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Special Events News – 31 July 2022

| July 29, 2022

The 1 August is Yorkshire Day. Members of Denby Dale ARS will be on the air with special event callsigns containing the letter YD to celebrate. It is the 78th anniversary of Operation Buick when special forces parachuted into France. TM44PARA will be on the air today and Monday the 1 August mainly using the […]

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Contest News – 31 July 2022

| July 29, 2022

This weekend is the RSGB IOTA or Islands On The Air contest. It runs for 24 hours until 1200UTC today, the 31 July. Using CW and SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report, serial number and IOTA reference. Today, the 31 July, the UK Microwave Group’s […]

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Propagation News – 31 July 2022

| July 29, 2022

We’ve had a week of lower solar flux indices, despite a smoothed sunspot number in the 50s. The sunspots we have had have been relatively small and pretty inconsequential. The week started off with an SFI of 107, but then declined to 98 by Thursday. The good news is that we have had relatively settled […]

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A new look for RadCom Basics and a free edition!

| July 28, 2022

To launch the new-look RadCom Basics magazine, we have made May’s edition free for everyone to read. RadCom Basics is now available in our HTML5 flipbook viewer, and the PDF version is also available as a single file download. Just click the cover image or PDF download link to read, no Membership Services login is […]

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GB2RS News Script for 24 July 2022

| July 22, 2022

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 24 July 2022 (20-page/455KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link

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Operate a Commonwealth Games station

| July 22, 2022

For the Commonwealth Games, GB22HQ will be operating from the Birmingham NEC. There are also seven ‘Special’ Special Event callsigns, one each from the four UK Home Nations and three Crown Dependencies. From 25 July until 21 August, the special callsigns will be available for activation by RSGB affiliated clubs or individual RSGB Members. To […]

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