Home construction methods: Part 1 Great tips and advice on how to approach kit building and tips on how to master soldering In this edition… 4 An off-centre fed vertical for the 10m band How to use a 9:1 UNUN for making a mono-band vertical for the 10m band, as an off-centre fed antenna 10 […]
The presentation This presentation is all about the RSGB’s GB2RS news service that celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025. Over 100 volunteers broadcast the RSGB news every Sunday across the amateur bands, using a variety of modes. There’s a look back at the pioneering days of the early broadcasts, before coming right up to date […]
We have made some changes to our HF contests for 2025, outlined here. The details are available in our published rules; see the web link at the bottom of the article. FT4 Series The number of sessions in this popular series will be increased to 12 (one per month), with the best nine results contributing […]
VER20241128, Version entity is Mozambique, C9 Download: [ CTY-3438 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: EA3HSD/P is Spain, EA EA5IYX/P is Balearic Islands, EA6 TX7MAS and TX7N are both Marquesas Islands, FO/m GB8WWA is Northern …
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Version entity is Swains I., KH8/S ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 25749 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 25905 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: EA5IYX/P is Balearic Is., EA6 GB200LB and GB1RBL are both Scotland, …
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Version entity is Swains Island, KH8/s [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: EA5IYX/P is Balearic Islands, EA6 GB1RBL and GB200LB are both Scotland, GM GB4SDC is Wales, GW IZ3QBN/CRT is Italy, I WO4EM is in ITU zone 7, not ITU zone 8 WO4EM …
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Version entity is Albania, ZA Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,715 Callsigns: 33,108 Managers: 104,178 Addresses: 14,136 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes 9M67M from 23 August 2024 through 30 September 2024 is West Malaysia, 9M2 …
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Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 24 November 2024 (MS Word document)
The RSGB VHF Contest Committee is currently planning the rules for the 2025 VHF contests. Following some discussion at the RSGB Convention, the committee members have some questions on which they would appreciate feedback from contestants, with particular topics focused around VHF Field Day and the Back Packers events. You can find the survey online and […]
The Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society Dinner is at the Creg-ny-Baa on Friday 29 November. Tickets are £25. For more information, including details of the menu and how to book, visit the club website The Wiltshire Radio Winter Rally is on Sunday 1 December at Kington Langley Village Hall in Kington Langley, located just […]
