Two volunteers have stepped back from roles with the Region 8 team: Sara McGarvey, 2I0SSW from the role of District Representative 84 (Belfast) Dave Parkinson, 2I0SJV from the role of District Representative 85 (Co. Fermanagh and Co. Armagh) The RSGB would like to thank them both for the time they have given as part of […]
Ofcom has recently authorised an expansion of the list of Special Contest Callsign qualification contests to include two UK and Ireland DX Contests. Full details of how to apply for a Special Contest Callsign, including the complete qualifying criteria, can be found on the RSGB website.
On 6 February 2023, RSGB District Representative Andy Jenner, G7KNA spoke to the BBC’s Simon Parkin about his passion for amateur radio. The RSGB arranged this interview—having been contacted by BBC Radio Somerset—following the Society’s recent piece in The Times. Andy discussed how he got into radio, getting licensed, and about the work he and […]
We have released two of our RSGB 2022 Convention videos just for RSGB members to view. In the first presentation Using the Right Tools to Work More 144MHz DX John Regnault, G4SWX gives a comprehensive guide to a range of software packages and websites that will help you to develop your VHF DXing skills The […]
A 7.8 Magnitude earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria at 01:17UTC on 6th February leading to a large loss of life and many casualties. Aftershocks continue in the area with another large 7.5 magnitude event happening at 10:24UTC affecting the response. …
Version entity is Mellish Reef, VK9M Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,666 Callsigns: 30,983 Managers: 96,325 Addresses: 13,386 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes IS0 is Sardinia, IS0 IS1 ending 21 April 1976 is Sardinia, IS0 …
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Version entity is Chagos Is., VQ9 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 23766 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 23917 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: BG0DKM/8 is China, BY in CQ Zone 24, ITU Zone 43 …
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Version entity is Chagos Islands, VQ9 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: BG0DKM/8 is China, BY in ITU zone 43 IS0CZG/1 is Italy, I IS0 is Sardinia, IS N1CNQ is in ITU zone 8, not ITU zone 6 N1CNQ is in CQ zone …
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VER20230204, Version entity is Zimbabwe, Z2 Download: [ CTY-3306 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: 4UNR is Vienna Intl Ctr, *4U1V BG0DKM/8 is China, BY in ITU zone 43 XQ6CFX is Chile, CE in ITU …
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