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Special Events News – 31 March 2019
The Windmill Amateur Radio DX Group will put GB1RY on the air on the 6th and 7th of April. Operating from RAF Ramsbury near Marlborough in Wiltshire, they are taking part in Airfields on the Air. Many other stations are expected to take part in the event, for which you will find full details at […]
Contest News – 31 March 2019
This weekend sees the CQWW WPX SSB contest that started at 0000UTC on Saturday and ends at 2359UTC today, Sunday. This SSB-only event uses all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Monday it’s the RSGB 80m CW Club Championships. Running from 1900 to 2030UTC on […]
Propagation News – 31 March 2019
Last week the predicted increased Kp index from a coronal hole didn’t amount to much. The coronal mass ejection from the Sun a few days earlier wasn’t quite Earth-facing so we dodged the bullet. Other than that, conditions have been quite settled with a maximum Kp index of three caused by an enhanced solar wind. […]
Want to shape the direction of the RSGB?
We are currently looking to a recruit a new Director to the RSGB Board. Could this role be for you? From the four vacancies we sought to fill at the 2019 AGM, two candidates have been re-elected unopposed, and a third is being offered for endorsement at the AGM. This leaves one nominated Board Director […]
NRC radio room closed 30 March
On Saturday, 30 March 2019 GB3RS and the radio room at the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park will be not be available to visiting radio amateurs. This is because they will be in use for training and practical assessment purposes as part of an Arkwright Academy Foundation Licence event. Whilst GB3RS will still be […]
Australians set new microwave records
The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) reports that new records have been set on the 47GHz and 122GHz bands. Operating 47GHz mobile, David, VK5KK and Wayne, VK5APN set a new record of 20.8km on 11 March 2019. At 122GHz, Matt, VK2DAG and David, VK2JDS set a new VK2 state record of 100m. Although this is […]
