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Contest News – 17 December 2017
The UK Six Metre Group’s Winter Marathon continues. There are no set operating times, just work as many locator squares as you can. You can upload your log as many times as you like, while you build your score. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes the […]
Propagation News – 17 December 2017
Last week, the solar flux index nudged into the low 70s, although the Sun remained spotless. The enhanced solar wind from a coronal hole pushed the K-index to four, and it remained around three for long periods during the week. So these were far from ideal conditions for F2 layer DX on the higher bands, […]
Croatia 5MHz-plus Top Band extensions
On 24 November 2017, the Croatian Regulatory Authority published changes to the rules on amateur radio communications in the Republic of Croatia. According to these changes, Croatian radio amateurs now have access to the WRC-15 60m amateur secondary allocation of 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz with 15W EIRP. They now also have access to the 160m band […]
RSGB Raspberry Pi lecture online
The RSGB has released the video of the RSGB Convention 2017 Raspberry Pi lecture by Mike Richards, G4WNC. Mike’s presentation includes a range of practical Pi projects to encourage people to get their Raspberry Pi out of the drawer and into use. These uses include a data modes terminal using FLDIGI and WSJT-X, a DVB-T […]
MSF maintenance shutdown
The MSF 60kHz time and frequency signal broadcast from Anthorn Radio Station will be shut down on 14 December 2017 from 1000 to 1400UTC. The interruption to the transmission is required to allow maintenance work to be carried out safely. The MSF radio signal is a dedicated time broadcast that provides an accurate and reliable […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
The Codebreakers’ Wall is a specially reserved area in the grounds of Bletchley Park for veterans, their families and supporters of Bletchley Park to have their names engraved into a brick to share with loved ones for many years to come. A digital version of the wall is now available soon so you can search […]
