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Propagation News – 17 January 2021

| January 15, 2021

Well, no one predicted last week’s geomagnetic disturbance. In case you missed it, the Kp index rose to four on Monday the 11th January. This was caused by the arrival of an interplanetary shock wave from a coronal mass ejection on the Sun, which occurred on Thursday the 7th. NOAA had been predicting a settled […]

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Fred Robins, G3GVM

| January 14, 2021
Fred Robins, G3GVM

It is with sadness that I wish to inform you of the passing of Fred Robins, G3GVM. He had deep and longstanding links with the RSGB and I’m sure many of its Members will remember him. I am trying to contact as many people as I can who knew him to let them know and […]

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Mike Owen, G4YTA, 13th January 2021

| January 14, 2021

It is my sad duty to inform you that Mike Owen, G4YTA passed away on the night of the 13th of January 2021. Mike was the prime mover in the formation of Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society (FRARS). We first met at the Sports and Social bar back in 1978,  just after he joined Flight […]

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RSGB NRC volunteers recognised

| January 11, 2021

Despite the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) being closed to visitors since March, a lot of work has gone on to install or upgrade the radio station set-up and the supporting PC applications in the radio room. The NRC 80m NET has also run continuously every weekday and a slow Morse training session has been […]

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GB2RS News Script for 10 January 2021

| January 8, 2021

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 10 January 2021 (11-page/207KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.

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Happy New Year from RSGB

| January 8, 2021

The news team and all the staff at RSGB HQ would like to wish our newsreaders, listeners and online readers a very Happy New Year. We would like to remind everyone that we always welcome your news, by email to radcom@rsgb.org.uk, and the deadline is 10am sharp on Thursday mornings. The GB2RS script is uploaded […]

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