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Special Events News – 6 March 2016
Mid-Somerset Amateur Radio Club will be operating GB4BSC during British Science Week from the Blue School, Wells. Planned days of operation are Tuesday and Wednesday the 15th and 16th, mainly on 40m. Pontefract and District ARS will be operating GB4SL on 12 March for 28 days to mark the visit of Apollo 17 commander Gene […]
Contest News – 6 March 2016
The ARRL International DX contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC on Sunday, the 6th. Using SSB on the 1.8-28MHz contest bands, the exchange is RS plus Tx power. US stations will also send their state and Canadians their province. The RSGB 144/432MHz contest, a VHF Championship event, ends at 1400UTC Sunday, the 6th. […]
Propagation News – 6 March 2016
Solar activity was at lower levels this week. The Solar Flux Index declined to 91 on the 29th, before recovering toward the end of the week. However, it never quite reached 100. Geomagnetic conditions were reasonably settled, with the A index in single figures and the K index hovering between one and three. This was […]
John Broomhead, G3NCX, 2nd January 2016
John Broomhead, G3NCX passed away on the 2nd of January 2016. He was an active radio amateur for many, many years. He was always enthusiastic about his radio equipment and being a Member of the Society. He taught amateur radio at City and Guilds level and was a member of RAYNET.
RSGB UK bid for YOTA 2017
The IARU has run a Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) international summer camp every year since 2011. It has been hosted in Romania, Belgium and the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Italy and Austria. The RSGB Board has agreed to submit a bid to host the 2017 YOTA summer camp in the UK. If successful, this will […]
Special-special Scout centenary call signs
Ofcom has announced that it will release so-called ‘special special’ call signs to support the Scouts’ centenary celebrations. These call signs will be prefixed GB100, GB1OO and GB1O0, and have up to eight characters in total. An example might be GB100CSD. These call signs will be available for special events by Cub Scout district and […]
