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DX News – 2 August 2015
Samuel, EA1IQC is currently residing on Arosa Island that is part of the IOTA group EU-080. He now has a permanent station on the island. More information is on QRZ.com under the callsign EA1IQC. Rene, DL2JRM will be active from Faroe Islands, EU-018, from 7 to 10 August as OY/DL2JRM. Scott, K0MD will be QRV […]
Contest News – 2 August 2015
Sunday, the 2nd, the second RoPoCo contest takes place from 0700 to 0830UTC. This is the CW leg and the exchange is signal report and in your first QSO you send your full postcode. In subsequent QSOs you send a signal report and the postcode you received in your previous QSO. QSOs with non-UK stations […]
Propagation News – 2 August 2015
HF propagation conditions during last weekend’s IOTA contest were pretty dire. This was due to a perfect storm of typical summer conditions, a fairly low sunspot count and poor geomagnetic conditions, reflected in a Kp index of three. This was due to the arrival of material from a coronal mass ejection and the onset of […]
David Blackford, G3NPB, 12 July 2015
It is with great sadness that I announce of the passing of David Blackford, G3NPB, the South West GB2RS newsreader for a number of years. He became a silent key on 12 July 2015. Notification by Trev H Harris, G2KF
Enter the RSGB Construction Competition
The RSGB annual Construction Competition is open for entries and judging will take place at the RSGB Convention in October. The competition can be entered by individual members or groups of members where the build team will be treated as a single entrant. The closing date is the end of September and projects that have […]
Contesting Review Group reports
The RSGB President’s Review of Contesting, which commenced at the beginning of May, reached its finale this Wednesday with a day-long workshop. There were 18 participants, from different parts of the UK, with diverse experience. The workshop produced agreement that substantial change is needed in certain areas. Key outcomes are available on the RSGB website […]
