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DX News – 12 December 2021

| December 10, 2021

Ferdy, HB9DSP has had to postpone his December trip to Kenya and now plans to be active as 5Z4/HB9DSP around mid-January. DJ6TF and DL7BO have also had to postpone their December trip to Zimbabwe and now plan to be active as Z21A and Z22O in early February. Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsigns […]

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Special Events News – 12 December 2021

| December 10, 2021

Today, the 12th of December, is the 120th anniversary of the very first wireless signals across the Atlantic by Marconi. Ofcom has licensed a number of special event stations to mark the event. Chelmsford ARS has been granted GB120MT, licenced up to New Year’s day. Special event station GB1002ZE will be operated by Crocodile Rock […]

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Contest News – 12 December 2021

| December 10, 2021

When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. December is a quiet month for contests, indeed there are no RSGB HF contests at all this month. The ARRL 10m contest runs for 48 hours ending at 2359UTC today, the 12th. Using CW and phone, the exchange […]

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Propagation News – 12 December 2021

| December 10, 2021

The predicted elevated Kp index that we talked about last week didn’t amount to much at the end of the day. The solar wind remained reasonably calm and the Kp index only peaked at three. This rapidly fell to one by Tuesday and stayed at one or two for the rest of the week. Solar […]

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GB2RS News Script for 5 December 2021

| December 3, 2021

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 5 December 2021 (15-page/427KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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New web-based RSGB EMF calculator

| December 3, 2021

We are pleased to launch our new version of the RSGB EMF calculator v11d which is now available in a new browser-based version as well as the spreadsheet version. You can find both versions on our website The web browser version does not require you to have Excel or another spreadsheet on your computer. This […]

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