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Contest News – 10 June 2018
The IARU ATV contest ends its run at 1800 this Sunday. Using all forms of TV on all bands above 400MHz, the exchange is P-grade, serial number, your chosen four digit on-screen code, and your locator. Participation in this one can be relatively quiet so if you have any ATV gear it’s well worth digging […]
Propagation News – 10 June 2018
Despite poor geomagnetic conditions, HF propagation for last weekend’s National Field Day was actually better than we forecast. Norfolk Amateur Radio Club even managed to contact New Zealand via the F layer on 40 metres. NFD was no doubt helped by sporadic E, which gave good propagation to Europe on most bands. Speaking of sporadic […]
Threat to Belgian 70cm allocation
Amateurs in Belgium are facing severe restrictions on their 70cm band operations even though, unlike in the UK, it is a Primary allocation for amateurs. The regulator is proposing to reduce amateur privileges in the middle of the band to just a few milliwatts, and to ban certain modes outright. These may include digital and […]
Schoolboy makes silicon chips at home
We normally think of silicon chip fabrication as being a cutting-edge practice, requiring huge investments and hundreds of people. However, we learned recently of Sam Zeloof, a 17-year-old high school student in the USA, who is making his own chips in his garage. Using ingenuity and equipment purchased via eBay, including things like an electron […]
Details of FIFA World Cup stations
The Russian National Society, RRC, has organised an amateur radio marathon to commemorate the FIFA World Cup finals. It runs from 1 June to 15 July 2018. Five awards are available, some of which are achievable at several different levels. Most bands from Top Band to 70cm can be used, on all modes. A full […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
Enrolment for the latest Bath Based Advanced Distance Learning Course is now open. The course will run from July to December and includes weekly notes to guide students through the RSGB textbook, revision questions and mock exams. The course can be studied anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection. In the last six […]
