News
Horizon balloon chosen to promote maths and science
The UK Department for Education has selected the Horizon balloon project to feature in the department’s Your Life campaign to promote studies in math and science. Pupils at the Queen Mary’s Grammar School in Walsall built the payload that transmitted FSK RTTY telemetry data on 434.075MHz. The weather balloon reached an altitude of close to […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
Some changes have taken place on QRZ.com. The callsign database now fully supports secondary callsigns, i.e. ones that include a slash plus a modifier as either a prefix or a suffix to the primary call. This feature is available to all QRZ users and can be accessed by simply editing your callsign, or by using […]
Rallies and Events News 25 May 2014
We have no details of any rallies over this Bank Holiday weekend. The 24th Annual Waters and Stanton Open Day takes place today from 10am to 4pm in Hockley. There will be a variety of talks and presentations including What’s New from Elecraft and new bhi products. On 1 June, Spalding and District ARS will […]
Special Events News 25 May 2014
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, HMS Belfast will be active from 24 May until 30 June as GB70DDAY. On 6 June, HMS Belfast will make a special memorial contact with the GB2IWM station at IWM Duxford. The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group will be on the air as EI2GEO from the Copper […]
DX News 25 May 2014
A team of 16 operators from Malaysia will be on the air as 9M2MI from Undan Island between 30 May and 1 June, IOTA reference AS-097. Activity will be on 10 to 40 metres using CW and SSB. QSL only direct to 9M2YOT. N6TJ will be active as ZD8Z from Ascension Island, IOTA AF-003, between […]
Contest News 25 May 2014
Today, 25 May, the third 70MHz Cumulative contest takes place from 1400 to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The CW leg of the CQWW WPX Contest will keep the HF bands busy for the whole 48 hours this weekend. Expect the CW segments of […]
