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Special Events News – 12 April 2026
Special callsign SX100PAOK is operating until 18 May to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club. Look out for activity on all bands using CW, digital modes and SSB. A commemorative award is planned for participants, along with a QSL card to confirm QSOs. Visit QRZ.com for more information and updates. To celebrate World […]
DX News – 12 April 2026
Suvarna, VU3OPT is active as 3B9N from Rodrigues Island, AF-017, until Wednesday, 20 May. He operates using CW and has been spotted on the 20, 15 and 10m bands. Visit 9n7ga.com for more information. Herman, YB3GIH is operating as 3X/YB3GIH from Boffa in Guinea until June. He operates using SSB on the 20 and 15m […]
Contest News – 12 April 2026
RSGB FT4 International Activity Day started at 1200UTC yesterday, 11 April, and ends at 1200UTC today, 12 April. Using FT4 on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report. Tomorrow, 13 April, the RSGB 80m Club Championship runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using CW on the 80m band, the […]
Propagation News – 12 April 2026
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on 9 April, 2026. After a pretty stormy run-up to Easter, from a geomagnetic disturbance point of view, the Sun has been quieter. In fact, the Kp index has been below 3 all week. Unfortunately, the solar flux index has also declined, standing at 108 on Thursday, 9 April. The […]
New RSGB Intruder Watch Coordinator
The RSGB had announced that Vaughan Ravenscroft, M0VRR has stepped down as its Intruder Watch Coordinator. Ian Suart, GM4AUP has taken on this role, in addition to being the OAS Coordinator. The RSGB Monitoring System, more popularly known as Intruder Watch, forms part of the IARU Monitoring System. It submits reports of non-amateur transmissions heard on […]
Join Tonight@8 on Monday 13 April
Don’t forget that Tonight@8 will be live on Monday 13 April, on the RSGB YouTube channel and special BATC channel. The presentation will be delivered by Mark Foreman, G7LSZ who is an associate professor of industrial materials recycling at a University in Sweden. He’ll be discussing the recycling process of waste electronic and electrical equipment, […]
