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Contest News – 20 June 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. The 50MHz Trophy contest ends its 24-hour run at 1400UTC today, the 20th. Using all modes, […]
Propagation News – 20 June 2021
A large coronal hole returned last week and started to become Earth-facing on Monday the 14th. The high-speed solar wind stream from the hole impacted the Earth on Tuesday evening, pushing the Kp index to five. Luckily, conditions returned to normal by late Wednesday and the Kp index was down to two or three thereafter. […]
GB2RS News Script for 13 June 2021
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National Hamfest postponed to 2022
It is with much regret that the organisers of the National Hamfest have decided to postpone the event planned for 24 and 25 September 2021 until a date to be decided in 2022. A number of factors have made the organisation of the event impossible to predict this year. At this point the organisers cannot […]
Kyrgyzstan amateurs get 5MHz band allocation
The national amateur radio society for Kyrgyzstan has announced that, on 4 June 2021, the national regulator made a 5MHz allocation available to amateurs. The WRC-15 Amateur Secondary Allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5kHz is available at a maximum power of 100W. Other secondary allocations made available at the same time were 472 – 479kHz at […]
Volunteers sought for 100th anniversary station
To celebrate the first one-way amateur radio QSO across the Atlantic that took place on 12 December 1921, ARRL members have joined with a group of UK operators who plan to recreate the event in December this year. To celebrate the centenary of Paul Godley, 2ZE’s success, in collaboration with North Ayrshire Council, special event […]
