In Australia, Foundation licensees have gained some digital privileges. The changes include digital modes for Foundation licensees, the removal of the requirement for Foundation licensees to use commercial equipment and a general relaxation of the emission bandwidths for all classes of licence. There are no changes to output power or bands. The changes took effect […]
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 29 September 2019 (11-page/158KB Microsoft Word document)
We have no rallies in the diary for Sunday, 29 September. Next Sunday, 6 October, the 46th Welsh Radio Rally takes place at Rougemont School, Llantarnam Hall, Malpas, Newport NP20 6QB. Doors open from 10am to 4pm, with disabled visitors gaining access at 9.45am. Admittance is £2.50. There will be trade stands, a bring-and-buy, RSGB […]
Harald, DF2WO will be active as D44TWO from Sao Tiago on Cape Verde, IOTA reference AF-005, from 29 September to 13 October. He will be using an Icom IC-7300, two transverters with 3 watts output on the QO-100 geostationary satellite Es’Hail. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS. Elena, RC5A and Yuri, RM0F will be active as 5H3CA […]
September 2019 marks the centenary of radio in the Cambridge area. There is a celebration day this Sunday, 29 September at Foxton, to which all local amateurs are invited. Local clubs have activated the call sign GB1CAM and it will be in operation until the end of the month.
This weekend it’s the CW World Wide DX RTTY Contest. It ends its 48 hour run at 2359UTC this Sunday, the 29th. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and your zone, which is 14 for the UK. This Sunday, the 29th, the UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0600 […]
Yaesu FTDX101D—a top-flight DX and contest radio mainly for base station use To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 84 Around Your Region – Events roundup 88 New products 14 News 11 RSGB Matters 6 Special Interest Groups News 16 Regulars Advertisers’ index […]
The September 2019 edition of RadCom Basics is now at rsgb.org/radcom-basics. In this edition— Welcome to the latest edition from Lee, G4EJB, RadCom Basics editor How and why the HF bands come alive in autumn Using digital repeaters Moving up Glossary of terms To read the articles, you’ll need to sign in with your RSGB […]
In this edition… Welcome to the second edition from Lee, G4EJB, the RadCom Basics editor With feedback from our readers and implementing some of those recommendations; another way of navigating the RSGB website using the Services Map and what can be found tucked away in links on pages; and if you are looking to brush […]
Next Friday and Saturday it’s the National Hamfest, held at the Newark Showground, Newark NG24 2NY. On Saturday, the 28th, the National Club of the Year finalists will be announced. The competition, which is sponsored by Waters and Stanton, announced the regional finalists at the AGM in April 2019. Other activities to look forward to […]
