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Special Events News – 28 June 2015
On Sunday, 28 June, Martin, G7MRV and Bob, M1BBV are walking the Lyke Wake Walk challenge, whilst operating GB0MAG. Operation will be at quite low power on 2m FM only with an ultra lightweight rucksack mounted antenna to increase the range. See QRZ.com for more information. The 16th Island Games will be held in Jersey […]
DX News – 28 June 2015
G8OFQ will be active stroke HC8 from the Galapagos Islands, SA-004, from 1 July to 30 September. Operations will be on the 160 to 6m bands. QSL via HA3JB. ON8VP, ON6QQ and ON5TQ will be operating as OJ0V from Market Reef from 28 June to 4 July. Activity will be on the 40 to 10m […]
Contest News – 28 June 2015
The 50MHz CW contest takes place Sunday, 28 June, from 09.00 to 12.00UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The 4th 70MHz Cumulative contest runs from 14.00 to 16.00 Sunday, 28 June. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Finally for Sunday, the UK Microwave Group contest […]
Propagation News – 28 June 2015
What a week it has been in terms of solar activity and its effects on HF propagation. We’ve had everything thrown at us. On Sunday we started with a series of strong M-class X-ray flares. One of these resulted in a full halo coronal mass ejection. The halo effect observed means the CME was coming […]
OBE awarded to Prof. Chris Budd, G4NBG
Professor Chris Budd, G4NBG has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to science and maths education Professor Budd has been a radio amateur and RSGB member since his teens, when he was introduced to it by his grandfather who held a licence in the 1920s and was a radio scientist […]
Convention lectures announced
The RSGB Convention takes place over the weekend of 9 to 11 October at Kent’s Hill Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. We are please to announce that Glenn Johnson, W0GJ will be speaking about the K1N DXpedition, a once in 32 years’ opportunity from Navassa Island, that was number one in the Most Wanted Entity […]
