The UK Meteor Beacon project is now in its second phase, and both phases have been supported by the RSGB Legacy Fund. At the RSGB 2023 Convention, Brian Coleman, G4NNS outlined the plan for the second phase. A network of receivers will be developed, streaming their data via a central server for detailed study of […]
Following its meeting in November, the RSGB Board has shared these key messages from that meeting: Board supported a proposal from the Operating Awards Manager for awards to be again made available to SWLs. Some would be existing awards and others new awards and they would be supported by eQSL confirmation or by conventional means […]
The fourth and final week of WRC-23 (Dec 11-15) is crucial for agreeing late items and the future agenda. Prior to this, weekend sessions tackled thorny issues. However it took till gone 2am on Tuesday to agree what what might have been a real concern for a dozen amateur bands. By the end of Wednesday […]
The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter November 2023 is now available.Click on the link to read it! …
VER20231212, Version entity is Alaska, KL Download: [ CTY-3341 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: 7O2WX is Yemen, 7O in CQ zone 37, ITU zone 48 F4IGB/TRC is France, F TO5M is St. Martin, FS …
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Version entity is North Cook Is., E5/N ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 24896 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 25050 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: GB0SIC is Scotland, GM/t GB5ANT is Wales, GW KL3UY is …
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Version entity is North Cook Islands, E5/n [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: F4IGB/TRC is France, F GB0SIC is Scotland, GM GB5ANT is Wales, GW KL7IEI is in ITU zone 7, not ITU zone 6 KL7IEI is in CQ zone 4, not CQ …
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Version entity is Sint Maarten, PJ7 Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,714 Callsigns: 32,096 Managers: 100,251 Addresses: 13,736 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes Callsigns AE3TT starting 3 October 2023 is United States of America, K …
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Ofcom has just shared a document that sets out its “decision to update the amateur radio licensing framework to ensure the policies and licences meet the needs of today and tomorrow’s radio amateurs, while streamlining the licensing process“. Alongside the statement, it has published a Summary of the Changes (PDF, 166.4 KB); this gives a […]
The end of the third week of the WRC-23 World Radiocommunication Conference saw plenary approval of a new footnote to the 23cm amateur band at 1240 to 1300MHz – a major landmark after four years of hard work. Meanwhile 40-50MHz radar sounders and future agenda items are consuming considerable time and effort – all week […]
