Also in this weeks GB2RS…

RSGB volunteers will be running Morse activities and operating using DMR at the West Sussex International Jamboree on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 August. Listen out for youngsters operating as GB0WSJ using DMR on RSGB Youth Talk Group 23554, Worldwide Talk Group 91 and UK Call Talk Group 2350. They’d appreciate a call between 9.30am and 5pm on the Thursday and 9.30am and 12pm on the Friday.

The July 2025 edition of RadCom Basics is now available. RadCom Basics is aimed at new amateurs and those who are wishing to refresh their skills and knowledge. Among others, this edition contains articles to help you learn about spectrum analysers, Near Vertical Incidence Skywave propagation and using a doublet as a multi-band antenna. To access all RadCom publications visit the website

HamSCI – The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation – is preparing for a series of upcoming meteor scatter experiments. Operating will take place during two well-known meteor showers: The Perseids on the 12 and 13 August and the Geminids on the 12 and 13 December. The aim is to collect data during meteor scatter events using the 10 and 6m bands. For more information visit the website

Please send details of all your news and events to radcom@rsgb.org.uk  The deadline for submissions is 10am on Thursdays before the Sunday broadcast each week.

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