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Propagation News – 13 February 2022

| February 11, 2022

We had a good week for HF propagation, with a solar flux index up towards 130 and relatively calm geomagnetic conditions. There were lots of reports of openings to Australia on 10 metres and the KQ2H repeater in up-state New York often put in an appearance on 29.620MHz FM as well. However, a Coronal Mass […]

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NoV available for Jubilee celebrations

| February 9, 2022

We have just published the Notice of Variation that will enable radio amateurs licensed by Ofcom to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen by using the special RSL ‘Q’. This NoV is available for use throughout June 2022 but you can apply for it now.

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Suffix /70 permitted for Platinum Jubilee

| February 4, 2022

Following a request by the RSGB, Ofcom has indicated that stations wishing to retain their usual Regional Secondary Locator to identify their DXCC entity may use the suffix /70 to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We are proposing its use throughout June for those who would like to do so. It is also permitted to […]

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RadCom Plus – January 2022 edition

| February 4, 2022

The RSGB has released the latest RadCom Plus edition this week. We’d like to thank all of the contributors: High loss RF sampler taps Thomas Alldread, VA7TA Operating on the 30THz band – Part 1 Barry Chambers, G8AGN Long delay echoes A.K. Goodacre, VE3HX Experiments with DIY remote operations Bob Cowdery, G3UKB  

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New Southern Fusion group

| February 4, 2022

Owners of Yaesu C4FM transceivers may be interested to learn of a new Wires-X room called Southern Fusion, currently room 41893. It is focussed primarily on repeater and gateway users in southern England and, of course, Wires-X users anywhere on the planet. RF access is available via a growing number of C4FM repeaters. These include […]

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GB2RS News Script for 6 February 2022

| February 4, 2022

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 6 February 2022 (15-page/450KB Microsoft Word document) . Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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