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Contest News – 6 April 2014
The SP DX Contest ends at 1500UTC today, 6 April, having run for 24 hours. In it there are numerous entry categories, mainly for single ops. The exchange is signal report and serial number; SP stations give their single letter Province code. On Monday between 1900 and 2030UTC the CW leg of the 80m Club […]
Propagation News – 6 April 2014
New sunspot regions appeared every day, some of which produced solar flares of varying strengths. Solar activity was low on most days but increased to high on the 29th when a X1 class flare took place and again on the 2nd when an M6 class solar flare occurred. In total 58 C class solar flares […]
RSGB Beacon and Repeater Insurance
The RSGB beacon and repeater insurance is due on 30 April 2014. The premium for 2014/15 has not been finalised yet but if you wish to renew and would like to be contacted when details are available, please e-mail repeater.insurance@rsgb.org.uk.
GB2RS News Script – 30 March 2014
Download the GB2RS script for Sunday, 30 March 2014. GB2RS News Script for Sunday, 30 March 2014 (8-page/60.5KB Word document)
Summary of RSGB-Ofcom meeting published
RSGB Officers met with representatives of Ofcom on 15 March as part of a regular series of discussions. Among the principal items on the agenda were the review of amateur radio licence, the revalidation of licences, VHF spectrum release proposals, amateur radio on the ISS and the public sector spectrum release. More details of the […]
1MHz more amateur spectrum likely at 2m
Ofcom have published a consultation paper that makes proposals for the release of VHF spectrum, including 146 to 147MHz for amateur radio use on a temporary non-protected and non-interference basis. Details of how the RSGB will formulate its response will follow. The consultation is open until 26 May and can be viewed at http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/vhf-143-169mhz/.
