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Special Events News – 3 December 2023
Datta, VU2DSI is active as AU2JCB until the 11 December to commemorate the birthdate of Indian physicist and radio pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose who was born on the 30 November 1858. He will operate SSB on the 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands, and FM on the 10 and 6m bands. QSL direct to […]
DX News – 3 December 2023
Burkhard, DL3KZA is active as YB9/DL3KZA from Sumbawa Island, OC-150, until tomorrow, the 4 December. QSL via home call, direct or via the bureau. Maurizio, IK2GZU is active as 5H3MB in Tanzania until the 8 December while doing volunteer work at the Ikelu Hospital and Ilembula Orphanage. In his spare time, he operates SSB, CW […]
Contest News – 3 December 2023
Today, the 3 December the 144MHz Affiliated Societies Contest runs from 1000 to 1400UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday 5 December the 144MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal […]
Propagation News – 3 December 2023
We were lucky last week – the solar flux index remained quite high and, after the geomagnetic upsets around the 25 November, we had settled conditions, with the Kp index below two. Unfortunately, it looks like that is all about to change. On Tuesday 28 November, two M-class solar flares and associated coronal mass ejections […]
2023 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference
The first week of the 2023 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) has seen discussions get underway on a wide variety of agenda items. Notably for amateur radio, IARU Region 1 reports that new ITU Recommendation M.2164 on guidance for amateur and amateur satellite usage in the 1240 to 1300MHz range has now been published online. […]
Ofcom and Beyond Convention presentation
In the latest RSGB 2023 Convention presentation to be released, RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair Murray Niman, G6JYB provides another informative session on the Ofcom consultation. He also looks ahead to other changes in prospect across HF to microwaves from the IARU and the ITU World Radio Conference (WRC-23) this autumn. Murray outlines the RSGB’s response […]
