News
GB3HA back on air in Northumberland
The Northumberland 2m repeater, GB3HA, is operational again serving the north-east of England To celebrate the switch on, a short check-in net will be held on Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 7.30pm. Net control will be Roy, M0TKF, and all radio amateurs within the repeater coverage are welcome to call in for a quick hello. […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
NASA is well known for communicating with astronauts on space missions, but radio amateurs may also contact NASA centres around the world. Until the end of 2022, NASA will mark several past and present-day key milestones. NASA amateur radio clubs at the agency’s centres and support facilities across the United States plan to participate with […]
Rallies and Events News – 28 August 2022
Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk We’ll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Today, Sunday the 28 August , the Milton Keynes ARS Rally will be held at The Irish Centre, Manor Fields, Watling Street, Bletchley, MK2 2HX. There is free onsite parking, catering and […]
Special Events News – 28 August 2022
GB1SAK will be active from the International Kite Festival at Lytham St Annes on the 2, 3 and 4 September. Using SSB and CW, mostly the 40 and 20m bands, the station will use a variety of wire antennas, supported by kites. Further details are on QRZ.com
DX News – 28 August 2022
IK5WWA will be operating from the island of La Maddalena, EU-041, between the 1 and 13 September. Using the 80 to 2m bands he will use the specail callsign IM0M. This operation also qualifies for the Italian Island Award. QSL details are on qrz.com. Keith, GU6EFB will be active as GJ6EFB from Jersey, EU-013, from […]
Contest News – 28 August 2022
The CQ RTTY ops WW RTTY Contest has its second session of activity between 1200 and 2359UTC today, 28 August. Using RTTY only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and the 4-digit year of your first licence. The Worldwide Digi DX contest ends its 24-hour run […]
