News
FCC authorises ARRL Centenary callsign
The FCC has authorised the Maxim Memorial Station W1AW to also use the call sign W100AW during 2014, the ARRL’s centennial year. Contacts made from the Maxim Memorial Station in Newington, from regional Centennial conventions and during the IARU HF Championship will use W100AW, with portable designators as appropriate. Bulletins and Morse practice transmissions during […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The final RSGB Centenary event, at Imperial College, London, took place on 5 December. Both lectures were well received and the proceedings were streamed live over the web by the BATC. If you missed it live, you can watch recordings of the lectures on the BATC website, www.batc.tv. Our thanks to BATC for making this […]
Rallies and Events News 8 December 2013
We have no details of rallies taking place during December. The next event in the diary is Bath Buildathon on 4 January. Booking is essential and the project is the 20m PSK Centenary Receiver. Intermediate Practical Assessments will also be available on the day. More details are in the forthcoming January RadCom or you can […]
Special Events News 8 December 2013
GB4FCV will be on the air on the 20, 30, 40 and 80m bands using CW only until 13 December. It is to commemorate Sir Francis Chichester’s circumnavigation of the globe in 1967. Special callsign 3A60ARM will be in use throughout December to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Monaco Society.
DX News 8 December 2013
The Buddies in the Caribbean group plan another trip to St Lucia, NA-108, until 9 December. As usual they will be using Buddipole antennas on the 10 to 80m bands. Calls will be J6/homecall. Haru, JA1XGI will be active as V63XG from Chuuk Island in Micronesia, OC-011, until 12 December. He will operate all bands […]
Contest News 8 December 2013
The ARRL 160m Contest runs for 42 hours finishing at 1600UTC today, the 8th. This is a CW-only event in which you work the USA, US Territories and Canada only. The wording of the rules suggests that good frequencies to work on are 1830-1835kHz, but you are not limited to this 5kHz window. The exchange […]
