News
Robert (Bob) Shaw, G3VRD, 17 August 2015
Robert (Bob) Shaw, G3VRD, sadly became a silent key in the early hours of Monday 17th August, aged 80 years. He was an honorary life member of Lincoln Shortwave Club where he had enjoyed continuous membership since 1974 (41 years). He had undertaken many key position in the club and at various times had been […]
New 70cm beacon on the air
The Leicestershire Repeater Group is pleased to announce that the new UHF beacon, GB3LEU, became operational on Sunday, 9 August at 1225UTC. It is near Markfield, Leicestershire, IO92IQ and transmits on 432.490MHz. It identifies in Morse as well as JT65. Reports and comments are very welcome to the Beacon Keeper, Geoff, G3TQF, via www.leicestershirerepeatergroup.org.uk. The […]
Join in the Construction Competition
The RSGB annual Construction Competition closes at the end of September so now is a good time to think about your entry. Have you made something for you local club’s construction competition that could be entered? There are four classes: Junior, Beginner, Craftsman and Designer. Even team entries are allowed for a group build club […]
Also in GB2RS this week…
As more and more communications equipment designs have adopted digital signal processing techniques, the US company Rockwell Collins has announced that it will stop manufacturing its renowned mechanical filters. It did not provide a specific date. In a mechanical filter, input and output transducers convert the electrical signal to and from resonant mechanical vibrations. Rockwell […]
GB2RS News Script for 16 August 2015
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Lighthouse weekend coming up
The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend takes place next weekend on 15 and 16 August. Stations will be on the air from all over the world and will give amateurs that chance to work some unusual stations. Visit www.illw.net for more information.
