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Contest News – 1 March 2020
On Monday, the 80 Club Championships take place between 2000 and 2130UTC using datamodes only. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC, using FM only. It is immediately followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange […]
Propagation News – 1 March 2020
Interest in the VP8PJ DXpedition to the South Orkney Islands remains high. The team has now been on the island for one week and many UK amateurs have worked them. At the moment, it looks like beams and linears are the norm for a reliable contact, although they have been heard in the UK on […]
Ofcom EMF consultation: RSGB publishes briefing for radio amateurs
On the 21st February 2020 Ofcom launched a Consultation on EM Field exposure — Proposed Measures to Require Compliance with International Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields. The RSGB has released a briefing paper for all UK amateurs which you can download from the link below. Proposed Measures to Require Compliance with International Guidelines […]
Stuart Boast, G3WDL, 8 January 2020
Stuart Boast, G3WDL was born on 22 June 1945 and became a SK on 8 January 2020. Stuart was born in Doncaster and lived in the neighbourhood all his life. On leaving school he worked at the steel works in Scunthorpe but had ambitions of becoming a ships radio officer. This took him to the […]
New distance record on the 122GHz band
Using low power silicon chips with barely a milliwatt, an astonishing new world record of 139km has been achieved on the 122GHz millimetre wave amateur band. The distance record set in the California mountains is particularly notable as this frequency suffers from severe atmospheric losses due to an oxygen molecular resonance that add to significant […]
Repeater, gateway and beacon NoV renewals
The RSGB would like to remind all holders of Notices of Variation for repeaters, gateways and beacons to ensure their contact details are up to date. The three year renewal season is under way and there are a number of keepers who have changed their email address, etc. and are not getting the reminders. It […]
