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DX News – 9 March 2025
The VK9CU team will be active between the 4 and the 11 March from Cocos Keeling Islands, IOTA reference OC-003. They will operate on the 160 to 6m bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT4 and FT8. QSL via DL2AWG, ClubLog and Logbook of the World. Elvira, IV3FSG is active as D68Z from Moroni in the […]
Contest News – 9 March 2025
The Commonwealth Contest started at 1000UTC on Saturday the 8 March and ends at 1000UTC today, Sunday 9 March. Using CW on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. HQ stations also send ‘HQ’. On Tuesday 11 March, the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs between […]
Propagation News – 9 March 2025
We started last week with geomagnetic disturbances that saw the Kp index rise to a maximum of 5.67 on the 28 February and then hover around the 4.5 mark for the next couple of days. As predicted, the rest of the week went quite well, with the Kp index in the range of one to […]
GB2RS News Script for 2 March 2025
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British Science Week – will you be taking part in an amateur radio activity?
British Science Week starts this Friday, 7 March, and gives radio amateurs the opportunity to share their passion and knowledge of the hobby to reach new audiences. Schools including Kingsmead School in Taunton and St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Ormskirk have radio-related activities planned for students. Clubs including South Derbyshire and Ashby Woulds Amateur Radio […]
Could you contribute to the RSGB Technical Forum?
The RSGB Technical Forum is accepting expressions of interest from people who would like to join the group. The Forum is a body of technical experts that review articles submitted to the RSGB RadCom Editors. It provides a recommendation on whether they should be accepted for publication, and whether they are best suited to RadCom, […]
