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Contest News – 17 July 2022

| July 15, 2022

This Sunday, 17 July, the International Low Power Contest runs from 0900 to 1600UTC. It is CW only on the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number and your transmit power. On Monday, the RSGB FT4 Contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC on the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz band. The […]

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Propagation News – 17 July 2022

| July 15, 2022

We had another rocky journey last week in terms of HF propagation. The solar flux index climbed from 137 last Saturday to 165 by Thursday, which should have brought better conditions. But the Earth was plagued again by unsettled geomagnetic conditions, with the Kp index hitting four on Monday, the 11th, and five on Tuesday, […]

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GB2RS News Script for 10 July 2022

| July 8, 2022

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 10 July 2022 (21-page/455KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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ICQ Podcast talks to RSGB

| July 8, 2022

Recently, the ICQ Podcast team spoke with Steve Thomas, M1ACB, the RSGB General Manager and Murray Niman, G6JYB, the RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair. Steve discussed some of the behind-the-scenes work carried out by the RSGB whilst at Ham radio in Germany. This included participating in IARU meetings, covering spectrum defence and EMC. Listen from the 1 […]

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Special Australian station for Fleet Air Arm anniversary

| July 8, 2022

VK75FAA is a special callsign celebrating the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Australian Navy’s aviation branch. Activity will continue until the end of October. The callsign will be used by amateurs around Australia on a rota basis.

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QSL Gallery online

| July 8, 2022

The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX’s website has been updated. Amongst the sixteen different galleries there are cards for the ten ‘Most Wanted’ DXCC Entities between 2012 and 2021, the 62 deleted DXCC Entities and special stations commemorating the ITU and IARU. You can view these galleries and many more on […]

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