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DX News – 18 October 2020
John, W2GD will be active as P40W from Aruba Island, IOTA SA-036, from 20 to 27 October. He will operate on 160 to 10m, including activity in CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via N2MM direct, or Logbook of The World. Jeff, VP9/N1SNB will be active from Bermuda, NA-005, from 21 to 26 October. He […]
Contest News – 18 October 2020
Please remember to check before the contest for new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your own national and local government’s advice first and foremost, especially in the instance of local lockdowns. This Sunday, the Worked all Germany contest ends its 24 hour […]
Propagation News – 18 October 2020
We had a little flurry of solar activity last week, but it didn’t amount to much. Region 2775 decayed to a spotless plage and didn’t contribute at all after Tuesday, the 13th. A new region began forming while on the far side of the Sun and has turned into view off the east limb. The […]
New field strength licence condition proposed by Ofcom
Ofcom received 400 responses to their EMF consultation, 255 of which were from radio amateurs. Ofcom has addressed some respondent’s concerns, revised their proposals, and requested feedback. The RSGB will reply to Ofcom’s revised proposals and keep you updated on rsgb.org/emf. Ofcom intends to add a condition to all licences that allow more than 10W […]
RSGB Convention catch-up and AMSAT Colloquium
Following on from the online RSGB Convention for 2020 taking place on Saturday, 10 October 2020, the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2020 will be online on Sunday, the 11th. There will be a lecture stream from 11am to 4pm—you can find out more at amsat-uk.org/colloquium. You may be interested to know that the two live streams from […]
Jamboree on the Air to go ahead
Jamboree On The Air (JOTA), the world’s largest and radio Scout event promoting friendship and global citizenship takes place over the weekend of 16 to 18 October 2020. There are of course a few difficulties this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the event is going ahead—often with creative ways of operating. Please listen […]
