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Special Event News – 24 September 2017
Stations for Railways on the Air will be active this weekend including Coventry ARS from the Coventry Model railway club with GB6CMR. Loughton and Epping Forest ARS will be activating GB2RGM at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey, although public access is not permitted to the site. Riviera ARC will operate GB4BCR from Babbacombe […]
Contest News – 24 September 2017
The CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest ends its 48 hours at 2359UTC on the 24th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands, the exchange is signal report and zone, which is 14 for the UK. Today, the 24th, the UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using all modes on the 5.7 and […]
Propagation News – 24 September 2017
Last week saw sunspot numbers decline, but geomagnetic conditions become more settled. This, plus the fact we are heading into autumn, resulted in better HF conditions, with 21MHz opening to DX for short periods. The CS3B Madeira and 4X6TU Israel beacons on 21.150MHz were both audible at times and Jim, G3YLA reports working S01WS in […]
Legacy Subcommittee volunteers needed
The Legacy Sub-Committee makes recommendations to the RSGB Board on requests for funding from the £180,000 Legacy Fund. The Board wishes to appoint a new Chairman of the Legacy Sub-Committee and also a further sub-committee member. Information about the fund is on the RSGB website and further details of these appointments are available from the General […]
Future of amateur radio video released
A video created by the RSGB was used by Don Beattie, President of IARU Region 1, at the IARU conference in Landshut to spark discussion about the future of amateur radio. Five young radio amateurs from different countries (filmed at YOTA 2017) explain what they think the future of amateur radio should look like. They […]
Latest RadCom Plus now available
The latest issue of RadCom Plus is now available. It contains features on vertical phased arrays, an APRS tracker and looks at how to get a professional finish to your home-made printed circuit boards. A tailored PDF version is available, as a trial for this issue, in addition to the ePUB version. Both of these […]
