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Special Events News – 3 November 2024
George, MM0JNL is active as GB0GTS until the 18 November to raise awareness of homeless military veterans in association with The Great Tommy Sleepout organised by The Royal British Legion Industries. The station will be operating on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB. There may also be some activity on the 2m band. George […]
DX News – 3 November 2024
Maurizio, IK2GZU is active as 5H3MB from Tanzania until the 11 November while doing volunteer work at a local school. In his spare time, he will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, Logbook of the World, eQSL, or via IK2GZU.
Contest News – 3 November 2024
The RSGB 144MHz CW Marconi Contest started at 1400UTC on Saturday 2 November and ends at 1400UTC today, Sunday 3 November. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The International Police Association Radio Club invites all radio amateurs around the world to take part in its contest which takes place every year on […]
Propagation News – 3 November 2024
Last weekend’s CQWW SSB contest showed just how good autumnal HF conditions can be. Many contesters worked more than 100 countries or DX entities on each and every HF band. With a solar flux index of 238 on Saturday and 246 on Sunday, plus low Kp indices all weekend, it was about as good as […]
RSGB releases video of ARISS Girlguiding contact
On 5 October 2024, in her first official engagement as Girlguiding Patron, HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh joined 100 excited Brownies, Guides and Rangers in making a live amateur radio contact with the International Space Station. The event was organised by The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) and Amateur Radio on the International Space […]
RSGB PSC Chair on ICQ podcast
The latest episode of ICQ Podcast is available to listen to online and features RSGB Propagation Studies Committee Chair, Steve Nichols, G0KYA. During episode 441 Martin Butler, M1MRB talks to Steve about propagation and how the sunspot cycle has taken off to impact conditions positively. They also discuss Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation—also known as […]
