New 122GHz DX record

UK amateurs continue to create new DX records on the 122GHz millimetre-wave band. On the 7th of April, using barely one milliwatt, a new all-time UK record was set. The contact was between Roger, G8CUB and Chris, G0FDZ, from Danbury Hill in Essex to the Isle of Sheppey, a distance of nearly 36km. This is […]

Also in GB2RS this week…

The RSGB’s new Friendship on the Air Award links in with the chosen theme of Home But Never Alone for World Amateur Radio Day today, the 18th of April. It is a chance to get on the air, represent your club and have a proper chat with radio amateurs across the airwaves. There are monthly […]

DX News – 18 April 2021

Joe, 9H5JO will be on the air at weekends during April from Malta. Between 1200 and 1300UTC each Saturday and Sunday, he will listen specifically for Foundation licensees on, or very near to, 14.268MHz. This could be a really good opportunity to get Malta in your logbook. Mark, W5MED is stationed at McMurdo Station on […]

Special Events News – 18 April 2021

Today, the 18th of April, is World Amateur Radio Day, with the theme Home But Never Alone. The South African Radio League is holding a WARD QSO Party from 0600 to 1800UTC on all bands and modes. Participants must contact various stations to obtain points adding up to 96 because the IARU and the SARL […]

News for England South-West – 18 April 2021

Thornbury & South Gloucestershire ARC has a daily net on GB3ZB from 10.30am. Wednesday sees a Zoom meeting from 8pm, or at the Chantry if possible. On Friday there’s a net on 145.450MHz from 8pm. For details, email secretary@tsgarc.uk Weston Super Mare Radio Society has a Discord meeting on Monday. The club net via GB3WB […]

News for Wales – 18 April 2021

There has been a problem with the GB3CM repeater in Wales for a few weeks now. Now the Covid-19 travel restrictions have been lifted, the technical team has visited. They found an ongoing fault condition associated with the aerial. Whilst GB3CM is now back on air, it is operating with lower-than-normal transmitter power output, which […]

New video to demonstrate the EMF calculator

RSGB Board Director and EMC Chair John Rogers, M0JAV has created a helpful video to demonstrate how to use the RSGB/Ofcom EMF calculator. The calculator itself has also been updated on the RSGB website. You can watch the video direct on the RSGB YouTube channel or via a link on the RSGB’s EMF web pages.

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