Also in GB2RS this week…

| October 20, 2017

Train the Trainers is free to any RSGB Member who is currently—or will be starting—teaching at Foundation, Intermediate or Advanced level and is especially designed for any one who does not already have a professional background in teaching. There are two workshops in the near future, one at Worksop ARC on 18 November 2017 and the other in Southend-on-Sea on 9 December 2017, Please send an email to g0eaksteve@gmail.com or nigel.m0ich@gmail.com respectively if you wish to take part.

There is a possibility that due to a combination of readers’ holidays, work commitments and the need for urgent antenna work at the QTH of MI1AIB, there may be no DMR readings of GB2RS for Region 8 on some Sundays during October and possibly early November. Other readings of GB2RS will take place as normal.

Amateur radio’s two newest bands came to life in the United States on Friday, 13 October 2017. Both the 472 to 479 kHz band and the 135.7 to 137.8kHz band are now available to US radio amateurs who have completed the application process.

The PJ7T DXpedition to St Maarten has been suspended. Hurricane Irma destroyed 95 percent of the infrastructure on the island and it will impossible to complete the DXpedition successfully. The team of Argentinian operators are looking at a different island and details will be announced later.

The RSGB has released 12 lectures from the 2016 Convention onto its YouTube channel. Visit www.youtube.com/theRSGB or RSGB 2016 Convention lectures on the RSGB website.

Videos of the talks given at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium, held as part of the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes last weekend, are being made available on YouTube. The first is An introduction to amateur satellites by David Johnson, G4DPZ and Carlos Eavis, G3VHF. The other presentations are expected to be uploaded in the coming days.

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