News for England South-East – 21 June 2020

We start with a reminder from Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society that the 2020 Newbury Radio Rally has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bedford and District Amateur Radio Club runs a daily net from 2pm around 3.748MHz. Saturday, Sunday and Thursday see a DX net from 2.30pm around 14.329MHz. Monday to Saturday […]

News for England South-West – 21 June 2020

Isle of Avalon Amateur Radio Club has a net every evening from 9pm on 145.475MHz FM. Details from Matt, M3MMZ, on 0736 848 7996. Torbay Amateur Radio Society has nets on Sundays on 14.270MHz at 9.30am, and on 145.575MHz from 12 noon. Monday’s nets are 3.663MHz from 10.30am, 1.982MHz from 8pm and 50.155MHz from 8.30pm. […]

News for Wales – 21 June 2020

Blackwood and District Amateur Radio Society has an open net on Sundays from noon around 3.703MHz. Friday sees an open net from 7pm on 144.575MHz FM. Live streams of both are at www.mw0mwz.co.uk/liveshack.php. Details from Rob, MW0CVT, via email to mw0cvt@sky.com. Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has its 80m SSB net every Sunday from 2.30pm. There […]

Important RSGB Convention announcement

In response to the UK’s continuing social distancing regulations, the RSGB Convention Committee has changed the arrangements for the RSGB Convention on 9 to 11 October 2020. Instead of the physical Convention in Milton Keynes, the RSGB is instead holding an online Convention on Saturday, 10 October 2020. Whether you’re a new licensee or have […]

Join Tonight @ 8 on Monday

The RSGB’s new series of webinars begins on Monday, 15 June 2020. The first Tonight @ 8 features a presentation on the Raspberry Pi by Mike Richards, G4WNC. You can watch the live stream on the RSGB YouTube channel or you can watch and ask questions via the special Tonight @ 8 channel on the […]

Lockdown VHF NFD rules announced

VHF NFD is the next big event on the RSGB contest calendar, scheduled for 4 and 5 July 2020. It can’t be run in its normal multi-operator format, so the RSGB Contest Committee has designed an interesting alternative for single operator stations. The rules have been set for fixed stations only. If within two weeks […]

Listen to ARISS school contact

An ARISS educational school contact is planned between Chris, KF5KDR and students in Spain. The students will be talking with the ISS from their homes over phone lines. The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio ground station ON4ISS, located in Belgium. The contact is scheduled for 16 June 2020 at […]

Also in GB2RS this week…

The RSGB has released two more 2019 Convention lecture videos to its YouTube channel. Chris Duckling, G3SVL talks about Lessons from the 6Gs VK9XG DXpedition, while Tony Canning, G2NF discusses Urban QRM; What can I do? Region 1 of the IARU attended the virtual meeting of one of the high-level CEPT Frequency Management Working group […]

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