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Special Events News – 9 August 2026
Special callsign YR100RC is on the air until 30 September to celebrate 100 years of amateur radio in Romania. Look for activity on the HF bands using a variety of modes. For details of a certificate that is available for working the station, visit tinyurl.com/romania1786 Marking the 70th anniversary of DARC’s weekly news broadcast, special […]
DX News – 9 August 2026
Darek, SP9DLM and his 13-year-old son Greg, SN9GM are active as UK/SP9DLM and UK/SN9GM from Uzbekistan until Saturday, 15 August. The stations have been worked recently on the HF bands using SSB. QSL via OQRS. Sands, VK4WXW has returned to Willis Island, OC-007, and will be stationed at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s weather monitoring […]
Contest News – 9 August 2026
Today, 9 August, the UK Microwave Group 25GHz Trophy contest runs from 0800 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on the 1.2cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The RSGB Machine Generated Mode Contest started at 1400UTC on Saturday, 8 August and ends at 1400UTC today, 9 August. Using machine-generated modes on the […]
Propagation News – 9 August 2026
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 6 August 2026. The Sun was mostly settled last week with very little to report. The solar flux index declined to 108 by Thursday, 6 August, with most of the sunspot activity being on one half of the solar surface. Geomagnetic conditions have also been settled with a Kp […]
Exciting Regional Team opportunities
An exciting volunteer opportunity has arisen to lead the RSGB Regional Team following the decision by George Crawford, GM1DSV to stand down as Regional Forum Chair once the right candidate is appointed. The RSGB would like to express its thanks to George who will be focusing his time on serving Region 1 as its Regional […]
Examinations Standards Committee annual report
The RSGB Examinations Standards Committee (ESC) has published its annual report, relating to activities in 2025. The report shows that, although overall candidate numbers in 2025 decreased a little compared with 2024, they remain about 20 percent higher than predictions, based on the extrapolation of pre-2019 trends. The ESC believes that this is largely due […]
