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Propagation News – 12 May 2019

rsgb | May 10, 2019

Sunspot group 2740 has now returned and is emitting a lot of radio noise. Solarweather.com reports large bursts have been recorded on 20 and 25MHz. The bursts sound like waves breaking on the shore and are caused by beams of electrons accelerated by explosions in the sunspot’s magnetic canopy. As the electrons slice through the […]

An introduction to QOscar 100

rsgb | May 3, 2019

Noel Matthews, G8GTZ, Dave Crump, G8GKQ and Phil Crump, M0DNY gave a presentation at AGM 2019 on Qatar Oscar 100, the geostationary amateur transponder on the Es’hail-2 commercial satellite. QOscar 100 was launched in February 2019 and has seen stations making contacts across a third of the globe on the narrow band and wide band […]

RSGB ARDF Championships

rsgb | May 3, 2019

This Bank Holiday weekend sees the annual three day RSGB ARDF Championships taking place in the Thames Valley. The areas chosen are Christmas Common near Wendover, Whiteleaf near Princes Risborough and Hodgmoor Woods near Amersham. The competitions will comprise ‘classic’ ARDF events on 144MHz and 3.5MHz on two of the days, with the final day […]

NRC visitor figures rising

rsgb | May 3, 2019

There were 9,092 visitors to the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park in April 2019, bringing the total in the first four months of this year to 27,077. That’s nearly three times more than the 9,355 for the same period last year. Please note the radio room in the NRC will have reduced […]

Also in GB2RS this week…

rsgb | May 3, 2019

RSGB club insurance and beacon and repeater insurance has now been renewed for the year to April 2020. Club insurance certificates can be downloaded from the RSGB website—please use your Membership Services login to obtain a copy of your certificate. To ensure that your beacon and repeater is covered under the RSGB insurance a £10 […]