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Propagation News – 26 December 2021

| December 22, 2021

Given that this report has to last two weeks it is difficult to be precise in terms of actual HF conditions. What we can say is that we are in turbulent times, with the solar flux index going up and down, and geomagnetic conditions subject to fluctuations as coronal holes and coronal mass ejections come […]

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Smudge Lundegard, G3GJW, December 2021

| December 21, 2021
Smudge Lundegard, G3GJW, December 2021

Smudge Lundegard, G3GJW passed away peacefully at the age of 94 two weeks before Christmas 2021. He was a RSGB Council member for some time, including Executive Vice President in 1995. He was the first to start pushing for Council members to have a fixed term of office so that new blood would be appointed […]

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Dave Hannan, G1JVF, November 2021

| December 20, 2021
Dave Hannan, G1JVF, November 2021

Dave Hannan, G1JVF, passed away in November 2021, following a mercifully short illness with cancer. He had been a radio amateur since the early 1980s, starting out on Citizen’s Band (known as ‘Mountainman’), before gaining his ham licence. Dave was a mechanical engineer and electrician, spending most of his working life at British Airways, as […]

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GB2RS News Script for 19 December 2021

| December 17, 2021

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 19 December 2021 (14-page/425KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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IMPORTANT NOTICE – NRC now temporarily closed

| December 17, 2021

In light of the rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases and the high transmission rates the RSGB has reluctantly decided to close the National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park temporarily until further notice. The NRC will close at 15.00 on Friday, 17 December 2021 and the closure will run throughout the Christmas and New Year period. […]

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GB2RS Christmas arrangements

| December 17, 2021

Next Sunday, 26 December 2021, will see the final GB2RS script for 2021. The deadline for news is being brought forward to 10am on Tuesday, 21 December 2021, instead of the usual Thursday. The news reading on 26 December is optional, as the RSGB appreciates that not all newsreaders will be available, but the script […]

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