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Contest News – 25 January 2026
The CQ World Wide 160m DX Contest started at 2200UTC on Friday, 23 January and runs until 2200UTC today, 25 January. Using CW on the 160m band, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. American stations also send their state and Canadian stations send their province. The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group Sprint started at […]
Propagation News – 25 January 2026
Last week featured a massive aurora that couldn’t have been predicted in the previous report. The cause was a large Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on Sunday, 18 January at 1808UTC. The solar wind speed was above 1,100km per second, so the impact on the Earth arrived sooner than expected. The result was that the Kp index […]
How will you be celebrating 100 years of World Thinking Day?
Girl Guides and Scouts across the globe will be celebrating 100 years of World Thinking Day on Sunday 22 February. The aim of Thinking Day on the Air is to encourage Girlguiding and Scouting members to make friendships with those in other units, using amateur radio as the means of communication. What will you be […]
David Quigley, G3PRI
It is with sadness that we report the passing of David Quigley, G3PRI. Dave was first licensed as G3PRI in 1961 while serving in the Army in Germany and also gained the German callsign DL2PB. Further service in the Middle East resulted Dave gaining MP4TBK and VS9ADQ callsigns. On his return to the UK, Dave […]
February 2026 – Strategic priorities update
We cannot do this without you The RSGB Board is deeply committed to its strategy which has been focused on the growth of amateur radio but is now seeking to expand this focus to include membership growth. There will be more details about this later this year. However, the Board cannot deliver its strategy entirely […]
GB2RS News Script for 18 January 2026
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