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Also in GB2RS this week…
The next Tonight@8 webinar is on Monday, 13 April 2026. During the presentation Mark Foreman, G7LSZ will be looking at what happens when your rig goes to the shack in the sky. He will look at what recycling is, its purpose, and the basics of recycling waste electronic and electrical equipment. Tonight@8 webinars are live […]
Rallies and Events News – 5 April 2026
Today, 5 April, from 11am, the Broadcast Engineering Museum is holding an open day. The museum has one of the largest collections of historic broadcasting equipment in the world, including outside broadcast vehicles, TV cameras, videotape and telecine machines, audio equipment, transmitters, TV lighting and public address systems. The open day will include an exhibition […]
Special Events News – 5 April 2026
Godalming Museum in Surrey is hosting special event station GB2MGY on Saturday, 11 April from 11am to 2pm. The station is operating to celebrate the birthday of Jack Phillips, one of the Morse operators on the Titanic. Visitors to the museum can learn Morse code and send a message to earn a certificate. Find out […]
DX News – 5 April 2026
The Ramsbury Amateur Radio DX Group will be active as GB1RY during the first two weekends in April from the disused USAAF Ramsbury for Airfields on the Air. The team will be operating using CW, FT8 and SSB on the 40 to 10m bands. Paul, WA4PAW is active as C6APS from Great Abaco, A-080, in […]
Contest News – 5 April 2026
The SP DX CW and SSB Contest started at 1500UTC yesterday, 4 April, and ends at 1500UTC today, 5 April. Using CW and SSB on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Polish stations also send their province code. Today, 5 April, The UK Microwave […]
Propagation News – 5 April 2026
Over the last week we have had a fair sprinkling of sunspots, along with some enormous coronal holes, including one almost rectangular hole. Coronal holes are lower energy areas on the Sun with open magnetic field lines, allowing solar plasma to flow out. Geomagnetic conditions have mainly been settled, with the Kp index hitting a […]
