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DX News – 2 June 2013

| May 31, 2013

G0MGX is currently working in Qatar and has obtained a permit to operate stroke A7. He says to listen out for him during evenings and some weekends primarily using RTTY and JT65. He adds that the Qatar Amateur Radio Society has made him feel very welcome and that he is very grateful to them for […]

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Contest News 2 June 2013

| May 31, 2013

The RSGB CW National Field Day is this weekend, finishing the 24 hours at 1500UTC today, 2 June. Operating on all HF contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz, the exchange is RST and serial number. Also this weekend is the UK Six Metre Group Summer Sporadic-E contest. It runs until 1300UTC today, 6 June, on […]

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Propagation News – 2 June 2013

| May 31, 2013

And now the solar factual data for the period from Friday the 24th to Thursday the 30th of May, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS on Friday the 31st of May. The large sunspot groups from the previous week decayed and simplified this week, as a result solar activity declined to low levels on most days […]

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GB2RS News for Sunday, 2 June 2013

| May 31, 2013

Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 2 June 2013. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 2 June 2013 (8-page/58.5KB Word document) Listen to the GB2RS Podcast

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Oklahoma tornado response

| May 24, 2013
Oklahoma tornado response

American hams rallied together in the aftermath of the tornado in Oklahoma, working in conjunction with other emergency responders such as the American Red Cross. Although the devastation is vast in the affected area, it was confined to a comparatively narrow strip some two miles wide by 17 miles long. Normal emergency services communications were […]

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New afternoon readings of news on 5MHz

| May 24, 2013

Now that the 5MHz Experiment has terminated, there have been several suggestions that the time and frequency of the 5MHz GB2RS news might be changed. Accordingly it has been decided to introduce a news reading at 4pm local time each Sunday on 5398.5kHz, which is 5kHz lower than the present busy frequency. As from and […]

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