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Contest News – 26 May 2019
The 48 hour CQ Worldwide WPX CW contest is in full swing, ending at 2359UTC Sunday night. Using CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Also this Sunday, the 26th, the UK Microwave Groups contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using all modes on the 5.7 […]
Propagation News – 26 May 2019
Geomagnetic conditions have been much quieter over the last week as the result of reduced coronal hole activity and a lack of coronal mass ejections. The solar surface is now devoid of sunspots, so we are back to settled conditions. Many listeners are reporting that 20 metres is staying open longer at night. This is […]
Volunteer vacancy: Youth Champion
We are looking for a proactive volunteer to become our next Youth Champion. Due to a change in personal circumstances, the previous post holder has stepped down and we are looking for a new individual to lead the RSGB Youth Team and act as the champion for attracting young people to the hobby. The main […]
Michael Walters, G3JVL, 17th May 2019
Michael Walters, G3JVL, passed away on the 17th of May 2019 at the age of 81. He will be well known for providing help and encouragement to many people in their early days on 10GHz in the 70s and 80s, and being a member of the RSGB Microwave Committee, contributing to the Microwave Manual. From […]
Book now for RSGB 2019 Convention
Booking is open for the RSGB 2019 Convention, which is sponsored by Martin Lynch & Sons. Join us between 11 and 13 October 2019 at Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes. The lecture programme is in the process of being finalised, and will feature streams including HF, VHF, AMSAT-UK and general interest. The Convention will include […]
CQ Hall of Fame inductees named
Five amateurs have been inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. They are John Attaway Senior, K4IIF, SK, who served for more than 20 years as CQ magazine’s DX Editor, proposing the establishment of the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 1967; Dave Bernstein, AA6YQ the author of the DXLab software suite, Doreen […]
