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Special Events News – 21 December 2025
The Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society will be using special callsign GB100GBR from 1 January to 4 January to celebrate the centenary of the first CW transmissions from the GBR transmitter at Rugby Radio Station. Operators will begin transmitting from the historic site at 1200UTC on 1 January, the same time as the original station 100 years […]
DX News – 21 December 2025
Roland, F8EN is active as TR8CR from Gabon until 25 December. He operates CW only. QSL via F6AJA. For more information visit QRZ.com George, VU2DGR is using the AT44I callsign from Bharati Research Station until 31 December. He is a member of the 44th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The station is often worked using FT8 on […]
Contest News – 21 December 2025
On Friday 26 December, the DARC Christmas Contest runs from 0830 to 1100UTC. Using CW and SSB on the 80 and 40m bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The Worked All Britain Christmas Party starts on Friday 26 December and ends on Tuesday 6 January. Using all modes on all bands, the […]
Propagation News – 21 December 2025
Last week, we suffered from the double whammy of a reduced solar flux index and an increased Kp index. The solar flux index went down to 119 by Thursday 18 December, with the sunspots looking pretty spartan when compared with just a week or so ago. Unfortunately, a coronal hole contributed to a fast solar […]
A British Science Week opportunity not to be missed
The RSGB is giving away 400 FM radio receiver kits and Morse code tutor kits as part of its British Science Week 2026 activities. The kits are available for school, university, Scout, Girlguiding and Cadet groups as well as other youth-related Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics groups. The project is being delivered thanks to a […]
Could you be the new RSGB Honorary Skills and Career Development Officer?
The RSGB is looking for a volunteer Honorary Skills and Career Development Officer. One of the main responsibilities will be to build a team to engage with early career engineers, as well as those making a career transition, in order to encourage them to use amateur radio to develop their skills and knowledge. As part […]
