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Contest News – 7 October 2018
The CQWW DX RTTY contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 30th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is RST and Zone, which for the UK is 14. The Oceania DX SSB contest ends its 24 hour run at 0800UTC this Sunday, the 7th. Using SSB only on […]
Propagation News – 7 October 2018
There are signs that ionospheric conditions are improving as we head into autumn. This isn’t unexpected; as the ionosphere cools there is a chemical shift towards more monatomic species that are easier to ionise. The 4U1UN New York, VE8AT Nunavut and ZS6DN Pretoria beacons on 14.100MHz were all audible at the same time on Wednesday, […]
RESOLVED – RSGB website issue
UPDATE 14.40 04/10/2018 We have been informed by the service provider that the connectivity issues effecting a key RSGB web server have now been resolved, and all systems should now be functioning normally. Please let us know if you encounter any new issues by raising a support ticket at RSGB Web and IT Helpdesk. We […]
National Club of the Year 2017
Once again, we are indebted to Waters & Stanton for their generous sponsorship of the National Club of the Year competition 2017. The winners were announced at the National Hamfest 2018 Small Clubs National Winners South Kesteven ARS Runners up South Bristol ARC 3rd place Greenisland […]
Renew your 146MHz NoV now!
All current 146-147MHz band Notices of Variation (NoV) expire on Tuesday, 31 October 2018. Ofcom has agreed that the band will be made available for another year. However, to continue to use the frequencies you must obtain a new NoV. These are available free from the RSGB website. Currently, 548 NoVs have been issued for […]
DXCC card checking at Convention
DXCC card checking will be available on Saturday, 13 October 2018 in the special interest display area at the RSGB Convention near Milton Keynes. Before the Convention please use the ARRL’s online DXCC application form at arrl.org/online-dxcc-application to complete and pay for your application, then print out the PDF document to bring with your cards. […]
