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Special Events News – 27 July 2025
Special callsign 5P0TA will operate from Bornholm Island, EU-030, from the 31 July to the 3 August in connection with this year’s European Ham Radio Show meet-up event. Both presenters and viewers of The European Ham Radio Show on YouTube will gather with the goal of activating all of the POTA parks on Bornholm Island […]
DX News – 27 July 2025
Today, the 27 July, is your last chance to catch the IP1X team which is active from Gallinara Island, EU-083. The team is using CW and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via OQRS, via the Bureau or directly to IU1JCZ. More information is available at QRZ.com Red, DL1BUG is active as TY5FR […]
Contest News – 27 July 2025
Today, the 27 July, the UK Microwave Group 5.7 and 10GHz Contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using all modes on 5.7 and 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The RSGB IOTA Contest started at 1200UTC on Saturday the 26 July and ends at 1200UTC today, Sunday 27 July. Using CW […]
Propagation News – 27 July 2025
It was a bit of a mixed bag last week. The first half saw settled geomagnetic conditions, but from the 22 July we had a disturbance thanks to output from a solar coronal hole. This saw the Kp index rise to 4.67 and ultimately 5. The stream from the Sun reached around 730 kilometres per […]
GB2RS News Script for 20 July 2025
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 20 July 2025 (MS Word document)
GB70RS awards launched to celebrate 70 years of GB2RS
The weekly RSGB news broadcast, GB2RS, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the Society is inviting you to collect awards for listening and logging GB2RS News broadcasts between Friday 1 August and Tuesday 30 September. There are four categories, including a basic listener award and a regular listener award. Full details […]
