Category: RSGB

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This Sunday, the 25th, is the second day of the Montrose Air Station Open Day and Radio Rally taking place at Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre, Waldron Road, Broomfield, Montrose DD10 9BD. It is an indoor event and tables are available to sell your own equipment. The event opens to the public from 10am. Minor […]

YP0F will be active from Fericirii Island, IOTA reference EU-191, from 27 August to 1 September. A team of four will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via YO9RIJ. The VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club will be active as 4U500M between 1 and 30 September to mark the […]

Special event station GB8NCI will be on the air this Sunday, the 25th, for the second day from 10am to 8pm. Operating from the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) station in Exmouth, Devon, it’s celebrating the 25th anniversary of the NCI. There will be an open house and the public will be invited to view the […]

Just a reminder that August is the month of the traditional summer holiday, so there are no RSGB HF contests this month. This Sunday, the 25th, the UK Microwave Group high band contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using all modes on the 5.7 and 10GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and […]

The last seven days have seen quiet geomagnetic conditions but, equally, zero sunspots and a solar flux index of around 67. Nevertheless, the Lighthouses on the Air event last weekend saw UK stations finding people to talk to, even if real DX was a little thin on the ground. Saturday, the 17th, saw numerous short-skip […]

We start with news from clubs with more than one event this week. Burton Amateur Radio Society has an open net from 10am on 145.575MHz this Sunday. On Wednesday there’s a club night. Thursday sees an open net on 145.575MHz from 8pm. Details from Rob, G6EIH, on 0781 214 6333. Hereford Amateur Radio Society has […]

We start with a request for a volunteer RSGB District Representative to cover District 44, which is south Yorkshire and north-east Lincolnshire. For more information please contact the Region 4 Representative Ian, G7MGN, on 0758 106 8065 or via email to rr4@rsgb.org.uk. Wearside Electronics Amateur Radio Society announces that it meets every Monday from 6pm […]

No news items have been received for Northern Ireland this week.

We start with clubs that have several events this week. This Sunday and next Sunday, Burnham Beeches Radio Club has its net from 10.30am on 145.500MHz. On Monday there’s a pub meeting. Contact Greg, G4EBY, via email to ebytronics@gmail.com. Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club has an open net this Sunday from 6.30pm on GB3IW. On […]