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Contest News – 3 December 2023
Today, the 3 December the 144MHz Affiliated Societies Contest runs from 1000 to 1400UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday 5 December the 144MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal […]
Propagation News – 3 December 2023
We were lucky last week – the solar flux index remained quite high and, after the geomagnetic upsets around the 25 November, we had settled conditions, with the Kp index below two. Unfortunately, it looks like that is all about to change. On Tuesday 28 November, two M-class solar flares and associated coronal mass ejections […]
2023 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference
The first week of the 2023 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) has seen discussions get underway on a wide variety of agenda items. Notably for amateur radio, IARU Region 1 reports that new ITU Recommendation M.2164 on guidance for amateur and amateur satellite usage in the 1240 to 1300MHz range has now been published online. […]
Ofcom and Beyond Convention presentation
In the latest RSGB 2023 Convention presentation to be released, RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair Murray Niman, G6JYB provides another informative session on the Ofcom consultation. He also looks ahead to other changes in prospect across HF to microwaves from the IARU and the ITU World Radio Conference (WRC-23) this autumn. Murray outlines the RSGB’s response […]
Tonight @ 8 – Amateur radio construction
Put the date in your diary for the final Tonight @ 8 of 2023. On Monday, 11 December 2023 there will be a focus on amateur radio construction. Previous category winners Jenny Curtis M7JNY, Colin Murray GM4EAU and David Law G0LBK, will talk about their construction projects and what they gained from entering the RSGB […]
GB2RS News Script for 26 November 2023
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 26 November 2023 (MS Word document)
