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GB3HY back on the air

| December 18, 2015

Mid-Sussex Repeater Group has announced that GB3HY is back on the air, after an absence of nearly three years. The repeater is now operating from the same location in Haywards Heath with an output power of 10W. The input frequency is 430.900MHz, output is on 438.500MHz and CTCSS is 88.5Hz. The repeater group will appreciate […]

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Also in GB2RS this week…

| December 18, 2015

Groups from schools, universities and local clubs are activating G15YOTA and its regional variations in December. Many of the operators will be experiencing amateur radio for the first time, so if you hear the station, please give them a call. Sunday, the 20th, Worksop Amateur Radio Society will be on the air with local young people and […]

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Rallies and Events News – 20 December 2015

| December 18, 2015

There are no more rallies in 2015 in the diary. If you have any rally or event information you’d like to appear in future editions of GB2RS, in RadCom and on the RSGB website, please email details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk.

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Special Event News – 20 December 2015

| December 18, 2015

Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, will again put his 600m Experimental Station WG2XFQ on the air on for a Christmas Eve commemorative transmission. WG2XFQ will transmit on 486kHz from Forest, Virginia, to mark the 109th anniversary of Reginald Fessenden’s first audio transmission. Justin will conduct a run-up to this year’s event starting at around midday Eastern Time […]

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DX News – 20 December 2015

| December 18, 2015

Aaron, VA1AXC is back on Sable Island, NA-063, until the end of January signing CY0/VA1AXC. He will be on the air during his spare time and his QSL Manager is JE1LET. For those interested in working stations located in the Antarctic there is a new operator at the Bharati Research Station. He is VU3BPZ and […]

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Contest News – 20 December 2015

| December 18, 2015

The 6m Marathon from the UK Six Metre Group ends on 31 January. There is no contest exchange, however the normal QSO data must be recorded. The scoring is one point per unique four digit locator worked. Logs are submitted via the UKSMG website in ADIF format. The Christmas Cumulatives take place from Saturday the […]

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