News
Lightships weekend registrations strong
The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend has attracted 370 registrations from 33 nations to date, with more expected before the event on 15 and 16 August. Germany has registered 65 stations, Australia 60, USA 50 and England about 40. At least 10 registrations each are from Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Scotland and South Africa and […]
New highlights for RSGB Convention
The RSGB Convention takes place over 9 to 11 October at Kent’s Hill Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. The lecture timetable is almost full now and details are on the RSGB website. As part of Saturday’s Contest University, Olof Lundberg, G0CKV will talk about how contesting is about having fun and that feeling of achievement […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
In Australia, the WIA have updated VHF/UHF band plans. This includes a move of their narrowband segment at 3.4GHz to circumvent loss of spectrum to LTE, with EME moving down to around 3398MHz as they have an allocation that goes lower than ours. The updated band plan also includes implementation of the new 144MHz satellite […]
New Licence terms to enter exams
We are getting closer to 1 October when the new UK Licence rules will be examined. The RSGB has now published updates to the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced training books and they are now available on the Books Extra section of the RSGB website. A further announcement will be made as soon as the revised […]
Rallies and Events News – 2 August 2015
Sunday, 2 August, the 26th King’s Lynn ARC Rally and Car Boot will take place at Gaywood Community Centre, PE30 4DZ. Talk in will be on 145.550MHz and car parking is free. Doors open at 9am and entry is £2. There will be trade stands, a bring-and-buy as well as car boot pitches. More information […]
Special Events News – 2 August 2015
Sunday, the 2nd, Felixstowe and District ARS will be putting on a special event station, call sign GB2BRS, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The station is located at Bawdsey Radar Station. Further details are on QRZ.com. Riviera ARC will be attending the Torbay Steam Fair Sunday, the 2nd, using GB6TSF. […]
