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Rallies and Events News – 26 April 2026
The EMC & Compliance International Exhibition will be held at the Holiday Inn in Oxford from 29 April to 1 May. The exhibition is open to all interested parties and is concerned with all aspects of EMC. For more information, including registration details, visit emcandci.com The Broadcast Engineering Museum has an open day on Sunday, […]
Special Events News – 26 April 2026
Special event stations OL900CO, OL900JAR and OL900LT are active until December to celebrate the town of Jaromer in the Czech Republic. For more information, including details of awards that are available for working the stations, visit hamawards.eu On Saturday, 2 May between 9am and 5pm, Dundee Amateur Radio Club will be operating from Broughty Ferry […]
DX News – 26 April 2026
Using the callsign GB9IOW, a team of Belgian operators will be active from the Isle of Wight, EU-120, from Tuesday, 28 April until Tuesday, 5 May. Listen for activity on the HF bands, via the QO-100 satellite and on 23cm EME. For more information visit QRZ.com Paul, VP9KF is active from Bermuda, NA-005, until Thursday, […]
Contest News – 26 April 2026
Today, 26 April, the UK Microwave Group EHF Band Contest runs from 0800 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 76 to 241GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The SP DX RTTY Contest started at 1200UTC yesterday, 25 April, and runs until 1200UTC today, 26 April. Using RTTY on the 80 […]
Propagation News – 26 April 2026
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 23 April, 2026 Last week’s HF propagation was dominated by the effects of a high-speed stream from a large coronal hole on the Sun. This pushed the Kp index up to 4 and 5 at times with the result that maximum usable frequencies, or MUFs, were lowered. The […]
Catch up with the RSGB 2026 AGM on YouTube
The RSGB would like to thank everyone who joined the RSGB 2026 AGM which was held online on Saturday 18 April. If you missed the live event, you’re able to watch the full livestream on the Society’s YouTube channel. As well as the formal AGM business, there was a special message from the RSGB President […]
