{"id":25757,"date":"2020-09-11T16:50:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=25757"},"modified":"2020-09-11T16:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:50:40","slug":"also-in-gb2rs-this-week-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2020\/09\/11\/also-in-gb2rs-this-week-276\/","title":{"rendered":"Also in GB2RS this week&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB administers a number of award programmes for HF and VHF, including the enhanced special awards for Foundation and Intermediate licence holders. A vacancy has arisen for a volunteer to promote and manage these programmes. For further information about the role, including how to apply, visit the Society\u2019s volunteer web page at <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/volunteers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>rsgb.org\/volunteers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>IARU Region 1<\/strong><\/a> has just published a further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/2020\/cept-cpg-pta-meeting-september-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>news release<\/strong><\/a> following the online CEPT-PTC and CEPT-PTA meetings for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-R\/study-groups\/rcpm\/Pages\/wrc-23-studies.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WRC-23 prep<\/strong><\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/spectrum-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RSGB Spectrum Forum<\/strong><\/a> Chair and the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/honorary-officers\/microwave-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RSGB Microwave Manager<\/strong><\/a> have been closely engaged at these meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the Portable Operations Challenge given in <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2020\/09\/04\/also-in-gb2rs-this-week-275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>last week\u2019s news<\/strong><\/a> should have read 3 and 4 October 2020. Find out all you need to know at <a href=\"http:\/\/foxmikehotel.com\/challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>foxmikehotel.com\/challenge<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB Construction Competition 2020 is open for entries. There are four categories, including one specifically for people who are new to amateur radio. The deadline for entries is 25 September 2020. For more details, including how to enter, see <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/construction-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>rsgb.org\/construction-competition<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark, G0KZZ, has started a new internet forum for CW enthusiasts<a href=\"https:\/\/forum.brasspounder.net\/\">.<\/a> It is wide-ranging, covering amateur CW operating, to radiotelegraphy history, and key collecting, to internet based CW contacts.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, the 5MHz, or 60m band, has been available to <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/clubs-training\/for-students\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Full UK licensees<\/strong><\/a> since August 2002. This we owe to the initiative of the late Gordon Adams, G3LEQ, who at the time was Spectrum Director of the Radio Society of Great Britain. He was central to negotiations with the regulator and the UK Ministry of Defence, the primary user of the band. One of the elements of Gordon\u2019s proposals was a country-wide news reading of the GB2RS. This has taken place regularly on a Sunday since the band\u2019s inception by a team of newsreaders. Gordon <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/silent-keys\/2018\/02\/12\/gordon-l-adams-g3leq-4-february-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>became a Silent Key<\/strong><\/a> in February 2018 and the GB2RS 5MHz newsreading team, as The 5MHz Pioneers Group, applied for and received the call G5MHZ. The call will be on the air in recognition and remembrance of the work done by Gordon at 5MHz for UK radio amateurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB administers a number of award programmes for HF and VHF, including the enhanced special awards for Foundation and Intermediate licence holders. A vacancy has arisen for a volunteer to promote and manage these programmes. For further information about the role, including how to apply, visit the Society\u2019s volunteer web page at rsgb.org\/volunteers. IARU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}