News
STRaND-1 Signal Reports Requested
Dr Chris Bridges, M0GGK, from the Surrey Space Centre, has advised that the amateur radio beacon on their STRaND-1 CubeSat became intermittent over the Easter weekend. Both DK3WN and ST2NH have reported that no signals have been heard since Sunday. Radio amateurs are asked to listen for STRaND-1 over the next few days and report […]
GJ100RSGB goes on air this week
G100RSGB, the special event callsign celebrating the RSGB Centenary stays in Region 11 this week. GJ100RSGB will be on the air today, Sunday 7, and Monday from Jersey with Jersey ARS running the station from La Moye Signal Station. They are planning to use the 10m to 160m bands as well as 2m and 70cm. […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
RSGB Centenary Dinner The RSGB Centenary dinner will take place at Horwood House in the evening of 5 July, the anniversary day. As well as this being a voluntary black tie event to recreate the dinners held in the early days of the Society, it is intended to re-create a menu based on one of […]
Rallies and Events – 7 April 2013
As part of its 100th anniversary events, Northampton Radio Club is operating a special event station at a model exhibition weekend at Windmill Primary School in Raunds, Northamptonshire today, 7 April. As well as there being an exhibition of model boats and hovercrafts, helicopters, aircraft and trains, Northampton Radio Club will be operating HF, VHF, […]
DX News – 7 April 2013
A team of 15 German operators will be active as 5W0M from Le Lagoto, Samoa until 18 April. Operation will be on the 6 to 80m bands using CW, SSB and RTTY plus 2m EME. They plan to have four stations active simultaneously. QSL HF and 6m via DL4SVA, direct or by the Bureau and […]
Contest News – 7 April 2013
The SSB leg of RoPoCo takes place on the 80m band today, 7 April, from 1900 to 2030UTC. Both RoPoCos are HF Championship events, with the maximum output power limited to 100 watts. The exchange is signal report and the full postcode received. In the 3-hour 1st 70MHz contest taking place from 0900 to 1200UTC […]
