellites operating in the 437MHz band is planned for 16 March when 200 tiny Sprite satellites will be taken into space. A Sprite is a miniature, 3.5 by 3.5cm, single-board spacecraft that includes a microcontroller, radio and solar cells, and is capable of carrying single-chip sensors. The 200 Sprites will […]
Rallies and Events News – 9 March 2014
The Wythall Radio Club Annual Radio Rally takes place today, 9 March, at the Woodrush Sports Centre, Shawhurst Lane, Hollywood, near Birmingham B47 5JW. This is on the A435, two miles from Junction 3 of the M42. Doors open at 10am and there will be a talk-in station on the air. Admission is £3 and […]
