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Contest News – 15 July 2018
The IARU HF Championship concludes today at 1200UTC. Using CW and SSB on all the contest bands from 1.8 to 28MHz, the exchange is signal report and ITU Zone, which is 27 for the UK. The official RSGB team is using the callsign GR2HQ, and there are several stations dotted around the country. You get […]
Propagation News – 15 July 2018
Summer Sporadic-E brought some unusual short-skip propagation to 20 metres this week, with contacts being enabled between parts of the UK. Signals between Southern England and Scotland were very loud mid-morning after Sporadic-E cloud settled over the British Isles on Monday. These UK openings are hard to predict, but can bring short-skip on paths between […]
OAS to replace AROS
Following an extensive review of the Amateur Radio Observation Service (AROS), the Society has decided to create a new service to provide guidance to operators who experience misuse of the amateur bands by others. This service will be known as the Operating Advisory Service (OAS) and will replace AROS. The change will come into effect over […]
World Radiosport Team Championship
The World Radiosport Team Championship takes place this week, running from Thursday the 12th to Monday the 16th. This invitation-only event pits the world’s elite contesters against each other in two-person teams. To level the playing field, all the contesters use similar stations with similar antennas, all within a relatively small geographical operating area to […]
RSGB NRC opens all week during holidays
Starting from Tuesday the 17th of July, the RSGB National Radio Centre will be open seven days a week instead of the usual six. This is so everyone visiting the Bletchley Park site in the holiday season has a chance to experience the NRC. This arrangement will continue until the end of August. Increasing visitor […]
Beware scam emails
We understand that a poorly-worded online message has been circulating, purportedly from the ARRL, seeking donations supposedly to cover the medical expenses of a poorly child, ‘Dawn’. The ARRL has confirmed that this email is a scam, and describes as “despicable” the attempt to prey on the willingness of amateurs to help others in need. […]
