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Rallies and Events News – 28 June 2026
Today, 28 June, the Cornish Radio Amateur Club Rally is taking place at Penair School in Truro. The doors open at 10.15am and admission costs £3. Traders, bring and buy and refreshments are available on site. For more information email janluke1954@hotmail.co.uk Barford Norfolk Radio Rally will take place on Sunday 5 July at Barford Village […]
Special Events News – 28 June 2026
Special callsign DQ40CNP is in use until the 11 July to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The station has been worked recently on the HF bands using FT8. QSL via DL1EAL. QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, eQSL, the DARC Community Logbook, QRZ.com and Club Log. […]
DX News – 28 June 2026
Chas, NK8O is active as 5H3DX from Tanzania until Thursday 2 July. He operates using CW, FT4 and FT8 on the 40 to 6m bands. QSL via Logbook of the World or directly to NK8O. Darek, TJ1GD is active from Mondoleh Island in Cameroon, AF-095, until Wednesday 15 July. See QRZ.com for QSL instructions.
Contest News – 28 June 2026
Today, 28 June, the UK Microwave Group High Band Contest runs from 0800 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 5.7 to 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also today, 28 June, the RSGB 50MHz CW Contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using CW on the 6m band, the exchange is […]
Propagation News – 28 June 2026
Things have been quiet on the solar front but that may be about to change. The solar flux index has been sitting around the low 120s for a few days and the geomagnetic Kp index has been below 2. Other than a couple of M-class solar flares, activity has been rather quiet. One of the […]
GB2RS News Script for 21 June 2026
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