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DX News – 23 May 2021
Ennio, IW1RBI and his team will be active as 3A/IW1RBI from Monaco between the 27 and 30 May. They plan to operate on the 30 to 6m bands using FT8 in Fox and Hound mode. SSB and CW will also be used. QSL via Logbook of The World, direct to IW1RBI, or via logsearch on […]
Special Events News – 23 May 2021
This Sunday, 23 May, Worthing and District ARC will operate GB1SCW as part of SOS Radio Week. The station will be on HF, VHF and UHF bands using various modes—details on QRZ.com.
Contest News – 23 May 2021
With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Several contests now accept portable entries, so please check the contest rules. Above all, please follow relevant national and local restrictions. This Sunday, the 23rd, the third 70MHz Cumulative contest runs from 1400 to 1600UTC. Using all […]
Propagation News – 23 May 2021
We had another wild week with sporadic E bringing most of the excitement on the upper HF bands. Transatlantic multi-hop Es brought USA contacts to many UK stations, mainly on CW and FT8, although there were some SSB ones too. The sporadic E action is always welcome on the HF bands during this time of […]
RadCom Basics – May 2021 edition now out
We are pleased to announce the May 2021 edition of RadCom Basics is now available at rsgb.org/radcom-basics. With the long-awaited easing of lockdown, we’ve made this a bumper edition. Check out the topics covered by new and familiar contributors—whether you’re new to the hobby, or returning and looking to brush up on the basics, there’s […]
Changes to the RSGB 50MHz awards
The RSGB Awards Manager has reviewed the current 50MHz awards offered by the Society and concluded that the existing 50MHz 2-Way Countries and 50MHz DX Countries awards are significantly duplicating each other. This has come about because, originally, the DX Countries award was for cross-band operation in the days when few countries had a 50MHz […]
