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DX News – 9 August 2020
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Korea on 15 August 1945, members of the Korean Amateur Radio League will be active as HL75V until the end of August. QSL via 6K0MF. Commemorating the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I, special event stations TC3GP and TC3GS will be active […]
Contest News – 9 August 2020
Please remember to check before the events for new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your own government’s advice first and foremost. The WAE DX CW contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 9th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz […]
Propagation News – 9 August 2020
The week started with a geomagnetic disturbance caused by a high-speed stream from a coronal hole, which moved past the Earth at a speed in excess of 500 kilometres per second. This was not predicted by NOAA, but it was from a long coronal hole limb that stretched towards the solar equator. It pushed the […]
Syllabus 2019 review completed
The Examinations Standards Committee (ESC) and the Examination and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) have completed a review of Syllabus 2019 following feedback from the tutor community. This new release, V1.4 contains no new examinable items. The most significant changes have been re-grouping certain syllabus topics together, as well as some minor text amendments to make the […]
Keith Matthew, G0WYS, 30th March 2020
Members of Poldhu Amateur Radio Club mourn the loss of its Secretary, Keith Matthew, G0WYS, who passed away on the afternoon of Monday the 30th of March 2020 at the age of 78. After several decades of extensive service, support and commitment to the club, following a short post-operative illness Keith Matthew became a Silent […]
Professor Ramsay Shearman, 13th December 2019
Professor Emeritus, University of Birmingham, Ramsay Shearman DSc FREng FIET FRMetS FIEEE, 17 November 1924 – 13 December 2019 Awarded the Faraday medal of the IEE for achievements in HF Radar and Sea-State sensing Professor Ramsay Shearman was born in Cambridge on 17th November 1924. Whilst studying Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London during the Second […]
