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Contest News – 13 December 2020

| December 11, 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 look out for the […]

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Propagation News – 13 December 2020

| December 11, 2020

We said last week that it would be hard to predict what would happen over the next seven days – and that turned out to be true. The coronal hole we mentioned last week didn’t really amount to much, and sunspot region 2790 didn’t either. As a result, the solar flux index fell to 82 […]

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RSGB elections

| December 9, 2020

Would you like to volunteer for the RSGB? We’re looking for one Board Director and three Regional Representatives in Regions 2, 6 and 12. Our President Dave Wilson, M0OBW will also retire at the AGM and we need to elect someone to continue the excellent work that he has undertaken for the last three years. […]

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‘Get on the air for Christmas’ charity auction is live

| December 9, 2020
‘Get on the air for Christmas’ charity auction is live

Our ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ charity auction is live! Take a look at the item on eBay. Roy Bailey, G0VFS won the Lockdown Category in the RSGB’s annual Construction Competition and has donated this beautifully-engineered VirusPerpleXed Bug CW Key for the auction. It was created during the first lockdown period of self-isolation and […]

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GB2RS News Script for 6 December 2020

| December 4, 2020

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 6 December 2020 (12-page/223KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.

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‘Get on the air to care’ campaign wins international award

| December 4, 2020
‘Get on the air to care’ campaign wins international award

We’re delighted that this year’s Amateur Radio Newsline’s International Newsmaker of the Year Award has been presented to the ‘Get on the Air to Care’ project operated jointly by the Radio Society of Great Britain and the UK’s National Health Service. The idea was conceived by Paul Devlin, G1SMP who is a member of the […]

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