Celebrations for the 70th Anniversary of GB2RS are well underway. To find out how you can get involved with special event stations and awards go to the GB70RS web page. The RSGB has recently updated the web page to add a selection of newsreader stories, which you can access by clicking ‘GB2RS Newsreader Stories’ from the […]
By Andrew Barron, ZL3DW For many the Icom IC-R8600 is one of the best receivers currently available, however as with all sophisticated radios are you getting the most from it? The Icom IC-R8600 has a vast array of features and as always Andrew Barron, ZL3DW sets to explain the things that make the radio special. […]
The presentation June’s Tonight@8 will feature a panel of Morse experts. The RSGB’s Morse Test Coordinator, Eric Arkinstall, M0KZB, will lead the webinar and will be joined by RSGB District 13 Representative Michael Topple, GM5AUG, among others. The presentation will begin with an introduction to Samuel Morse, Morse code and its merits. It will then cover topics […]
VER20250429, Version entity is Guinea, 3X Download: [ CTY-3513 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: 4U0IARU is Vienna Intl Ctr, *4U1V GB0AEL and GB6IMD are both Northern Ireland, GI GB5OL is Scotland, GM GB4MDI is … Continue reading →
Version entity is Western Sahara, S0 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 26007 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 26165 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: MM/OE8TIR is Shetland Is., GM N4NVG, KL7SH and KL0MT are all … Continue reading →
Version entity is Western Sahara, S0 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: 4U0IARU is Vienna Intl Ctr, *4U1V MM/OE8TIR is Shetland Islands, *GM/s KL0MT, KL7SH and N4NVG are all United States, K in CQ zone 4, ITU zone 7 KU4OY and NP4KM are … Continue reading →
Version entity is Republic of Korea, HL Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,715 Callsigns: 33,483 Managers: 106,288 Addresses: 14,294 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes RP80 during 1-10 May 2025 is European Russia, UA Callsigns 4U0IARU … Continue reading →
At 1030UTC on 28th April a wide area power outage affected Portugal and Spain with some initial limited effects in Southern parts of France. Radio Amateurs in the affected countries were quick to respond, setting up nets on available repeaters, …
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Radio Tahiti 1971
Frequency: 15.170MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: Radio Tahiti was a very popular station with shortwave listeners back in the 1970's. Their island type music was very listenable and the station often put a decent signal into eastern North America with their 20 kw of power on 15170 kHz. The late Dr. Richard E. Wood reported in the Communications Handbook for 1972 that this frequency was activated on April 10, 1971. I made this recording of their sign off announcements in French, closing song and La Marseillaise sometime in 1971.
Congratulations to Barry Lewis, G4SJH who has been given the IARU Diamond Award at the IARU R1 Interim meeting in Paris today. The award is given to “An IARU volunteer of long standing who has provided services over a significant number of years and has shown exceptional diligence during a long period of service.” In […]
