Papers on a variety of topics by a team of RSGB volunteers are now available for the IARU-R1 Virtual Conference in October. HF-UHF Modernisation and the WRC-23 challenge in the 23cm band all feature https://conf.iaru-r1.org/part-1/documents/ The full set of IARU papers is due by early August.
The news headlines:
RSGB online Convention streams announced
Latest news on ‘Get on the air to care’
RSGB expands Remote Invigilation to Intermediate exams
GB2RS Script – HERE .
CLUB NEWS
During the COVID crisis a list of known club nets, and activities, is now being published on the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society (WoSARS) web site. They have a table listing times and frequencies and this can be found at
https://wosars.club/radio-nets/
And, as noted in last Sunday’s GB2RS the following:
CANCELLATION – Lomond Radio Club – Crianlarich Rally Sunday 2nd August cancelled.
CANCELLATION – the Cockenzie and Port Seaton Mini Rally/Junk Night on Friday 14th August has been cancelled.
CANCELLATION – GMDX Conventition – Bannockburn – October, cancelled.
All other News Items relate to the Club Nets. Checkout the above LINK .
The RSGB online Convention will consist of two streams. The first is called An introduction to… and will include a wide range of topics to support new and returning radio amateurs as well as existing amateurs who’d like to try something new. The second is Learn more about… where speakers dig deeper into the details […]
The RSGB and NHS Get on the air to care campaign continues to gain coverage in the national and amateur radio media as well as being supported by clubs and radio amateurs. There are some great stories to read on the Society’s website that feature clubs like Denby Dale ARS, individuals such as remote exam […]
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An article has just been published in Nature about the first amateur radio communication system in lunar orbit, Longjiang-2, also known as Lunar-OSCAR 94 or LO-94. It was built by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology—thanks to the Spectrum Forum for this information. Despite the closure of many amateur radio events, you can still […]
Ofcom have advised the RSGB that their online licensing portal will be down between 4.30am and 11.30am on Saturday, 11 July 2020.
Since the change of regulations applying to special event stations in the UK, many activations are now able to go ahead. UK amateurs would like to thank Ofcom for their help in making this happen. To commemorate the third anniversary of the FT8 Digital Mode Club, special event stations will be on air during the […]
Please remember to check before the events for new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your own government’s advice first and foremost. The IARU HF Championship runs for 24 hours until 1200UTC this Sunday, the 12th. Using SSB only on the 1.8 to […]
An elevated solar wind stream moved past Earth late on 4 July and early on the 5th, sending the Kp index to three. This was the most significant solar event of the last week as otherwise the Sun remained calm. The Kp index remained at one or zero for the rest of the week, which […]
