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Contest News – 11 October 2015
On Tuesday, the 13th, the 432MHz UK Activity Contest takes place from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes the exchange is the usual signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday it’s the CW leg of the 80m Club Sprint running from 1900 to 2000UTC. The exchange is simply the serial number and your name. […]
Propagation News – 11 October 2015
The sun severely disrupted the HF bands again this week. A high-speed solar wind stream with a south-facing Bz magnetic component continued to interact strongly with the Earth’s geomagnetic field. Strong, G3 level geomagnetic storming was observed at high latitudes and the K index hit seven on Wednesday evening. There were long periods on Wednesday […]
Exams changed on 1 October
On the 1 October, the new UK licence rules started to be examined. Updates to the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced training books have been published in Books Extra on the RSGB website. The revised exam reference data booklets and sample exam papers have also been made available in Training on the RSGB website. These should […]
IARU interim meeting consultation
In preparation for the 2016 Region 1 Interim Meeting, the RSGB has reopened its IARU forums so that UK amateurs can suggest topics on matters such as operating or technical recommendations, band plans, contests and EMC. The initial phase is an open call and will be followed by further opportunities as UK papers are developed, […]
GB0RWC celebrates Rugby World Cup
Worked All Britain is commemorating the Rugby World Cup 2015 with a period of activity until the 31 October. GB0RWC is being used by the nine radio clubs taking part. See the WAB website for the schedule. QSL cards are not required by WAB, but for those that require one for GB0RWC, eQSL is available. […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
At 0448UTC on 27 September, an automatic bot gained access to the IOTA website database and was able to exploit a bug in the IOTA code in order to reset the password for every user on the site. There is no sign in the system logs that any data was read or that personal data […]
