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Contest News – 21 May 2017
Today, the 21st, the 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 1000 to 1500UTC. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The 144MHz May Contest concludes at 1400UTC today, the 21st. Using all modes the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. Tuesday sees the SHF UKAC from 1900 to […]
Propagation News – 21 May 2017
NOAA’s prediction that the solar flux index would tend towards 80 last week turned out be wrong, as it stayed steadfastly in the low 70s. However, the prediction of poor geomagnetic conditions turned out to be right, with the K index hitting four on Wednesday, with worse to come. Nevertheless, there was DX to be […]
Philip Willis M0PHI RSGB Board Director
To bring the Board to full strength, the meeting on 13 May unanimously endorsed the co-option of Philip Willis M0PHI as a Board Director.
Why on earth does the RSGB need a Strategy?
Why don’t you just ‘get on with it’? This is a question that has been asked of Board members in the last few weeks since we published the Strategy. As the newly-elected Board Chair, let me try and answer the question. Every organisation needs a Strategy to know where it should focus its efforts and […]
RSGB Strategy now online
The RSGB’s new strategy for the next five years was launched at the 2017 AGM, following a detailed consultation with the Board, Regional Council, Committee Chairs, Honorary Officers and HQ staff, as well as the wider RSGB Membership and amateur radio community. You can read the synopsis and the strategy narrative on the RSGB website […]
KH4 and KH7K back on DXCC list
On 31 March this year, the DXCC desk announced the deletion of Midway Island and Kure Island from the DXCC entities list. After further review, the two entities, KH4 and KH7K, will return to the DXCC list as separate entities. See www.arrl.org/news for full details
