GB2RS
DX News – 4 July 2021
Ed, ES2TT will be active as ES2TT/0 from Saaremaa Island, IOTA reference EU-034, on 10 and 11 July. He will operate CW and SSB on the 30 to 20m bands. QSL via his home call, direct or via the bureau. Frank, K3TRM will be active as VP2V/K3TRM from Tortola, British Virgin Islands, NA-023, between 4 […]
Special Events News – 4 July 2021
Coventry ARS is running two special event stations until May 2022 to celebrate Coventry being the City of Culture. GB1COC and GB8CCC will be running most days, with GB8CCC passing between members of the club. Dates and times will vary.
Contest News – 4 July 2021
With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe This weekend is the RSGB VHF National Field Day. It runs for 24 hours until 1400UTC on Sunday, the 4th. Using all modes on the 50MHz to 1.3GHz bands, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 4 July 2021
Well, NOAA certainly got the sunspot predictions wrong last week. It said that the solar flux index would be in the range 76 to 78 with a maximum Kp index of two. As it turned out, the SFI ended up way higher than this, peaking at 94 on Thursday. Active sunspot regions 2835 and 2836 […]
GB2RS News Script for 27 June 2021
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COVID-19 affects VHF NFD
COVID-19 restrictions are extending into July and this means that VHF NFD is taking place with more controls in place than the organisers were hoping for. It is still viable to run the contest on 3 and 4 July 2021, but it will require some additional precautions and control to be exercised by entrants. All […]
