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Propagation News – 9 February 2025
Last week went pretty much as predicted. The solar wind from a large coronal hole impacted the Earth on Saturday 1 February, pushing the Kp index to four. The hole was so large that the geomagnetic disturbance lasted until the early evening on Sunday. Once the solar wind speed had dropped, things got back to […]
Get involved with World Thinking Day on the Air
Don’t forget that Girlguiding groups will be taking part in World Thinking Day on the Air activities over the weekends of 15 and 22 February. The aim of the event is to encourage Girlguiding members to make friendships with those in other units, using amateur radio as the means of communication. A list of stations […]
Alan Burnett, G0IFC – 24 January 2025
A founder member of the Tiverton Amateur Radio Club, Alan G0IFC became Silent Key on 24 January 2025 at the age of 77. Alan was passionate about Amateur Radio for almost 40 years and, until recently, was licence-holder of the Tiverton club’s call sign G4TSW. As Chairman of the club for many years, he set […]
Regions 6 and 7 competition in March
A competition has been launched by RSGB Regions 6 (North Wales) and 7 (South Wales) that will take place throughout March. The aim is to encourage both individual RSGB members, as well as Affiliated Clubs in Wales, to build their own resonant 21MHz antenna and make as many QSOs as possible on the 21MHz band […]
GB2RS News Script for 2 February 2025
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 2 February 2025 (MS Word document)
Tonight @ 8: fault finding in construction projects
The next Tonight @ 8 webinar on Monday, 3 February 2025 will help you navigate basic fault-finding and electronics within your construction projects. Lee Aldridge, G4EJB will use his many years’ experience of working in telecoms and electronics to help you understand what to do when you’ve built a project, but it doesn’t work. Visit […]
