The Yeovil Amateur Radio Club Rally will be held on Thursday, 29 December at Davis Hall, Howell Hill, West Camel, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7QX. Doors will be open from 9.30am to 1pm and admission is £3. Free parking is available. The event will include bring-and-buy as well as 20 tables for traders. For more information […]
Datta, VU2DSI will be active as AU2JCB until Tuesday, 13 December to commemorate the birthday of Indian physicist and radio pioneer Jagadish Chandra Rose. He will be operating on the HF and VHF bands using SSB and FM. QSL directly to his home callsign. Members of Wingles Radio Club in France will be active as […]
Ferdy, HB9DSP will be active as 5H3FM from Zanzibar Island, AF-032, Tanzania until Tuesday, 13 December. He will operate SSB and some FT8 on the 20, 15 and 10m bands. QSL via Logbook of the World or via his home call. Take, JI3DST will be active from Miyakojima, AS-079, until Thursday, 15 December. He will […]
The ARRL 10m Contest ends this Sunday, the 11th at 2359UTC. Using CW and phone, the exchange is signal report and serial number. American, Canadian and Mexican stations also send their state or province code. On Tuesday, 13 December, the 432MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the 70cm […]
There’s an old Chinese curse that says: “May you live in interesting times”. Well, the last week has been very interesting from an HF propagation perspective! The solar flux index increased from 111 on 30 November, to 148 on Thursday, the 8th. During that time, we had more than 50 C-class solar flares and two […]
Improved antenna rotator controller using an STM32 Nucleo controller To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 85 Around Your Region – Events roundup 89 New products 14 News 12 RSGB at the National Hamfest 2022 63 RSGB Matters 6 Special Interest Groups News […]
Scheduled maintenance will result in a short period of downtime on the Membership Services this afternoon This is to apply new upgrades to the software and will only last for a few minutes, but to avoid anything you’re doing being disrupted, we ask that you don’t use the portal between 16.00 and 16.15 this afternoon. […]
Ofcom has recently authorised an expansion of the list of Special Contest Call (SCC) qualifying contests. It now includes the World Wide DIGI Contest and the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group Sprint PSK63 Contest. Full details of how to apply for an SCC can be found on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/scc.
The RSGB is seeking to appoint additional members to the Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG)—formerly known as the Exams Group. Membership of the Group now includes places for club tutors who hold a Full amateur radio licence and have taught the Full Syllabus for at least two years. If you are interested in making […]
The closing date for applications for the next Bath-based Distance Learning (BBDL) course for the Intermediate exam is Thursday, 7 December 2022. Following application, students must complete some short pre-course study and a quiz to ensure they are able to use the BBDL systems, and to see if it suits their needs. That work must […]
