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DX News – 2 September 2018
Hans, PA3HGT will be active as 3B8/PA3HGT from Mauritius, IOTA reference AF-049, between 4 and 24 September. He will operate SSB and possibly some digital modes on the 40, 20 and 10m bands. QSL via his home call sign, either direct or via the bureau. Claudio, HB9OAU will be on the air as SV5/HB9OAU from […]
Special Events News – 2 September 2018
This Sunday, 2 September, the Radio Club of Binche will operate as ON44WAR to commemorate the Belgian Resistance during WWII. Activity will be from 0700 to 1100UTC. CW transmissions on 7MHz from a paraset will take place on the hour for 30 minutes, followed by SSB. QSL via ON7RY, direct, bureau or eQSL. This Sunday, […]
Contest News – 2 September 2018
This Sunday, 2 September, the RSGB’s SSB Field Day ends its 24 hours run at 1300UTC. Using SSB only on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Also ending its 24 hour run this Sunday, this time at 1400UTC, is the 144MHz Trophy. Using all modes, the exchange […]
Propagation News – 2 September 2018
Just after we filed the propagation report last Friday we heard that a new large sunspot had just appeared. This pushed the solar flux index to 72, but more interesting was the fact that it appeared to have a reverse magnetic polarity to the rest of the spots in solar cycle 24. This means it […]
Brian M Johnson, G3LOX, 4th July 2018
Brian was born in 1925 in Liverpool. Just before the Second World War he began his career as an apprentice radio engineer; when it did begin he volunteered to become a member of the Home Guard. Soon after that he received his call up papers to do national service; he joined the army where postings […]
How training and education is supporting the RSGB’s Strategy
The RSGB Training and Education Committee (TEC) is not a committee in the usual sense but is made up of several working groups that undertake projects. The work of these TEC members supports the RSGB Strategy 2022, particularly in the key priority areas of Growth, Participation and Membership. During this year TEC members have carried […]
