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Special Events News – 12 December 2021
Today, the 12th of December, is the 120th anniversary of the very first wireless signals across the Atlantic by Marconi. Ofcom has licensed a number of special event stations to mark the event. Chelmsford ARS has been granted GB120MT, licenced up to New Year’s day. Special event station GB1002ZE will be operated by Crocodile Rock […]
Contest News – 12 December 2021
When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. December is a quiet month for contests, indeed there are no RSGB HF contests at all this month. The ARRL 10m contest runs for 48 hours ending at 2359UTC today, the 12th. Using CW and phone, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 12 December 2021
The predicted elevated Kp index that we talked about last week didn’t amount to much at the end of the day. The solar wind remained reasonably calm and the Kp index only peaked at three. This rapidly fell to one by Tuesday and stayed at one or two for the rest of the week. Solar […]
New publishing schedule for RadCom online
Having listened to feedback, we’re delighted to announce that from this issue onwards, we are making RadCom available online for Members to read in the same week that the hard copy arrives through the letterbox. The January 2022 RadCom is now online at rsgb.org/radcom.
Bill Somerville, G4WJS, December 2021
From Joe Taylor, K1JT, we received the sad news that Bill Somerville, G4WJS, died suddenly and unexpectedly. He was only about 65 years old. Bill was the first to join Joe in in 2013 forming a core development group for WSJT-X. Joe: “Bill has been closely involved with WSJT-X and related software projects ever since. Our free, open-source software […]
GB2RS News Script for 5 December 2021
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 5 December 2021 (15-page/427KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link
