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Special Events News – 05 December 2021
Special event station GB1002ZE will be operated by Crocodile Rock Amateur Group near Ardrossan. In addition to the radio celebrations, North Ayrshire Council have jointly created an exhibition surrounding this Centenary that will be hosted in the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre, Saltcoats. This exhibition is open until mid-December. Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will operate a […]
Contest News – 05 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 160m CW contest ends its 42-hour run at 1600UTC today, the 5th. Using CW only on the 160m […]
Propagation News – 05 December 2021
The last week was characterised by unsettled geomagnetic conditions, but a reasonable solar flux index of 92, falling to 86. Despite NOAA predicting that the Kp index would be around two, we had an excursion up to five on Tuesday. This was due to an enhanced solar wind stream containing a sector of southward Bz, […]
Regional team changes
Kath Wilson, M1CNY has stood down as Regional Representative Region 3 after serving in this post since the inception of the Regional Team in December 2000. The RSGB would like to thank her for her service to the Society and look forward to continuing working with her in her position as Chair of the RAIBC. Derek […]
GB2RS News Script for 28 November 2021
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Centenary of transatlantic amateur signals
December 2021 marks the centenary of the first amateur radio signals crossing the Atlantic. Signals from the USA were received by Paul Godley, 2ZE, at a specially prepared receiving setup at Ardrossan in Scotland. From 1 to 26 December 2021, all UK and Crown Dependency licensees may add the suffix /2ZE to their amateur call […]
