As most listeners will already know, Paul Godley was sent over from the USA 100 years ago to conduct the transatlantic tests. Those tests opened up the era of short wave radio communication. But why Paul Godley? Who was he, why was he chosen and what happened next? On Thursday, 7 April 2022, all those […]
A scheduled annual maintenance shutdown of the MSF 60kHz Radio Time Signal service is planned. It will allow safe working on the masts and antennas. The service will be off-air from 0700 to 1700UTC each day between 4 to 21 April 2022. The transmission will be restored overnight whenever possible. A radio-controlled clock will not […]
The RSGB is looking for a Convention Chair to lead the team of people who will create this year’s Convention. If you understand the advantages of both online and in-person events and can contribute ideas for speakers and topics that will attract both audiences, this could be the role for you. For a full role […]
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. The 36th QRP Convention will be held on the 9th of April in Digby Hall, Sherborne DT9 3AA. Doors open at 9.30am and entry is £3. There are no lectures this year. […]
S57MK will be active as 9N7MK until the 23rd of April. He will be operating for three or four days from Kathmandu and then from other locations while trekking in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. He will run 10 to 15 watts mainly on the 40, 20, 17 and 15m bands using SSB, CW […]
On Sundays Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society Club has a net on 145.3875MHz from 7pm, on 50.180 SSB from 8pm and the club opens at 7pm. The club is also open on Wednesday from 7pm. Thursday sees nets at 7pm on 70.400MHz and 8pm on 145.3875MHz. Sue, M0PSZ, info@frars.co.uk On Sundays Riviera Amateur Radio Club […]
Wales Digital Radio group have some events coming up over the next few months. The month of May brings SOS Radio week and WDRG will be active throughout the month using GB8RNLI raising awareness of the great job being done by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution around our shores by the many volunteers who provide […]
We start with the sad news that the RadCom Technical Editor, Giles Read, G1MFG, has become a Silent Key following a short illness. Since June 2006, he has been an integral part of the RadCom and GB2RS team and will be missed by his colleagues as well as many in the wider amateur circle. An […]
The island of Sao Jorge in the Azores has suffered over 1,800 earthquakes in 48 hours. The regional government has prepared contingency plans to protect the island’s population. CT1END, the Emergency Communications Coordinator for Portugal, reports that a group of nine radio amateurs are working to support emergency communications locally and back to Portugal. Radio […]
A brief reminder now that, in the UK, the clocks will go forward one hour at 0100 on 27 March 2022. Each IARU region holds a General Conference every three years, timed so that there is one regional conference every year. The reports of past Region 1 conferences, including the one in 2021, can be […]
