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Special Events News – 20 October 2019
This Sunday, 20 October, Hartlepool ARC will be running Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) special event station GB0TVS on behalf of Tees Valley Scouts. The station will operate from the Hartlepool Scout Centre, Brierton Lane, just off the A689. Activity will be on HF, VHF and UHF, and all visitors will be welcome. This Sunday, […]
Contest News – 20 October 2019
The Worked All Germany contest ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC this Sunday, the 20th. Using CW and SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number, with German stations also sending DOK. This Sunday, 20 October, the 50MHz AFS contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using […]
Propagation News – 20 October 2019
The solar minimum continued last week with zero sunspots being recorded. The good news was that geomagnetic conditions were quite settled with a maximum Kp index of three recorded. Most of the week it was between zero and two, which meant that the HF bands were performing to seasonal averages. rsgb.org/propquest shows that maximum usable […]
Introducing the RSGB WRC-19 Blog
As the start of WRC-19Â draws closer, the RSGB attended the final UK preparation meeting this week at Ofcom. Positions on agenda items as well as logistics and travel advice for the UK delegation were considered. WRC-19 takes place over a full month starting on Monday 28 October 2019, concluding on Friday 22 November 2019. An […]
G5RP Shield and ROTAB Trophy presentations
Amongst the array of trophies and awards which were presented at last weekend’s RSGB Convention were the G5RP Shield and the ROTAB Trophy. The G5RP Shield is awarded for greatest progress in the DX field made by an RSGB Member resident in the UK during the year. This was presented to Tom Jones, M5NEX (pictured […]
2019 Construction Competition winners
The winners of the 2019 RSGB Construction Competition were announced today at the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes. Judges’ Merits went to: Russell Tribe, G4SAQ, for his Low Earth Orbit satellite antenna tracking controllers. David Holman, M0YDH, for his Digital Amateur TV system Dean Brice, G0UIL, for his Bluetooth satellite antenna controller In […]
