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Special Events News – 10 July 2022

| July 8, 2022

Today, Sunday the 10 July, Bishop Auckland RAC and Wearside Electronics and Amateur Radio Society are activating GB4BM from Beamish Museum at Beamish, Chester-le Street, Durham. Operations start at 10am. If you wish to attend and assist in the event contact Ian, G7MFN at g7mfn@hotmail.co.uk All are welcome. OE60STMK is on the air until the […]

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Contest News – 10 July 2022

| July 8, 2022

Today, Sunday the 10 July, the IARU HF Championship ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and your ITU Zone. For the UK this is 27. In particular, listen out for the RSGB HQ station operating as GR2HQ from ten […]

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Propagation News – 10 July 2022

| July 8, 2022

It was a mixed bag of HF propagation last week. The solar flux index was adequate rather than outstanding and a large elongated coronal hole contributed to the Kp index hitting five on the 4 July. However, things became more settled geomagnetically later in the week with the Kp index back down in the ones […]

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GB2RS News Script for 3 July 2022

| July 1, 2022

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 3 July 2022 (20-page/451KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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RSGB Regional vacancies

| July 1, 2022

The RSGB has vacancies for someone to be co-opted as the Regional Representative for Region 11 until the AGM in 2023. Region 11 covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire and the Channel Islands. There are 13 RSGB Regional Representatives covering the whole of the UK and they must reside in the region they represent. […]

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Tribute to Zorro, JH1AJT

| July 1, 2022

3D2AJT is the special callsign that Dom, 3D2USU will be using for one month from Nadi in the Fiji Islands in memory of the late Yasuo ‘Zorro’ Miyazawa, JH1AJT. Activity will end on 27 July, which would have marked Zorro’s 73rd birthday. Zorro was also known for his DXpeditions and charitable work on behalf of […]

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