News
G4DDK to speak at Dayton Hamvention
Sam Jewell, G4DDK, winner of the 2016 RSGB Construction Competition, has been invited to speak at the Dayton Hamvention in May. He will be talking about transverters at the VHF Forum.
Also in GB2RS this week…
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, contact is planned for a school in France on 27 April at approximately 0852UTC. The radio contact will be operated by F8KGY. Downlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe on 145.800MHz narrowband FM. HamTV will be activated and video will be visible at […]
Rallies and Events News – 23 April 2017
On Sunday the 23rd the Ripon Radio Rally takes place at Hugh Ripley Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2PT. Doors open to stallholders at 7.30am and to the general public at 10am. Entry is £2 on the door, under 16s are free. Enquiries can be made via email to rally@ripon.org.uk. On Sunday the 23rd Yeovil […]
DX News – 23 April 2017
Tynemouth Amateur Radio Club is away on another IOTA trip, this time to the Isle Of Mull, EU-008, until 28 April. They will be operating as GS0NWM on the 10 to 80m bands using most modes with four HF stations. In addition they will have a VHF/UHF station. Full details of the trip are already […]
Special Events News – 23 April 2017
GB0STG and GB4STG will be on air on Sunday the 23rd for St George’s Day—see www.phoenixarc.org.uk for more details. A group of Essex Hams will once again be operating a special event station for St. George’s Day on Sunday, 23 April. Operations will be from Galleywood Common near Chelmsford using the call sign GB1STG.
Contest News – 23 April 2017
The 23rd SP DX RTTY contest ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday the 23rd. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands the exchange is signal report and serial number with SP stations sending their province code too. The UK/EI DX CW contest also ends its 24 hour run at 1200UTC on Sunday the 23rd. […]
