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Special Event News – 4 June 2017
GB1SCW will be on the air from Shoreham National Coastwatch Institute Lookout today, the 4th of June between 11am and 4pm. The location is near Shoreham Beach car park, postcode BN43 5HY. Due to its beach location, access for the disabled is restricted. Shoreham Fort will also be open for visitors. Today, the 4th of […]
Contest News – 4 June 2017
The CW National Field Day ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC today, the 4th. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The South East Asia NETwork, or SEANET contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC today, the 4th. Using CW and SSB on the 3.5 to […]
Propagation News – 4 June 2017
Last week the solar flux index declined from the low 80s to 74. The sun was spotless, but propagation was dominated by strong geomagnetic storming on Sunday the 28th of May. Sky watchers across many northern locations reported visible aurora. This was due to the south-pointing Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field, which coupled […]
Ofcom licensing portal weekend outage
Ofcom has advised the RSGB that its online licensing portal will be unavailable from 6pm on Friday the 26th of May until 8am on Tuesday the 30th of May because of related systems work.
New vlog features YOTA Super Supporter
The RSGB is delighted to have seven Super Supporters for Youngsters on the Air, YOTA 2017 and the latest vlog features one of them – Martin, G4HKS – from Martin Lynch & Sons. In the vlog he chats about being a radio amateur for most of his life and explains why ML&S chose to support […]
TX Factor 16 released
TX Factor Episode 16 is now available. In episode 16, new team member, Pete Sipple, M0PSX, looks forward to Youngsters on the Air 2017 and chats to some key players at this summer’s YOTA UK event. Pete also finds time to take an eager look at the new Kenwood TH-D74E dual-band handheld that includes D-Star. […]
