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Special Events News – 8 November 2020
Thurrock Acorns Amateur Radio Club will be running GB2REM on Sunday, the 8th, and Wednesday, 11 November for Remembrance Day. The club will be focusing on keeping the station active on these two days but may be heard from Saturday, the 7th, until Thursday, the 12th. More details at taarc.co.uk. Larry, G4HLN will be active […]
DX News – 8 September 2020
Remo, HB9SHD plans to be active as 8Q7RM from Kandolhu Island, IOTA reference AS-013, until 29 November. Activity will be holiday-style on various HF bands using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via HB9SHD. Robert, S53R plans to continue working in his spare time as T6AA in the Afghan capital city of Kabul, until mid-December. […]
Contest News – 8 November 2020
Please remember to check before the contest for new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your own national and local government’s advice first and foremost. This weekend, the Marconi CW contest ends its 24 hour run at 1400UTC this Sunday, the 8th. Using […]
Propagation News – 8 November 2020
Sunspots are a bit like buses. You wait forever and three come along at once! Last week we had active regions 2778 and 2779, which pushed the solar flux index up to 88. This week we have sunspot region 2781, which is a monster. At the time of writing, this region had pushed the SFI […]
Updated response to Ofcom consultation
The RSGB has updated the main article on the special EMF web page to inform members of work that is underway to prepare a response to Ofcom’s second consultation.The second consultation closes on November 16 and we hope to post our draft response next week. We would encourage members to make their own responses. In […]
GNU Radio on Tonight @ 8
The next Tonight @ 8 is this Monday—2 November 2020. Heather Lomond, M0HMO will give a beginners’ introduction to using GNU Radio to create simple amateur radio projects. Starting from the beginning, Heather will introduce the GNU Radio programming environment, develop a little of the theory needed to understand SDRs, and then go on to […]
