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Propagation News – 24 November 2019
The predicted poor geomagnetic conditions forecast for late on the 16th didn’t amount to much. In the event, the Kp index rose to three before settling back down again quite quickly. The Sun remained spotless all week again as we get close to the minimum. As such, HF propagation was relatively poor all week. Daytime […]
WRC-19 Day-20: And Finally!
Friday, 22 November saw WRC-19 conclude its month long biggest ever conference. Many of the 3,300 delegates had started to travel home even before the release of the ‘Provisional Final Acts’ and closing ceremony. The ITU website has released the provisional acts as a huge 567-page PDF document – a tribute to the hardworking editorial […]
WRC-19 Day-19: 50 MHz Approved!
WRC-19 has approved an allocation in the 50 MHz band for amateurs in Region 1 at its morning plenary in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Thursday 21 November 2019. The decision comes after more than three weeks of strenuous negotiations to reconcile widely disparate views of Region 1 administrations. The result is a dramatic improvement in […]
David Simmonds, G3JKB, 7th November 2019
David (Dave) Simmonds, G3JKB, FOC 1950, passed away on the 7th of November 2019 after his health had deteriorated over the previous year. Dave joined the RSGB HQ staff in the summer of 1989, when HQ was still in Potters Bar, and shortly thereafter was appointed General Manager. David was licenced aged 16 in 1953 […]
WRC-19 Days 16+17+18: Satellites and 23cm
WRC-19 entered its final week with effort aimed at pinning down the remaining difficult items, including the future agenda for WRC-23 and WRC-27; and preparing for its final plenary sessions to approve the results of various agenda items, including 50 MHz. AI-1.7 Small Satellites: This surprisingly difficult issue was the first to reach a compromise. […]
WRC-19 Day-15: A Long Weekend
The slipping schedule saw slow progress on Friday and consequently full overtime on Saturday and Sunday for future agenda items (AI-10), small-satellites (AI-1.7), 5G mobile (AI-1.13) and 5GHz Wi-Fi (AI-1.16). Overtime started early, with a queue to get in before the 9am Saturday start. The 8:40m Saturday morning queue AI-10 WRC-23/27 Agenda: Late on Sunday […]
