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Contest News – 16 October 2022

| October 14, 2022

Today, 16 October, the 50MHz AFS Contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Today, the Worked All Germany Contest finishes its two-day run at 1500UTC. Using CW and SSB, the exchange is signal report and serial number. German stations also send their DOK. Also […]

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Propagation News – 16 October 2022

| October 14, 2022

We had yet another week of good HF propagation, helped by reasonably settled geomagnetic conditions. Although the week started relatively poorly with a Kp index of four all day on Sunday, that soon improved slightly and the rest of the week saw the Kp index hit only ones or twos. The solar flux index declined […]

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GB2RS News Script for 9 October 2022

| October 7, 2022

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 9 October 2022 (20-page/467KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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RSGB 2022 Convention livestream

| October 7, 2022

We are delighted to bring you our first hybrid Convention this year. We will be livestreaming some of the presentations each day to give you a taste of the variety on offer if you attend a Convention in person. In addition, the livestream will bring you: Convention chats with influential amateur radio leaders Informal interviews […]

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New RSGB Board Director

| October 7, 2022

The RSGB Board is pleased to announce that John McCullagh, GI4BWM has been co-opted as a Board Director until the 2023 AGM. Many members will know John as he was ETCC Chairman from 2005 until 2017 and he is still the Northern Ireland ETCC representative. John worked for almost 40 years as a communications professional […]

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Celebrating 100 Years of the BBC

| October 7, 2022

On the 18 October 1922, the Marconi Company and other equipment manufacturers formed the British Broadcasting Company, which became the British Broadcasting Corporation six years later. To mark this momentous date exactly 100 years on, members of the BBC Amateur Radio Group have been invited by Arqiva to operate for the day at the Daventry […]

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