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Contest News – 21 February 2021
Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. This weekend is the ARRL International DX contest. It runs for 48 hours until 2359UTC today, the 21st. It’s CW only […]
Propagation News – 21 February 2021
Well, we’ve had another week with zero sunspots, but we did have a geomagnetic disturbance. This was caused by the frozen-in Bz magnetic field of the high-speed solar wind stream going very negative. This means it can couple more easily with the Earth’s magnetic field allowing plasma to flood in. At its peak, the stream’s […]
Direct Entry to Full Licence: RSGB Consultation
The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee (ESC) is launching a consultation today to ask for the views of the amateur radio community on a new, Direct to Full licence exam which would run in parallel with the existing three-tier system. The background to this consultation and a link to the proposed syllabus can be found on […]
GB2RS News Script for 14 February 2021
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GOTA2C construction competition winners
The RSGB’s Get on the air to care construction competition was for projects made during the Autumn 2020 lockdown, the Christmas and New Year holiday period or the early 2021 lockdown. The Society was delighted to receive 27 entries from 15 entrants and the standard was very high. To reflect this, the judges awarded four […]
RSGB election candidates
The nomination period closed at 2359 on 31 January and we are pleased to report that the following candidates were duly nominated: President Dr Stewart Bryant, G3YSX Simone Wilson, M0BOX Elected Board Director John Louis Spurgeon, G4LKD Rob Wilkes, 2W0HQD Dave Wilson, M0OBW Simone Wilson, M0BOX Christopher Wood, GD6TWF As there are more candidates than […]
