News for Northern Ireland – 4 October 2020

Events mentioned here may be affected by fluctuating pandemic precautions. Please continue to observe all national or local restrictions that are in place. Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club continues its run of Tuesday night open lectures via Zoom. For the Zoom details email Dave, 2I0SJV via dcparkinson@icloud.com. Previous lectures are available at youtube.com/muarcmedia.

News for Scotland – 4 October 2020

Events mentioned here may be affected by fluctuating pandemic precautions. Please continue to observe all national or local restrictions that are in place. The Viking Amateur Radio Net runs daily from 5 to 6am on 3.770MHz. Details on their Facebook page. Ayr Amateur Radio Group has daily nets on 7.035MHz ± at 10.15am moving to […]

News for England South-East – 4 October 2020

Events mentioned here may be affected by fluctuating pandemic precautions. Please continue to observe all national or local restrictions that are in place. We start with news of regional representative vacancies for RSGB districts 122 (Norfolk) and 124 (East Essex). If you live in or close to these areas and would be interested in joining […]

RSGB releases Foundation practicals videos

The RSGB has just launched a series of videos to help the thousands of people who have taken their Foundation exam via remote invigilation whilst being unable to take the practical assessments. The full 30 minute video highlights six practical skills and each segment stands alone rather than being part of a single ‘story’ through […]

RadCom October 2020, Vol. 96, No. 10

Out Now! The new edition of the RSGB Radio Communication Handbook 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 Beyond Exams, the story so far, Chris Colclough, G1VDP 70 New products 14 News 11 RSGB Matters […]

Tonight @ 8 bumper edition this evening

Tonight @ 8 is back this evening with a bumper edition RSGB Convention Chair David Bondy, G4NRT will give a short pre-recorded interview about this year’s RSGB 2020 Convention Online. That will be followed by the usual Tonight @ 8 live presentation, which tonight is Tim Kirby, GW4VXE and My World of VHF. You can […]

RSGB introducing Full exam remote invigilation

Following on from the success of the remote invigilation exams for the Foundation and Intermediate licence, the RSGB is now expanding that to include Full licence exams. The automated booking system is now accepting exam bookings for all three licence levels. Please note that the earliest date available for exam bookings at any level is […]

Solar Cycle 25 is officially here

The Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel, an international group of experts co-sponsored by NASA and NOAA, announced that the solar minimum occurred in December 2019, marking the start of a new solar cycle. Because our Sun is so variable, it can take months after the fact to declare this event. Scientists use sunspots to track […]

Latest online Convention news

During the online RSGB 2020 Convention, you will be able to enjoy some excellent lectures. On Saturday, 10 October 2020, the RSGB will be presenting two online streams for everyone to enjoy. In An introduction to… stream, we will have Getting Started on Low Earth Orbit Satellites by Peter Goodhall, 2M0SQL. He will look at […]

Also in GB2RS this week…

Like the RSGB Convention, the AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2020 will also be online this year. Taking place on Sunday, 11 October 2020, there will be a lecture stream from 11am to 4pm. Amongst the lectures on the day, Daniel Estévez, EA4GPZ will look at Decoding Mars Spacecraft and explain the bit and pieces you can learn […]

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