GB2RS
Preparation for Ofcom licence Review
Paul Jarvis, Ofcom, addressed the National Hamfest on 27th September with their thinking for the Licence Review. He covered the reasons why the review was being undertaken and emphasised that it was not intended to be a radical change, but that the Licence Review was geared to be more explicit with regard to the wording of […]
Ofcom presents at the National Hamfest
Paul Jarvis, Ofcom, addressed the National Hamfest on the subject of their planned Licence Review in order to hear feedback from those at the event. The RSGB has been engaging with Ofcom in their early thinking on various aspects of the Licence Review, and was pleased to see a number of areas included that will […]
LF operations from Portugal
Amateurs in Portugal have some new operating spectrum as well as a few rules changes. On 6 September the nation’s telecommunications regulator issued an addendum to Portugal’s National Table of Frequency Allocations. In summary, the changes include the allocation of the new 472 to 479kHz band to the amateur service with secondary status and changes […]
Operation from Herm
The Martello Tower Group are returning to Herm Island from 4 to 9 October using the callsign GP0PKT. Activity will be with 400W on 80m through 10m including the WARC bands using SSB and RTTY. Although Herm is part of the EU-114 Guernsey IOTA group, it isn’t activated very often and the GP0 prefix should […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
Bletchley Park will be hosting a two-day event on 5 and 6 October looking at communication throughout the 20th Century and particularly in times of war, from the post and pigeon carriers to radio, telephones, television and beyond. There will be exhibits from the Vintage Military Amateur Radio Society, Milton Keynes Museum and the British […]
GB2RS News Script for 29 September 2013
Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 29 September 2013. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 29 September 2013 (10-page/88.5KB Word document)
