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Rallies and Events News – 1 August 2021
Before travelling to any rally or event, please check the event’s website as there may be alterations or cancellations due to the current restrictions. News of a cancelled rally first. The Galashiels Rally, planned for the 24th of October, has been cancelled for this year. The Wiltshire Radio Rally, Electronics Fair & Car Boot Sale […]
DX News – 1 August 2021
Yann, F1SMB will be active as FO/F1SMB from several French Polynesia islands in August. Between the 2nd and 6th of August he will be on Moorea, IOTA reference OC-046, and between the 6th and the 10th it will be Tahaa, OC-067. He will operate QRP SSB and FT8 mainly on 40m and 20m. QSL via […]
Special Events News – 1 August 2021
On the 7th and 8th of August, Welland Valley ARS will be running GB5HAW from the Harborough At War event at the Market Harborough Show Ground LE16 7QB. It is a two-day 1940s and World War II living history show. There will be trade stands, static military vehicle displays, battle re-enactments with smoke and pyrotechnics […]
Contest News – 1 August 2021
With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe. August is the month of the traditional summer holiday so there are no RSGB HF contests this month. Today, the 1st of August, the 432MHz Low Power Contest runs from 0800 […]
Propagation News – 1 August 2021
Last week the Sun was bursting with sunspots, with a solar flux index in the high 80s. But, by Thursday, we were looking at a different picture, with zero sunspots and a solar flux index of 79. We also had a geomagnetic disturbance, thanks to the arrival of a high-speed stream from a coronal hole […]
RSGB NRC volunteer given award for outstanding service
Since the announcement of a national lockdown in March last year, and supporting the RSGB’s Get on the Air to Care campaign throughout, Nigel G4RWI has run the National Radio Centre net on 80m. The net ran every day in 2020 and has continued on weekdays throughout 2021, running over 400 nets with hundreds of […]
