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Special Events News – 7 April 2024
Special event station GB0WYT will be active from RAF Wyton during the Airfields on the Air event on the weekend of the 13 and 14 April. This is the 12th year that a special event station has marked the event. The callsign will again be operated by RAF Air Cadet Communication Staff and club members […]
DX News – 7 April 2024
A team of amateurs is active from Vanuatu, OC-035, until the 11 April. Operators will be QRV on the 40 to 6m bands using SSB, CW and FT8. QSL via OQRS. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log. Watch the YJ0VK page at QRZ.com for updates. A team of UK amateurs is about to set […]
Contest News – 7 April 2024
FT4 International Activity Day started at 1200UTC on Saturday 6 April and ends at 1200UTC today, Sunday 7 April. Using FT4 on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report. The SP DX Contest started at 1500UTC on Saturday 6 April and ends at 1500UTC today, Sunday 7 April. […]
Propagation News – 7 April 2024
Looking at the Sun on Wednesday 3 April, you might be forgiven for thinking we are near sunspot minimum! With a near-total lack of sunspots and a solar flux index of 112, the solar disk was looking pretty bare. Compare that with just two weeks ago when the solar flux index was sitting at 209 […]
GB2RS News Script for 31 March 2024
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Chris Whitmarsh, G0FDZ receives RSGB Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Chris Whitmarsh, G0FDZ who has been presented with an RSGB Lifetime Achievement Award by RSGB President John McCullagh, GI4BWM and RSGB Board Chair Stewart Bryant, G3YSX. Chris is the only amateur in the UK to have had a two-way QSO on every single amateur band for which we are licensed. Chris has been […]
