Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk We’ll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Next week the Dayton Hamvention takes place between the 20 and 22 May at the Greene County Fairground in Ohio, USA. Now in its 70th year, this is one of the largest […]
Irek, SP3SUX will be operating as DV8/KH7EA from Mindanao Island, OC-130, in the Philippines until the 27 May. Activity will be during his daytime hours on the 6 to 80m bands using CW and SSB. QSL to his home callsign. Members of the Radio Club of Haiti will be active as HH18MAI between the 18 […]
Northwest Group Amateur Radio Club in Londonderry are activating GB0AEL as part of the 90th Anniversary of Amelia Earhart landing in Londonderry. She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. They will activate GB0AEL until 30 May. More information on qrz.com under the callsign GB0AEL.
Today, 15 May, the 70MHz CW contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The UK Microwave Group’s millimetre-wave contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC today, the 15 May . Using all modes on the 24, 47 and 76GHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and […]
Well, it looks like the US Air Force was more accurate than NOAA with their solar flux index forecast last week. While the week started with an SFI at 117, by Thursday it had grown to 133. It has been mostly quiet from a geomagnetic point of view with a maximum Kp index of three, […]
Amateurs in Staffordshire are invited to join Lunch on the Air, a new VHF net that will be held every Wednesday lunchtime on 144.700MHz. Chaired from Stafford by Daniel, M7CFW, it’s a friendly net aimed at those at home, working from home, caring from home or having lunch in the area who want to call […]
If you are interested in becoming part of the RSGB RadCom Editorial team, the Society is recruiting for a Managing Editor and a Technical Editor. There is further information about both roles on the Society’s website at rsgb.org/careers.
IARU Region 1 is looking for ideas that could lead to more licensed radio amateurs. Draft proposals are welcome by the 31 May 2022. The best ideas will be shared with the proposing teams so they can work on a more detailed project on 10 June 2022.OK More details can be found on the IARU […]
Canada’s amateur radio regulator has granted amateurs in Canada the right to use special call signs in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee for the period of the 14 May 2022 to 14 July 2022. For example, VE3 calls become VX3, VA7 becomes VG7, and so on. The special call signs may also be used […]
Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk We’ll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Today, the 8 May , the Lough Erne ARC Annual Rally will be held at the Arena @ Share Discovery Village, 221 Lisnaskea Road, Lisnaskea BT92 0JZ. Doors open at 11.30am for […]
