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Contest News – 12 April 2020
Due to social distancing and movement precautions around the world, most contest organisers are not accepting entries from multi-operator groups or from portable stations. Check the rules before taking part. This Sunday, the 12th, the First 50MHz contest takes place from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator […]
Propagation News – 12 April 2020
Sunspot group 2759, as reported last week, never really amounted to much and vanished before it got to the solar disk’s edge. The matter from a solar coronal hole did hit the Earth last weekend as we predicted, sending the Kp index to four in the early hours of Saturday morning. Even though we don’t […]
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) video filmed at the NRC
A few weeks ago, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) visited the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park to make a film about the B2 MkIII Spy set displayed in the foyer. The video features RSGB member John Ellerton, G3NCN and can viewed on the CWGC YouTube channel. This video is one part of […]
RSGB 2020 HF contest survey findings
The RSGB HF Contest Committee (HFCC) has just completed a survey, which was open to all, to help determine its strategy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Questions focused on two issues: How best to proceed with its ‘flagship’ IOTA Contest in 2020 Is there a mandate for introducing a temporary HF contest series to provide some […]
Looking for help with an EMC problem?
The EMC page in the technical section of our website has a number of useful resources. You will find links to: Download leaflets created by the RSGB’s EMC Committee (EMCC) to help members tackle interference problems Contact the EMC helpdesk for help with EMC issues: helpdesk.emc@rsgb.org.uk Read guidance on a number of EMC issues Our […]
Henry Pinchin, G3VPE, 31st March 2020
Henry was licenced in 1966 and was operational from Spennymoor, County Durham. He became an enthusiastic member of RAYNET soon afterwards, initially with Mid Severn Valley RAYNET Group, then Solihull and Chelmsley Wood RAYNET Group around 1979, and West Midlands County RAYNET Group. From July 1975 to December 1981 he was the RSGB Regional Representative […]
