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Contest News -18 December 2016
The Stew Perry Top Band Challenge runs for 24 hours until 1500UTC today, the 18th. Using CW only on the 180m band the exchange is your four character locator. On Tuesday, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Finally, a […]
Propagation News – 18 December 2016
This week we have a slightly different approach to the HF propagation news. We want to help you and your family contact Santa’s elves in Lapland, Finland. The station OF9X is once again on the air this Christmas from Santa Claus Land in the Arctic Circle. Twelve elves are operating OF9X, which stands for ‘Old-Father-Nine-Christmas’, […]
Amateur radio exam developments
It has long been an aim of both the Radio Communications Foundation (RCF) and now the RSGB’s Examinations Standards Committee to be able to provide online amateur radio examinations. The current exam system EMAS has proved to be an extremely reliable system since it was first introduced in July 2013. However, a decision was made […]
Administrative error in RSGB Yearbook 2017
Each year Ofcom, on request, provides callsign information to the RSGB for the Yearbook. This year a small minority of users’ main station addresses were provided to the RSGB instead of their mailing addresses. As a result, this has been published in the RSGB Yearbook 2017. Only radio amateurs who have given consent to have […]
David Folkes, G0ACM, 6th December 2016
I have the sad news to inform you of the passing of David Folkes, G0ACM on the 6th December 2016 at the age of 68. He was a long time member of the Great Yarmouth Radio Club, a member for over 20 years. He was a long time friend of mine over 30 years and […]
RSGB questions Ofcom WTA S54 Regs
RSGB EMC Committee put questions to Ofcom based on their new Wireless Telegraphy Act, Section 54 regulations concerning enforcement against RFI from in service equipment. The attached response largely reiterates the points made in Ofcom’s response to consultation on the original proposal. However the answer to question 6 reveals more information about what is needed for […]
