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Contest News – 12 October 2025

| October 9, 2025

On Tuesday 14 October, the RSGB 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1855UTC. Using FM on the 70cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also on Tuesday 14 October, the RSGB 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm band, the exchange […]

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Propagation News – 12 October 2025

| October 9, 2025

We finally got rid of the high-speed solar wind stream, which caused havoc on the HF bands. But we are not out of the woods yet! Last week saw the Kp index hit 6.67 on 2 October, and it was often up around 4 or more. Even though the Kp index eventually reduced, the ionosphere […]

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RSGB Board – August key messages

| October 3, 2025

Following its meeting in August, the RSGB Board has shared these key messages: Budget Setting – Board started the process of preparing the 2026 Budget Strategy – Board decided to review the activities flowing from each workstream to try and select those which might be delivered within the available resources and to decide measurables, timescales and […]

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GB2RS News Script for 5 October 2025

| October 3, 2025

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 5 October 2025 (MS Word document)

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Book now for the RSGB 2025 Convention!

| October 3, 2025

Sunday, 5 October 2025 is the last day for you to buy your RSGB 2025 Convention and dinner tickets. The online ticketing portal closes at 11.59pm on Sunday so be sure to act quickly to guarantee your attendance. You will be able to buy a Convention ticket on the door but not at the reduced […]

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October Tonight@8: Marshall Islands DXpedition

| October 3, 2025

Jamie Williams, M0SDV will be talking you through a DXpedition to the Marshall Islands in the RSGB’s next Tonight@8 webinar on Monday, 6 October 2025. In February 2025, the V73WW team made 103,864 QSOs using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. The team of six came from four countries, with the operators having an average age […]

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