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Contest News – 27 October 2019
This weekend it’s the CQ World Wide DX SSB contest. It ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC on Sunday, the 27th. Using the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and your zone, which is 14 for UK stations. On Wednesday the UK EI Contest Club 80m contest runs from 2000 […]
Propagation News – 27 October 2019
The solar disturbance predicted in the last report, which was due to hit Earth last weekend, didn’t amount to anything. However, the large coronal hole that has just completed its 27 day transit around the Sun’s surface certainly did. The ACE spacecraft shows that the solar wind speed increased rapidly on the morning of Thursday, […]
New Youth Champion
We’re pleased to announce that Rob Evered, G2RE has joined us as the volunteer Youth Champion. Rob will work closely with the Youth Team to develop links (with schools, scouts & guides, universities and the public) and motivate young people to get involved in amateur radio.
WUSAT-3 talk now online
A new video has been released on YouTube of a talk given to the AMSAT-UK Colloquium, which was part of the RSGB 2019 Convention. The talk given by Professor Julia Hunter-Anderson is on the WUSAT-3 CubeSat project, and highlights potential uses of satellites for wildlife tracking. You can watch it at tinyurl.com/GB2RS-1020-A.
Apply for GB19YOTA now
Have you applied to host the call sign for this year’s Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Month in December 2019? It is a great opportunity to encourage youngsters to get on the air and to learn more about the practical side of the hobby. The RSGB has the call sign GB19YOTA and we’re looking for […]
GB2RS News Script for 20 October 2019
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 20 October 2019 (11-page/179KB Microsoft Word document)
