The Red Rose Rally, originally planned for the 6th of February, has unfortunately had to be cancelled. Please let us know your rally and event news as soon as possible. Email details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk and we’ll publicise your event for free in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. The deadline for the March RadCom is tomorrow, […]
Matthias, DK4MN will be active from Aruba as P4/DL4MM from today until the 1st of February. He will focus on the low bands and WARC, operating CW, FT8 and SSB. QSL via DL4MM. Thomas, DL1TPA will soon be active as 8Q7TP from Raa Atoll in the Maldives. He will be running very low power on 20 & 10m and […]
Cray Valley Radio Society will run its next face-to-face Foundation training course on the 5th and 12th of February, in London SE9. For details, go to the website and select the training tab. Dave, G8ZZK, 0773 954 9822 Bracknell Amateur Radio Club has a net via GB3BN from 5pm today and next Sunday. On Wednesday […]
Radio Operators Cornwall is the newest amateur radio club to be established in Cornwall. It has the club callsign G8ROC and aims promote activity, support all amateurs and newcomers to the hobby, whilst working with existing clubs to build a better radio community. Activities will include TX hunts, HF/VHF/UHF portable events, talks, demos and more. […]
Carmarthen ARS has nets via GB3FG on Tuesday and Thursday from 8pm and via GB3CM on Wednesdays from 7.30pm. Sundays see an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm. Contact Andy, GW0JLX on 0776 828 2880. On Tuesday 25 January Rhondda Amateur Radio Society FM net at 6.30pm on GB3BC if active, then QSY to 2m simplex […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-3 mission launched on Thursday carrying 105 satellites including several amateur radio payloads. The Tevel mission comprises eight satellites, each with an FM transponder with an uplink on 145.970MHz and downlink plus beacon transmissions on 436.400MHz. The EASAT-2 and Hades cubesats also have 2m to 70cm transponders, with Hades also carrying a […]
NASA has recognised Amateur Radio on the International Space Station as a science education and research programme. Two images of ARISS activity are among those singled out by the space agency as some of the Best Space Station Science Pictures of 2021. ARRL Representative to ARISS International Rosalie White, K1STO, said recognition is significant because […]
If you couldn’t join the RSGB’s Tonight@8 webinar on amateur radio software construction this week, you can catch up on the RSGB YouTube channel. Heather Lomond’s talk has inspired people to try something new, so take a look and perhaps make something yourself for the RSGB Construction Competition. There are four entry categories – Beginners, […]
The next rally we have in our calendar is the Red Rose Rally on the 6th of February. Lincoln Short Wave Club has announced that they are postponing the Wragby Rally until March or April due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Also responding to concern over the upsurge in COVID-19 cases, organisers of the International […]
As previously announced, the planned D6 Comoros DXpedition has been postponed due to the pandemic. Also, the HD8M DXpedition team has cancelled its trip to the Galapagos Islands that was scheduled for March. Alex, UG1A will be active in his spare time from Vostok Base in Antarctica as RI1ANC until the beginning of February. Activity will be […]
