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Propagation News – 22 January 2017
We saw a couple of sunspots last week, but they weren’t enough to make a major difference to HF propagation. This was due in part to a raised K-index, thanks to solar material from a recurrent coronal hole. NOAA released a geomagnetic storm warning for the 18th and 19th. The solar index remained in the […]
Cyril Todd, G4ABM
It’s with the greatest sadness that Stockton and District Amateur Radio Club said goodbye to Cyril Todd, G4ABM, one of the club’s founding members. As illness took him and he was taken to hospital then a care home, members of the club rallied round to keep him on the air as long as possible. Club […]
Thomas Charles Bryant, 2BXZ/G3SB/GW3SB, 30th December 2016
Born on the 29th December 1921, Charles Bryant became a silent key on the 30th December 2016, the day after his 95th birthday. Charles had a love of radio from an early age. He learnt Morse code at school when he should have been playing games, which he hated. At the age of 14 he […]
Enter now for Club of the Year
There’s still time to enter the RSGB’s Club of the Year 2016 competition. As last year, the RSGB will be judging entries for National Club of the Year in two categories. First is clubs with fewer than 25 members and, second, clubs with 25 or more members during 2016. There will be separate prizes for […]
RSGB Convention 2017
The RSGB Convention this year will be held on 13-15 October at Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes. We are starting to identify speakers for the Convention and would particularly like to develop the HF and DXpedition content further. If you have suggestions for any topics or speakers you would like to hear, please send […]
SOS Radio Week imminent
SOS Radio Week starts at 0000UTC on 21 January and concludes at 2359UTC on the 29th. The event is open to every one to take part in and you can still enrol as a registered station and get on the air to raise awareness of the work of Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). If you […]
