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Propagation News – 27 September 2015
Starting on a happier note, it has been good to see the HF bands becoming more active this week as we head into autumn. With a solar flux index of around 105, fifteen metres has been showing promise with the YV5B beacon in Venezula and 4U1UN beacon in New York romping in on 21.150MHz during […]
Amateur Radio Survey 2015
In 2012 the RSGB Board published its strategic goals and next year will review their relevance once again. As part of the previous review the Society conducted a survey of the UK amateur radio community in 2010. As this data is now five years old, we are repeating the survey. The questions are largely the […]
Stan Shackleford, G2HAX, 5th April 2015
Stan Shackleford, G2HAX died on 5 April 2015 aged 96 and was the last surviving pre-war member of the Reading & District Amateur Radio Club (RADARC) and was the last of the early members of the Club in its founding year of 1934. He lived all his life in the same small semi-detached house in […]
Gerald (Gerry) Openshaw, G2BTO, 6th September 2015
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Gerald (Gerry) Openshaw, G2BTO, on the 6th September 2015, aged 96. Born in 1919, Gerald was a life long radio enthusiast. His skills and enthusiasm where put to good use serving with many others at Bletchley Park during WW2. Gerald was a long standing […]
Exam management changes
Changes are being made to the overall management of the UK amateur radio exams, although this will have no impact on day-to-day operations. In a move approved by Ofcom, the responsibility for overall management is being transferred from the Radio Communications Foundation to the RSGB. The same people will be doing the same things; they […]
Intruders found on amateur bands
Russian military traffic continues to be a problem on the 40m and 20m bands, says the latest IARU Monitoring System newsletter. There have also been many other intrusions from various other nationalities, including over-the-horizon radar on 10MHz, Spanish-language fishery traffic on 1.810MHz and North Korean diplomatic transmissions on 20m from their Moscow embassy. The full […]
