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DX News – 23 February 2025
Datta, VU2DSI is operating from Lonar Lake in India until tomorrow, the 24 February. This unique location was formed by the impact of a meteor around 550,000 years ago. The station will be active on the 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands using SSB. More information can be found at QRZ.com
Contest News – 23 February 2025
The CQ 160m DX Contest started at 2200UTC on Friday 21 February and ends at 2200UTC today, Sunday 23 February. Using SSB on the 160m band, the exchange is signal report and CQ zone. USA stations also send their state and Canadian stations send their province. The REF Contest started at 0600UTC on Saturday 22 […]
Propagation News – 23 February 2025
It seems we were a little over-ambitious in suggesting that last week would be better for HF propagation. It looked like we would avoid coronal mass ejections and see the Kp index fall to lower levels. Unfortunately, the Sun had other ideas and a fast-moving solar stream, often moving faster than 500 km/s, had a […]
GB2RS News Script for 16 February 2025
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 16 February 2025 (MS Word document)
New Scout, Cadet and Girlguiding Youth Champion
The RSGB is delighted to announce that Samuel McCutchion, M7UEL, will be the RSGB’s Scout, Cadet and Girlguiding Youth Champion. Sam brings a wealth of hands-on experience to the role having been part of the Scouts from a young age in Beavers and then working his way up to Network. He then progressed to become […]
Listen out for World Thinking Day on the Air
Stations are on the air this weekend and next weekend for World Thinking Day on the Air. Listen out for them and encourage the young Girlguiding members. You can find details of some of the active stations via the RSGB website but if your station isn’t listed, please share details on the RSGB social media […]
