GB2RS
DX News – 30 July 2017
Roly, ZL1BQD will be active as 5W0RR from Samoa, IOTA reference OC-097, until 15 August. He will operate mainly JT65 and possibly the new FT8 mode. QSL via ZL1BQD. Janez, S53V will be active as 9A8CV from Krk Island, EU-136, in Croatia until 3 August. QSL via eQSL, or direct to S53V. Alan, KE4TA will […]
Special Events News – 30 July 2017
The Martello Tower Group will be operating as GB5RC from 3 to 7 August from the MV Ross Revenge, home of Radio Caroline. Moored in the Blackwater Estuary, GB5RC is celebrating five decades of offshore broadcasting and will be mainly operating on 80m, 40m, 20m, 2m and 70cm, with the capability to run 17m, 15m, […]
Contest News – 30 July 2017
The RSGB’s flagship HF contest, the IOTA Contest, ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday, the 30th. Please note that this year there are changes to the rules, so make sure you check before entering. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and IOTA reference. On Sunday, […]
Propagation News – 30 July 2017
For most of last week there were no sunspots on the Earth-facing solar disc. A single small sunspot, number 2668, appeared on Tuesday, but had gone by Wednesday. Solar activity was very low and flux stayed at 69 and 70 all week. The K-index however was mainly at 3 and 4, and only briefly dropped […]
YOTA flag handed to the RSGB
Last weekend, the IARU Region 1 International Youth meeting took place at the HAM Radio exhibition in Friedrichshafen. An enthusiastic group of young people and youth workers attended. On Saturday afternoon the official Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) flag was brought to the RSGB accompanied by the loud cheering of a group of youngsters. With […]
Ofcom licensing portal downtime
Ofcom has informed the RSGB that over the weekend of 22 to 23 July 2017 their payment system is being upgraded. As a result of this the online licensing portal will be down until 6am on Monday, 24 July 2017.
