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DX News – 4 September 2022
Jeff, K5WE will be active as ZL7/K5WE from Chatham Island, OC-038, between the 9th and the 21st of September. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on the 10 to 160m bands. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, Logbook of The World or via his home call. Tina, HB0/DL5YL and Fred, HB0/DL5YM will be active […]
Contest News – 4 September 2022
The RSGB HF SSB Field Day ends its 24-hour run at 1300UTC today, the 4th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The IARU Region 1 Field Day runs for the same 24-hour period as the RSGB HF Field Day. Using SSB only on […]
Propagation News – 4 September 2022
The radio propagation report was compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 2 September 2022. Many amateurs thought Christmas had arrived early when a solar flux index of 252 was posted on the 28th of August. This would have been representative of a very good solar maximum. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as the […]
GB2RS News Script for 28 August 2022
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Get ready for the Transatlantic Tests
The RSGB is hosting The Transatlantic Centenary Tests on the HF bands, for the entire month of December 2022 This is to commemorate the centenary of the achievement of amateur transatlantic communication, during the tests that were held between 1921 and 1923. Unlike the tests of the 1920s, which consisted of one-way communication, the 2022 […]
National Radio Centre contacts the ISS
RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) volunteer Steve, 2E0YBJ, was able to show the visiting public a live radio contact with the International Space Station using GB3RS He was using the demonstration station at the NRC, running SatPC32. This is used to track Earth low orbit satellites and, more recently, the on-board ISS repeater. Steve put […]
