The news team and all the staff at RSGB HQ would like to wish our newsreaders, listeners and online readers a very Happy New Year. We would like to remind everyone that we always welcome your news—by email to radcom@rsgb.org.uk—and the deadline is 10am sharp on Thursday mornings. Although it was slightly later than normal […]
The GB3EG repeater, located in Wigan, is now on the air. It is an analogue repeater with no internet connection activity. The location is at the QTH of 2E0SAF, approximately 200ft above sea level, with a mast 11.5m above ground level. Its RF output is at 7dBW, that’s about five watts, but has had some […]
Congratulations to Ian, GM3SEK who set a new 70cm world record distance on tropo on 28 December 2019 by working D41CV at a distance of 4,565km. That put him in the unique position of holding both EME and tropo records on that band as, back on 12 March 1989, he worked ZL3AAD at 18,970km. On […]
The new EI1KNH five metre beacon is now operational from its site near Enniskerry in County Wicklow. The transmit frequency is 60.013MHz. It shares the site with 70MHz beacon EI4RF and the 50MHz EI0SIX. For additional information please visit the QRZ.com entries. All amateurs are required to revalidate their licence with Ofcom at least every […]
All amateurs are required to revalidate their licence with Ofcom at least every five years. If it has been a while since you did that, go to ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence or email spectrum.licensing@ofcom.org.uk. The process doesn’t take very long.
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We have no details of rallies in January. The first couple of the year will be the Barry ARS Table Top Sale on 1 February and the South Essex ARS Canvey Rally on 2 February.
Sergey, RX3AMY will be active holiday style as 8Q7BS from the Maldives, IOTA reference AS-013, until 23 January. He will operate SSB and some CW on the 40 and 20m bands. QSL via his home call. SP3PS will be active as C5SP from The Gambia until 17 January. He will operate SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL […]
From Monday until next Sunday, Hilderstone Radio Society will be operating GB1RNLI from the RNLI lifeboat station in Margate. TM70TAAF will be activated by François, F8DVD from 12 to 26 January. The special call sign commemorates the 70th anniversary of the first amateur radio contacts with French Southern and Austral Territories that took place in […]
The ARRL RTTY Roundup ends its 30 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, 5 January. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands the exchange is signal report and serial number, with US stations sending their state, and Canadian stations their province. The second session of the EUCW 160m CW Party runs from 0400 to 0700UTC […]
