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Contest News – 6 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. Ending its 24 hour run at 1200UTC today, the 6th, is the SEANET contest. Using CW […]
Propagation News – 6 June 2021
The Sun was pretty quiet over the last week, with few sunspots and a solar flux index in the mid-70s. From a peak of 82 on Sunday, the SFI declined to 75 on Thursday when there were just two small sunspot groups visible, regions 2827 and 2929. As predicted, geomagnetic conditions have been mostly settled, […]
GB2RS News Script for 30 May 2021
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 30 May 2021 (17-page/346KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.
Phillip Brooks, G4NZQ, SK
We start with the sad news that following a recent illness, Phillip Brooks, G4NZQ became a Silent Key last week. For many years, Phillip worked tirelessly for the RSGB in a variety of roles, including reading the GB2RS news script every Sunday morning for almost 23 years, only retiring in 2017. He was also the […]
Listen for ISS on Monday
An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG with students in France. The contact is scheduled on the 31 May 2021 at approximately 1349UTC. The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio telebridge station IK1SLD, located in northern Italy. Downlink signals will be audible in Europe on 145.800MHz, […]
RSGB amateur radio survey closes
The RSGB’s amateur radio survey has now closed. Over 1,000 people took the time to reply and we are very grateful for their responses. Once the data has been reviewed it will be used initially for the IARU Region 1 workshop alongside that from other countries in the IARU region. However, we will also publish […]
