Also in GB2RS this week…

Bulgarian amateurs have obtained some important changes to their licence. The age limit has been removed for getting a Class 2 licence, which permits up to 5W on VHF and UHF, plus HF on a club station. A Class A licence for all bands will full legal power can now be obtained at 14 years of age. The mandatory six month period between the Class 2 and Class 1 exams has also been removed and there has been a significant increase in the power allowed on most bands.

Ian Suart, GM4AUP has been appointed as the RSGB’s first Operating Advisory Service Coordinator. The Operating Advisory Service, OAS, has been established to help amateurs in various ways, especially those whose enjoyment is being hindered by the poor activities of others. These include giving practical guidance to individual Members, delivering talks to clubs, and sharing their own OAS experiences with the national OAS team. Working with him is a growing team of Regional Operating Advisors. The aim is to have at least one Advisor in every Region, assisting the Region’s volunteer team with OAS’s developing expertise. Please encourage any suitable candidate in your Region to apply for the Regional Operating Advisor role, by contacting Ian via email to oas@rsgb.org.uk

The Inter-MAI amateur radio slow scan television experiment on the International Space Station is scheduled to be activated between Wednesday the 30th of January and Friday the 1st of February. It appears that the experiment will only be active during a couple of orbits that overfly Moscow, rather than a continuous operation. Expected periods of activation appear to be between 1300 and 1900UTC, and should occur on the traditional 145.800MHz downlink frequency.

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