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Contest News – 16 April 2017
The Worked All Britain Data Contests takes place today, the 16th of April, on the 3.5, 7.0 and 14MHz bands. There are two separate contests one for RTTY and one for PSK. Each contest is split into two parts to get optimum conditions on all three bands. The RTTY contest is from 1200 to 1400 […]
Propagation News – 16 April 2017
Last week was a mixed bag again in terms of HF propagation. While the solar flux index was stuck in the mid 70s, geomagnetic disturbances due to coronal hole effects made their mark. The K index hit four on Tuesday and brought a pre-auroral enhancement. With the critical frequency over the UK almost reaching 7MHz, […]
April 22nd is Marconi Day
Dozens of official award stations have registered to take part in the 2017 International Marconi Day event, this year being held on 22 April. All contacts counting toward the Marconi Award must be made on HF with registered stations, but other participating stations do not need to be registered to claim awards. The event is […]
New PSK31 software for blind amateurs
A free, new Windows program called Accessible Digipan has been released. It allows blind hams to operate PSK31. The download includes the application, audio tutorials, detailed written guides, and additional helpful resources, plus DigiPan PSK31 and PSK63 software. ARRL member Richard, KK6MRH, and Jim, WA0PSS, both blind, developed the program. The app will work with […]
Club Log gets Trusted Partner status
Club Log, run by G7VJR, has become the first logging service to achieve Trusted Partner™ status for Logbook of the World. Radio amateurs holding Logbook of the World call sign certificates who have uploaded logs to Club Log now can readily cross-post them to Logbook of the World. More information on technical specifications and on […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
At the QSL Bureau, the G4 call sign series is in process of being consolidated. There are now just four G4 sub-groups for the distribution of QSL cards to members. G4 call holders are advised to check the sub-managers list on the RSGB website before sending more collection envelopes, as their volunteers details may have […]
