Today, the 27 July, the UK Microwave Group 5.7 and 10GHz Contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC. Using all modes on 5.7 and 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The RSGB IOTA Contest started at 1200UTC on Saturday the 26 July and ends at 1200UTC today, Sunday 27 July. Using CW […]
It was a bit of a mixed bag last week. The first half saw settled geomagnetic conditions, but from the 22 July we had a disturbance thanks to output from a solar coronal hole. This saw the Kp index rise to 4.67 and ultimately 5. The stream from the Sun reached around 730 kilometres per […]
Meetings of Bolsover Amateur Radio Society take place on the first and third Tuesday of the month. Please note the change of venue. The club now meets at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm. Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars. Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 […]
Barnsley and District Amateur Radio Club has a meeting and social evening from 7pm every Wednesday. On Thursday, there will be a net on 144.5625MHz FM from 7pm. David, G4TMZ, g6aj@outlook.com Bishop Auckland Radio Amateur’s Club meets at Stanley Crook Village Hall on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm. Anyone wishing to study or take exams should […]
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The information that follows was posted on the IARU Global web site on July 18th:
AST & Science LLC (operating as AST SpaceMobile) currently deploys commercial satellites in Low Earth Orbit that utilize spectrum allocations within the 430–440 MHz amateur …
The CEPT ECC plenary meeting in June 2025 finalised and approved ECC Decision(25)01 that includes the technical and operational measures for the use of the frequency band 1258–1300 MHz by the amateur and amateur-satellite services in order to protect the …
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s news script News script for 20 July 2025 (MS Word document)
The weekly RSGB news broadcast, GB2RS, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the Society is inviting you to collect awards for listening and logging GB2RS News broadcasts between Friday 1 August and Tuesday 30 September. There are four categories, including a basic listener award and a regular listener award. Full details […]
RSGB Board Director, Ben Lloyd, GW4BML has appointed Ian Stevenson, G3YNU as the volunteer RSGB STEM Champion. This new role fits with the RSGB’s strategy to bring amateur radio to new audiences and to highlight the link between amateur radio and science, technology, engineering and maths. Ian brings a wealth of experience to this role […]
