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Special Events News – 17 August 2025
Leicester Radio Society is active as GB8OVJ until tomorrow, the 18 August, to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. The station is operating on the HF, 2m and 70cm bands. Operators are using CW, phone, FT4, FT8, SSTV and RTTY. More information is available at QRZ.com 4U0ITU is the callsign in use by the […]
DX News – 17 August 2025
Steve, ZL2KE is active as E51KEE from Rarotonga, OC-013, on the South Cook Islands until tomorrow, the 18 August. He is operating CW and some SSB on the 40 to 10m bands. QSL directly to IK2DUW. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and Logbook of the World. Phill, C21TS is active in Nauru until […]
Contest News – 17 August 2025
On Tuesday 19 August, the RSGB 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Thursday 21 August, the 70MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is […]
Propagation News – 17 August 2025
Last weekend was characterised by unsettled geomagnetic conditions caused by a massive coronal hole on the Sun. At one point, the Kp index got up to 6, with a corresponding decrease in maximum usable frequencies, or MUFs. In fact, the Dourbes Digisonde failed to record much at all over a six-hour period. Luckily, that disruption […]
September 2025 – Strategic priorities update
Preparing the Society for the future The RSGB Board and senior HQ staff had a two-day, face-to-face meeting in Bedford during July to discuss, amongst other things, RSGB strategy. The main objective of the discussions around strategy was to understand, in detail, what we had set out to do with our strategic goals, how well […]
GB2RS News Script for 10 August 2025
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