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Special Event News – 22 October 2017
On Sunday, the 22nd, Watcombe Radio Club is running JOTA station GB3TBS for Torbay Borough Scouts at the Torbay District Scout Camp in Torquay from 10am to 1pm. Grey Point Fort Amateur Radio Society will be operating JOTA and Jamboree on the Internet, JOTI, with Bangor West Explorer Scouts today, the at Grey Point Fort, […]
Contest News – 22 October 2017
The Worked All Germany contest ends its 24 hour run at 1500UTC this Sunday. Using CW and SSB on 80 to 10m, the exchange is RST and serial number, with DLs sending DOK. The 50MHz AFS contest takes place on 6m from 0900 to 1300UTC this Sunday, the 22nd. All modes can be used, and […]
Propagation News – 22 October 2017
The latter half of last week saw more settled geomagnetic conditions with the Kp-index declining to one and even zero. This helped the HF bands enormously and there were openings up to and including 12 metres. The upper bands were full of signals, reflecting the better HF conditions associated with autumn. Higher critical frequencies also […]
146-147MHz NoV Renewal
All current 146-147MHz band Notices of Variation (NoV) expire on Tuesday 31 October. 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.
Construction Competition 2017
The RSGB Convention Construction Competition 2017, sponsored by Martin Lynch and Sons, was judged by Alwyn Seeds G8DOH, Bob Beebe GU4YOX and Ian White GM3SEK. Congratulations to all the category winners: * Judges Merit – Dean Brice, G0UIL, from RAIBC for the RAIBC Talking Shack Manager * Beginner – Peter Barns, M0SWN, for the Time […]
BBC DG to open G8BBC shack
On Wednesday, 18 October 2017 BBC Director General Tony Hall will cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the new G8BBC radio shack at Broadcasting House, London. The station, home of the recently formed London BBC Radio Group, will move on from test transmissions to full operation following a watch period of a […]
