News
More countries get 60m
More countries are permitting access to the 60m band. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba has allocated 5.3515 to 5.3665MHz with secondary status to Full licensees. The band has footnote 5.133B that limits the power in the Caribbean region of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to 25 watts EIRP. Amateurs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) […]
Ofcom website maintenance
We have been informed that the Ofcom amateur radio licencing portal is down for maintenance from 6pm on Thursday the 5th of May until 9pm on Sunday the 7th.
Also in GB2RS this week…
SOTA operators have planned their next Europe to North America – Summit to Summit activity for Saturday the 13th of May between 1200 and 1800UTC. Likely bands are 20m and 17m CW and SSB. Alerts of which summits are expected to be activated, plus real time spotting, will be available at sotawatch.org nearer to the […]
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Rallies and Events News – 7 May 2017
Today, the 7th of May, the Dambusters Hamfest will be held at Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Tattershall, Thorpe, near Coningsby, Lincolnshire LN4 4PL. This is an outside event with limited room inside. Entry is £3 per person and accompanied under 12s are free. The admission charge also allows visitors to enter the museum. The venue […]
DX News – 7 May 2017
Ivan, LZ1PJ will be on the air as S79J from Mahe Island in the Seychelles, IOTA reference AF-024, until the 10th of May. Activity will be on CW on the HF bands and 6m. QSL to his home callsign. Martin, MW0BRO will operate as A7/MW0BRO in Qatar. He will be there until the 18th of […]
