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Also in GB2RS news this week…
The weekend of 13 to 14 June 2026 is 1940s weekend at Bletchley Park, and the RSGB National Radio Centre will be open to visitors and supporting the occasion by hosting special event station GB1SOE using CW on 40m. There will also be a display of World War II radios. Remember that RSGB Members can […]
Rallies and Events News – 31 May 2026
The Broadcast Engineering Museum has an open day on Sunday, 7 June from 11am. The museum is located at 41 Capper Avenue, Hemswell Cliff, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 5XS. It is home to one of the largest collections of historic broadcasting equipment in the world. For more information, visit becg.org.uk/events Also on Sunday, 7 June, […]
Special Events News – 31 May 2026
The Blind Veterans UK Amateur Radio Society will be active from the new Blind Veterans UK Rustington Centre in West Sussex, on 1-6 June using the MX0SBV callsign. Listen for activity on the HF bands using CW and SSB. The team will also be available on the 6m, 4m, 2m and 70cm bands. For more information, […]
DX News – 31 May 2026
Didier, F6BCW is active as FO/F6BCW from Tikehau Atoll, OC-066, in French Polynesia until 20f July. He operates using CW and SSB on the 80 to 6m bands. QSL to FO/F6BCW via Logbook of the World and OQRS. Phill, FK1TS is active as C21TS from Nauru, OC-031, until July. He operates using mainly FT8 as […]
Contest News – 31 May 2026
The CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest started at 0000UTC yesterday, 30 May, and runs until 2359UTC today, 31 May. Using CW on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Tomorrow, 1 June, the RSGB 80m Club Championship Data Contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using RTTY […]
Propagation News – 31 May 2026
Compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Thursday, 28 May. What a difference a week can make… Last week we reported that the solar flux index was down in the 100s but that it looked like there were spots coming around the Sun. This week they’ve arrived, pushing the solar flux index up to 142 […]
