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Harwell ARS
Harwell ARS has around 70 members of varying ages, spread out over South Oxfordshire and beyond. The Committee’s aim, since the lock down started, has been to keep our members informed on and engaged with all things amateur radio as well as offering more day-to-day practical help if needed. To those ends, we have started […]
Celebrating a 96th birthday in a special way
Peter Valentine, a 96-year-old radio amateur from Eastbourne, is celebrating his birthday by aiming to contact 96 amateurs over the airwaves and walk 96 miles over the coming weeks. As a thanks to the NHS which has given him good care recently, he is using the special call sign GB0EDH to represent Eastbourne District General […]
First remotely-invigilated exam call signs issued
The RSGB is pleased to announce that the first successful candidates in the online, remotely-invigilated amateur radio exams have now received their call signs. At the close of play on 24 April 2020, 29 remotely invigilated exams had taken place. Around 10 candidates per day are scheduled, with the aim to increase this number as […]
Download latest 5MHz Newsletter
The latest edition of The 5MHz Newsletter is now available for free PDF download from the RSGB 5MHz page. This edition includes 5MHz news from seven countries, the GB3WES beacon closedown, a 5MHz controlled feeder radiation dipole, plus features the latest World of 5MHz map, and an article on two Blue Ham Exercises.
Japanese amateurs get new privileges
Japanese radio amateurs now have new privileges on the 160 and 80m bands. The new allocations are 1800 – 1810, 1825 – 1875, 3575 – 3580 and 3662 – 3680kHz. The new regime allows Japanese radio amateurs to operate FT8 on the 160m and 80m bands, as well as WSPR on 1836.6kHz. Additional details are […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
Tim Duffy, K3LR has announced that Contest University USA (CTU) 2020, usually held at the Dayton Hamvention, will be held online via Zoom on Thursday, 14 May 2020, starting at 1245UTC. CTU 2020 is free. The CTU course outline has been posted online. Connection details to the CTU Zoom bridge will be posted on the […]
