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DX News – 15 December 2019
Tony, 3D2AG expects to be active as 3D2AG/p from Rotuma, IOTA reference OC-060, starting around 17 December and continuing until mid-January 2020. He plans to operate CW, RTTY, FT8 and SSB on the 160 to 6m bands. He will have no internet access while on the island. QSL direct to 3D2AG or Club Log’s OQRS […]
Special Events News – 15 December 2019
CN19JIM will be active on 21 and 22 December from Imlil in the High Atlas mountain range of Morocco. The call sign’s suffix translates to International Mountain Day. QSL via RW6HS. DL250BTHVN will be active from Bonn on 16 and 17 December 2020, helping mark Beethoven Anniversary Year.
Contest News – 15 December 2019
The second Machine Generated Mode contest ends its 24 hours at 1400UTC this Sunday, the 15th. Using the 50 and 144MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and your four character locator. The ARRL 10m contest ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 15th. The exchange is signal report and serial number, […]
Propagation News – 15 December 2019
This week NOAA and NASA produced their latest forecast for the upcoming solar cycle. It predicts that we will be at solar minimum in April 2020, plus or minus six months. We should therefore begin to see a slow rise in new cycle sunspots towards the end of 2020. It says the next cycle is […]
GB2RS Christmas schedule
Because of the way Christmas and New Year falls there will be no GB2RS News script for Sunday, 29 December 2019. An abbreviated script will be prepared for Sunday, 5 January 2020 for those newsreaders who are able to read that day. Normal service resumes 12 January 2020. The RSGB would like to take the […]
YOTA Month news
YOTA Month is in full swing and thanks to local clubs, schools and Scout groups it has already introduced large numbers of youngsters to amateur radio. Hilderstone Radio Society used GB19YOTA to give 40 children aged seven to eight the chance to speak to Santa, and chat to him about what they would like for […]
