News
Also in GB2RS this week…
Throughout 2020 the IARU has been busily contributing to and participating in the work of CEPT Project Team SE40 concerning the 23cm band Galileo/GLONASS coexistence topic. The last SE40 meeting in 2020 was held from the 2nd to the 7th of December and the IARU Region 1 was represented by Barry Lewis, G4SJH who is […]
Special Events News – 20 December 2020
Members and supporters of Denby Dale ARS are running special event stations to welcome the New Year from the end of December. They will be using callsigns GB – number – HNY. For more details see the QRZ.com entry for GB9HNY. Operators Ray, PA5DX and Wim, PD8DX will be activating three special event callsigns PA20XMAS, […]
DX News – 20 December 2020
Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/4 from Otsu Island, IOTA reference AS-117, on the 25th and 26th of December. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40, 30 and 20m bands. QSL via home call.
Contest News – 20 December 2020
Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. As per tradition, December is a quiet month for traditional contests, with no RSGB HF contests, but do look out for […]
Propagation News – 20 December 2020
We’ve had another week of lacklustre sunspot activity. The solar flux index has been pegged at around 82, caused by the two tiny sunspots in active region 2793. Having said that, a lack of coronal hole activity has meant that geomagnetic conditions have been settled, with a maximum Kp index of two, but more often […]
Nominations Committee Chair appointed
At the 2020 RSGB Annual General Meeting, Members supported the proposal to enhance the governance of the Nominations Committee (NomCom) by having an independent Chair who would be able to focus upon the recruitment and selection of candidates for consideration as Nominated Directors. A special set of skills is required for this senior volunteer position […]
