News
Coronation activities come to an end
Radio amateurs are reminded that the special call sign GB23C, used to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, stopped being available for use on Friday 30 June. The availability of special call signs GB23BAA to GB23BZZ, used for Beaconnect events, also ended at the same time. The optional ‘R’ Coronation regional secondary […]
Tonight @ 8 – Receiving Antennas are Different
The next RSGB Tonight @ 8 live webinar takes place at 20.00 on Monday, 3 July 2023, with Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ presenting Receiving Antennas are Different. Eric—who has written numerous amateur radio and electronics articles over the past 30 years—says that almost every ham radio station can benefit from a separate receiving antenna. Effective […]
High-altitude balloon launch
The team from hi-impact, based on the Wirral, is planning another high-altitude balloon launch. This time, working alongside staff and pupils from West Kirby School and College, they will launch a high-altitude balloon at 11am on 11 July 2023 from their usual location in Cilcewydd, near Welshpool in Wales. They will be running a HABduino […]
Alexanderson Day
This Sunday, 2 July 2023, is Alexanderson Day, and the Alexander Association plans to activate the Grimeton VLF transmitter. The transmitter is located in Sweden and is the only remaining example of an early radio transmitter known as an Alexanderson Alternator. To find out more, visit the Alexander Association website.
Also in this weeks GB2RS…
Marcus, G0IJZ has recently carried out antenna modelling of the Grimeton VLF antenna using NEC-5 software. You can read more about this in a recent blog post by Marcus on the Plextek website. Amateurs are reminded that special callsign GB23C, used to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, stopped being available […]
GB2RS News Script for 2 July 2023
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 2 July 2023 (25-page/498KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link
