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Special Events News – 12 January 2020
John, M0XIG will operate GB200FN until 3 February to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. QSL direct to M0XIG. The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group is celebrating its diamond anniversary. Members of the Group will be active as GB60ATG until June 2020. More information at bartg.org.uk.
Contest News – 12 January 2020
This Sunday, the 12th, the Datamodes AFS takes place from 1300 to 1700UTC. Using the 3.5 and 7MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC, using FM only. It is followed by the all-mode 432MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to […]
Propagation News – 12 January 2020
Having predicted in last week’s broadcast that there would be no geomagnetic disturbances, we did in fact have two periods with an elevated Kp index this week. The first occurred on 5 January, when the Kp index hit four. This was due to the impact of the solar wind. The Kp index rose again to […]
Charles Frank Beech, VK7BC, 14 November 2019
Charles Frank Beech, known as Frank, was born on August 6th 1933. He grew up in England and attended radio school around the age of 16 where his love of radios began. From there he became a merchant marine radio officer for over 10 years, traveling the world on various ships. During that time he […]
Happy New Year
The news team and all the staff at RSGB HQ would like to wish our newsreaders, listeners and online readers a very Happy New Year. We would like to remind everyone that we always welcome your news—by email to radcom@rsgb.org.uk—and the deadline is 10am sharp on Thursday mornings. Although it was slightly later than normal […]
GB3EG now on-air in Wigan
The GB3EG repeater, located in Wigan, is now on the air. It is an analogue repeater with no internet connection activity. The location is at the QTH of 2E0SAF, approximately 200ft above sea level, with a mast 11.5m above ground level. Its RF output is at 7dBW, that’s about five watts, but has had some […]
