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DX News – 22 January 2023
Andres, SM0HPL will be active as 5X7W from Uganda until 23 January. He operates a QRP station using a vertical antenna four stories up in his accommodation block. He will be using CW, FT8 and FT4 on the 40 to 10m bands. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS page, Logbook of the World and eQSL. Chris, WA7RAR […]
Contest News – 22 January 2023
The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon began on Thursday 1 December last year. The contest will run until 31 January 2023. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report and locator. On Tuesday 24 January, the SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1930 to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 22 January 2023
The solar flux index has continued to remain above 200, which is good news for the upper HF bands. 10m continues to surprise people with 10m FM around 29.600MHz bringing transatlantic contacts to many. AM around 29.000MHz is also bringing some exciting contacts. The Sun is currently peppered with spots, with the recent solar flux […]
BBC Radio Shropshire interview with RSGB volunteer
RSGB District Representative Martyn Vincent, G3UKV was interviewed on BBC Radio Shropshire recently for “Learn your name in Morse Code Day”. Martyn spoke to Michaela Wylde about his club Telford & District ARS, amateur radio and CW. He gave a demonstration of how to send his name in Morse Code and played an example of […]
GB2RS News Script for 15 January 2023
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M0RWX activates all G summits in one year
Robert, M0RWX from Malmesbury, Wiltshire activated every single SOTA summit in England, within the calendar year of 2022. This is an unprecedented achievement, but it doesn’t end there. During 2022, Robert also activated extensively in France, Scotland and Wales and a little in Benelux, recording a total of 326 activations, and a mammoth 1,476 activator […]
