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DX News – 18 December 2022
Tony will be active as 3D2AG/P from Rotuma Island, Fiji, OC-060, until the 20 December. He hopes to operate using CW, SSB, RTTY and some FT8 on the 160 to 6m bands. QSL via Club Log. Lester, W8YCM will be active as W8YCM/6Y from Jamaica, NA-097, until January 2023. QSL directly via his home callsign. […]
Contest News – 18 December 2022
The UK Six Metre Group Winter Marathon began on Thursday the 1 December. The contest will run until the 31 January 2023. Using all modes on the 6m band, the exchange is signal report and locator. Today, the 18 December, the Stew Perry Top Band Challenge will end its 24-hour run at 1500UTC. Using CW […]
Propagation News – 18 December 2022
Things hotted up last week with a healthy increase in sunspot activity. The number of sunspots ramped up, giving us a solar flux index of 165 by Thursday. The other upside was the fact that geomagnetic conditions were quite settled with the Kp index remaining between one and three all week. There were some downsides. […]
Direct to Full exam bookings open in January
Following the introduction of the Direct to Full syllabus in July, bookings for the Direct to Full exam will begin in January 2023. You will be able to make a booking from Wednesday 11 January and the first exam slot will be on Saturday 21 January. You can only do the exam online but you […]
Amateur radio licence exam fee changes
The RSGB Board has reviewed the amateur radio licence exam fees and has decided that there needs to be an increase from 1 April 2023. This is the first time in over ten years that the exam fees have risen and the new fees are still well below the cumulative rate of inflation since 2011. […]
John Hislop, G7OHO joins the ESRG
The RSGB’s Examinations and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) is delighted to announce the appointment of John Hislop, G7OHO to the group. John is a retired physics teacher and has been licensed since 1992. During his teaching career, he taught the Novice and Foundation Licences to many youngsters during after-school clubs and set up radio stations […]
