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DX News – 23 May 2021

| May 21, 2021

Ennio, IW1RBI and his team will be active as 3A/IW1RBI from Monaco between the 27 and 30 May. They plan to operate on the 30 to 6m bands using FT8 in Fox and Hound mode. SSB and CW will also be used. QSL via Logbook of The World, direct to IW1RBI, or via logsearch on […]

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Special Events News – 23 May 2021

| May 21, 2021

This Sunday, 23 May, Worthing and District ARC will operate GB1SCW as part of SOS Radio Week. The station will be on HF, VHF and UHF bands using various modes—details on QRZ.com.

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Contest News – 23 May 2021

| May 21, 2021

With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Several contests now accept portable entries, so please check the contest rules. Above all, please follow relevant national and local restrictions. This Sunday, the 23rd, the third 70MHz Cumulative contest runs from 1400 to 1600UTC. Using all […]

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Propagation News – 23 May 2021

| May 21, 2021

We had another wild week with sporadic E bringing most of the excitement on the upper HF bands. Transatlantic multi-hop Es brought USA contacts to many UK stations, mainly on CW and FT8, although there were some SSB ones too. The sporadic E action is always welcome on the HF bands during this time of […]

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GB2RS News Script for 16 May 2021

| May 14, 2021

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 16 May 2021 (13-page/227KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.

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Add your voice to the amateur radio survey

| May 14, 2021

As part of a wider IARU workshop, the RSGB is running a short survey about amateur radio in the UK. Nearly 550 people have responded so far and given their views. The survey takes just a few minutes to complete. We’d love to have good representation from across the whole of the UK so make […]

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