News for England Midlands – 29 November 2020

Burton Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Sundays from 10am on 145.575MHz FM. Monday sees a slow CW exercise from 11am on 14.055MHz. On Wednesday there’s an open net from 7.30pm on 145.575MHz. Thursday sees an open net from 8pm on 145.575MHz. Contact Barry, M0ISZ, on 01283 540570. Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has […]

News for Wales – 29 November 2020

Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has an 80m SSB net from 2.30pm today. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. Cleddau Amateur Radio Society has a Zoom meeting on Tuesday. Details from Heinz, MW0ECY, on 0774 804 7008. On Thursday North Wales Radio Society has a net from 7pm. Contact Liz, GW0ETU, on 0776 019 0355.

Coronavirus affects amateur radio events worldwide

There is no doubt that these are challenging times. However, licensed radio amateurs have a great way of keeping in touch with one another across the world. Clubs and groups are launching virtual meetings to make sure no-one feels isolated in the coming weeks. We have also seen radio amateurs step up with extra nets […]

RSGB Board changes AGM arrangements

In response to the government’s latest Covid-19 recommendations, the RSGB Board has changed the arrangements for the Society’s AGM due to take place on the 25th of April. The physical meeting in Birmingham will not take place, and the information that would have been made available at the AGM will now be made available online. […]

BATC offers free streaming & chat service

In order to support the worldwide amateur radio community during the Covid-19 virus pandemic, BATC is offering free use of the BATC Video Streaming Service and chat facility to any radio club or group of radio amateurs. This will enable clubs to hold virtual meetings with HD video and audio streaming and a chat window […]

Also in GB2RS this week…

In order to support the worldwide amateur radio community during the Covid-19 virus pandemic, BATC is offering free use of the BATC Video Streaming Service and chat facility to any radio club or group of radio amateurs. This will enable clubs to hold virtual meetings with HD video and audio streaming and a chat window […]

Rallies and Events News – 22 March 2020

Due to concerns raised over the Covoid-19 virus, many events in the forthcoming weeks are being cancelled or postponed. We will of course keep you posted as we learn of any updates during this rapidly-changing situation, and we will keep the Rallies page on the RSGB website as up to date as we can. Please […]

DX News – 22 March 2020

Due to travel restrictions around the world changing daily, we have decided not to include any DXpedition and similar news until the situation changes.

Special Events News – 22 March 2020

Covid–19 is affecting special event stations too. GB1SCW was due to take place on the 7th of June from the National Coastwatch Institution facilities at Shoreham. However, the NCI has closed their watch stations until further notice. When there is more information, any updates will be shown closer to the event on QRZ.com

Contest News – 22 March 2020

Running for 48 hours until 0200UTC on the 23rd, the BARTG HF RTTY contest takes place using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number and time. Running for 24 hours until 1200UTC today, the 22nd, the Russian DX Contest uses CW and SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz contest […]

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