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Also in this week’s GB2RS…
Members of the RSGB HQ team and RSGB volunteers will be attending the Dayton Hamvention between 16 and 18 May 2025. Held at the Greene County Fairground in Xenia, Ohio, USA, the event is one of the world’s largest amateur radio gatherings and attracts radio amateurs from around the world. If you are attending, make […]
Rallies and Events News – 11 May 2025
The Barry Amateur Radio Society Rally is on Saturday the 17 May at Sully Sports and Social Club, South Road, Sully CF64 5SP. There is a large free car park on site. Admission is £3. Doors open to traders at 8am and to the public from 9.30am. Traders and exhibitors can call Nigel, GW1CUQ via 02920 […]
Special Events News – 11 May 2025
Special event station GB0SAR is active until the 30 May to support SOS Radio Week. The station will mostly be working using FT4 on the 20m band, but you might also catch it on the other HF bands using phone. For more information visit QRZ.com Humber Fortress DX Amateur Radio Club will be operating special […]
DX News – 11 May 2025
Roberto, IW7DEC will be active as PJ2/IW7DEC from Curacao, IOTA reference SA-099, until Wednesday 14 May. He’ll be active on 40m to 20m, FT8 and SSB. QSL available via his home call and Logbook of the World. Yuris, YL2GM continues to be active as ZS8W from Prince Edward and Marion Island, IOTA reference AF-021, until […]
Contest News – 11 May 2025
Today, Sunday 11 May, the UK Microwave Group Millimetre-wave Contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 24, 47 and 76GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also on Sunday 11 May, the 70MHz CW Contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using CW on the 4m band, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 11 May 2025
Active region 4079 turned out to be not quite so bad as we had predicted. The sunspot was large, about ten times the width of our Earth, so we expected it to be more active. It was regions 4081 and 4082 that produced most of the flare activity last week. Two filament eruptions also occurred […]
