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Contest News – 11 August 2013
The 5th 70MHz Cumulative contest takes place today from 1400 to 1600UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The first of this year’s The Worked All Europe contests ends today at 2359UTC after 48 hours of operation. In this CW event, stations in Europe only get points for working […]
Propagation News 11 August 2013
Numerous small sunspot regions were visible every day but all were quiet and most were in gradual decay. Solar activity was very low, with no C class solar flares taking place at all. This is the first week with no C class solar flares since the last solar minimum. Solar flux levels declined slightly from […]
Review of National Regional Organisation
The Board have decided that a complete review needs to be made of the RSGB national regional organisation. The thinking behind the creation of the Leadership Team in 2012 was that communication between the many specialist volunteers and the membership needs to be improved so that members realise greater value from their membership. The Board has asked […]
Latest Centenary Convention news
The RSGB’s Centenary Convention, sponsored by Martin Lynch & Sons, takes place over the weekend 11 to 13 October at Horwood House just outside Milton Keynes. This year Joe Taylor, K1JT, well known in the field of amateur radio weak signal communication, will be speaking on DXing with weak signals. Also, Terry Giles, G4CDY will […]
New South African 5MHz beacon
The South African Radio League will activate a new propagation beacon on 5.250MHz by the end of August. Its transmitter will be programmed to send signals at regular intervals and radio amateurs who have the proper software will be able to record these signals automatically on their computers. An article that explains the full operation […]
Yasme Foundation approves transceiver grant for Ethiopians
The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors has approved a grant to be used to purchase amateur radio transceivers for three members of the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society. Ethiopia came back on the air in 2011 with the re-opening of the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society station ET3AA. The Yasme Foundation issued a grant to pay the […]
