In the space of less than 18 months, Sue Jacob, GW7YLS, has passed all three amateur radio exams to become a fully licensed radio amateur. However, it was over 50 years ago that Sue first began her interest in the hobby. In the early 1970s Sue began listening to Radio Luxembourg, along with other European […]
The RSGB HF Contest Committee has introduced a couple of rules to address changes in licence conditions that came into effect from 21 February. UK&CD entrants are required to use a Regional Secondary Locator (RSL) where it is necessary to clarify the entity from which they are operating. From 21 February 2024, stations operating from […]
Are you: Aged 18-25? Passionate about all things radio? Ready for exciting experiences, making new friends and shaping the future of amateur radio? Why not apply to be part of the RSGB YOTA team going to the YOTA Czechia summer camp this year? You can find out more on the RSGB website. Go to the […]
VER20240305, Version entity is Wales, GW Download: [ CTY-3408 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: EA6FM is Spain, EA TX7W is Austral Islands, FO/a GB5CC is Scotland, GM GB0DS is Wales, GW AA2HJ, K5IB, K9AAD, …
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Version entity is Saint Barthelemy, FJ ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 25128 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 25282 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: EA6FM is Spain, EA GB5CC is Scotland, GM/t WU8T, WL7BYZ, WH7JJ, …
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Version entity is St. Barthelemy, FJ [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: EA6FM is Spain, EA GB5CC is Scotland, GM WL7BYZ is in ITU zone 6, not ITU zone 7 KL4IY is in ITU zone 8, not ITU zone 7 WL7BYZ is in …
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Version entity is Comoros, D6 Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,714 Callsigns: 32,329 Managers: 101,128 Addresses: 13,825 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes Callsigns AB7IR from 29 April 2014 through 24 February 2024 is Hawaii, KH6 …
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The Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) met four times during February. It has released these key messages from those meetings: We discussed a number of challenges. Two were upheld and the candidates notified Johnathan Groves, M0VRI resigned from the ESRG, due to work commitments. We thank him for his time on the ESRG We […]
Following its meeting in February 2024, the RSGB Board has shared these key messages from that meeting: Ofcom licence changes: The Board considered the implementation of the licence changes arising from the Ofcom consultation. Much extra work was needed to implement the changes in repeater and beacon licensing, but more of the process was now under […]
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