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DX News – 20 December 2020
Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/4 from Otsu Island, IOTA reference AS-117, on the 25th and 26th of December. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40, 30 and 20m bands. QSL via home call.
Contest News – 20 December 2020
Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. As per tradition, December is a quiet month for traditional contests, with no RSGB HF contests, but do look out for […]
Propagation News – 20 December 2020
We’ve had another week of lacklustre sunspot activity. The solar flux index has been pegged at around 82, caused by the two tiny sunspots in active region 2793. Having said that, a lack of coronal hole activity has meant that geomagnetic conditions have been settled, with a maximum Kp index of two, but more often […]
GB2RS News Script for 13 December 2020
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New RadCom Basics released
The latest edition of RadCom Basics is now available. Articles include Are You Making Full Use of the RSGB? Antennas and Planning Matters; Metal bashing with Basic Workshop Practices; FT8 digital mode; and revisiting a Start Here article on How Filters can Help Remove Interference from Outside the Amateur Bands. RSGB Members can read this […]
Awards Manager appointed
The RSGB Board has appointed Lindsay Pennell, G8PMA as the new RSGB Awards Manager. An avid award collector himself, Lindsay already volunteers as a RSGB QSL Bureau Sub-manager and has recently served on the Legacy Committee. He will start his new role next week after which he can be contacted via email: awards@rsgb.org.uk
