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Historic transatlantic contact
On 11 December 2016 a special amateur radio event commemorated the 95th anniversary of the first transatlantic shortwave reception between Greenwich, Connecticut, and Ardrossan, Scotland. On that day in 1921, a radio signal transmitted from a Radio Club of America (RCA) test station—located in a small shack on the property of Minton Cronkhite, 1BCG in […]
Indonesian earthquake comms
The earthquake in Indonesia on Wednesday struck at 5am local time. It has been reported that it took two hours for the ham radio group to reach the earthquake damage zone with emergency communications. 7.110MHz is being used for emergency traffic, and amateurs are asked to avoid interference during this emergency.
Also in GB2RS this week…
Research from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed technology that could revolutionise the capabilities of appliances that have previously relied on battery power to work. The research has discovered new supercapacitor electrolytes that exhibit capacitance values that are between one and ten thousand times […]
Rallies and Events News – 11 December 2016
We know of no more rallies for 2016. If you have any rally or event information for 2017 that you’d like to appear in future editions of GB2RS News, in RadCom and on the RSGB website, please email full details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk as early as possible.
DX News – 11 December 2016
Eric, KH6EB works on an uninhabited Hawaiian island, OC-019, for 10 days every month. He is located at the base camp that supports the state’s efforts to restore the island. He is there between 12 and 21 December. During his free time in the evenings and mornings, around 1600 to 1700UTC, 0300 to 0500UTC and […]
Special Event News – 11 December 2016
Dutch radio amateur Sascha, PD9Z will be operating PC16XMAS from 6 to 31 December. The station is intended to maintain the spirit of friendship between amateur radio operators in the Christmas period—and to provide a nice QSL card! Operation will be on 160 to 10m, SSB and CW. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the independence […]
