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Contest News 27 October 2013
The 48 hour long CQ Worldwide SSB ends today at 2359UTC. If there’s any propagation at all, expect the SSB portions of all the contesting bands between 1.8 and 28MHz to be packed. The exchange is signal report and Zone. The UK is Zone 14. Tuesday sees the 70MHz UK Activity Contest take place from […]
Propagation News 27 October 2013
At the start of the period two small sunspot regions rotated into view but within days they had increased in size and magnetic complexity. By the 22nd solar activity had increased to moderate levels with small M class solar flares taking place. Activity increased to high levels on the 24th when four M class solar […]
Changes to RSGB website
If you visit www.rsgb.org you will see that our site now has a new front page, based around nine themed files which take you to key areas of the RSGB website. In some older Microsoft browsers, you may find the tiles do not load correctly at first. Please just press F5 to refresh your browser […]
Earthquake in the Philippines
Earlier this week, following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines, the Philippine Amateur Radio Association activated its emergency communications using the frequency of 7.095MHz. Radio amateurs are asked to keep this 40m frequency clear as the assessment of damage and other relief work is continuing. The frequency of 7.145MHz should also be kept clear […]
Bath Distance Learning Course
The Bath Based Advanced Distance Learning Team are starting to plan for their next course, which will run from January to July 2014. There are no fees for the training but students will need a copy of the RSGB Advance! textbook and will, of course, need to pay the exam fee of £37.50. The exam […]
Previous RSGB General Manager
The RSGB Board is pleased to be able to report that the debt owed to the Society by its previous General Manager, who left the Society in early 2011, has been repaid in full, together with statutory interest and the Society’s court fees. This will be reflected in the 2013 accounts as a write-back of […]
