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Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 3 December 2023 (MS Word document)

From now on, we are no longer displaying file size information for downloadable files on the website You will be used to seeing a format like this – File Download (4-page/150KB PDF) This practice dates from a time when dial-up or very slow broadband connections were commonplace, and it was necessary to warn users before […]

Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script GB2RS News Script for 27 November 2023 (22-page/Microsoft Word document)

We are pleased to announce the November 2023 edition of RadCom Basics is now available on the RSGB website In this edition, Fraser Wenseth, MM0EFI provides a beginner’s introduction to Summits on the Air (SOTA) and provides very useful guidance on SOTA radio equipment choices such as antennas, mobile and shack software, plus an important […]

Programming your handheld using CHIRP A very useful guide by James, M0JCQ providing step-by-step first-time instructions on how to install CHIRP, setting up repeaters and advice on choosing aspects such as programming cables In this edition… 4 Using a PC in your shack Lee, G4EJB explains how he installed a PC in his external shack, […]

The Bath Based Distance Learning team has helped over a 1,000 students to pass UK amateur radio exams, with pass rates consistently above the national average. The next Intermediate course will run from January to May 2024. Students will receive weekly work packages via a virtual classroom. There will be no charge for the training, […]

The Coulsdon Amateur Transmitting Society Bazaar is taking place on Sunday, 19 November. The venue is Oasis Academy, Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon, CR5 1ES. Doors are open to the public from 10am to 2pm and the entrance fee is £3. Traders, bring-and-buy, club tables and car parking are available. Please forward general enquiries to bazaar@catsradio.org.uk. […]

Radio Club de Nice is active as TM8AB to commemorate the anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy, 8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO in November 1923. Listen for activity on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW, FT8 and SSTV until 10 December. QSL via F4KJQ. Special callsign LX90RTL is […]

Pierre, VK3KTB and Alexey, VE1RUS are active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island, NA-008, until 22 November. QSL via OQRS. Maurizio, IK2GZU is active again from Tanzania as 5H3MB until 8 December. He is operating using SSB, CW and digital modes on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via […]

On Tuesday, 21 November, the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Thursday, 23 November, the Autumn Series CW Contest runs from 2000 to 2130UTC. Using CW on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report […]