A special 2m net is running every Friday from 8pm until 15 May. Operators will be using special event callsign GB5MMF to raise awareness of the Mae Murray Foundation and the important work the charity does supporting people with disabilities and promoting accessibility. Stations are warmly invited to listen out for and join GB5MMF on […]
Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society has a net on 3.740MHz from 2pm on Sundays and Tuesdays. On Thursday, the Society meets at Oakhill Crescent Lane, Aberdeen AB15 5HY at 7.30pm. For details of the Society’s events, visit aars.uk secretary@aars.uk Ayr Amateur Radio Group meets on Friday at 7.30pm in Prestwick Community Centre. For details of the […]
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: Xing Xing Guangbo Diantai (Star Star Broadcasting Station)
Date of recording: March 16, 2026
Starting time: 2358 UTC
Frequency: 19.052 MHz
Receiver location: Thailand
Receiver and antenna: Kiwi SDR with Wellbrook loop
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: This is a "numbers station" broadcasting in Mandarin Chinese, presumably sending encrypted messages to Taiwanese intelligence agents in mainland China, from Taiwan. It appears to follow a set daily schedule, and begins each transmission with the tune of a Chinese folk song played on a flute. This is followed by station ID, given twice, and a few announcements in Mandarin, then a sequence of numbers read in groups of four. An excellent article about this station can be found on the Mount Evelyn DX Report written by Rob Wagner VK3BVW in May 2025.
Geoff, G4FKA has recently been awarded the first Supreme level of the Worked All UK & Crown Dependency Prefixes Award. The award was introduced in 2025 and as Geoff says, “The series is good as it makes us go back to basics, working our own local stations, often overlooked in the hunt for DX”. In […]
RSGB AGM 2026 takes place at 10am on Saturday, 18 April 2026 and will be held online to ensure as many members as possible can watch and take part. Visit rsgb.org/agm to see details of the Calling Notice, Resolutions, the elected Board Director candidates, the Nominated Director candidates, and information on how to vote. We have […]
In this year’s RSGB elections, there are two vacancies for Elected Board Directors and three nominations have been received. The candidates are Ben Lloyd, GW4BML; Tony Miles, MM0TMZ; and John E. A. Moss, G0KTW. Members are asked to vote for the two candidates they think will best serve the Society as Board Directors for the […]
VER20260317, Version entity is South Sandwich Islands, VP8/s Download: [ CTY-3612 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: 3Y/LB5SH and 3Y7GIA are both Bouvet, 3Y/b EA6XQ/P, EG61GURU and EH90ALL are all Spain, EA GB26RNLI is Scotland, … Continue reading →
Version entity is South Sandwich Is., VP8/S ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 26359 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 26528 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: 3Y/LB5SH and 3Y/ZS6GCM are both Bouvet, 3Y/B EG61GURU is Spain, … Continue reading →
Version entity is South Sandwich Islands, VP8/s [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: 3Y/LB5SH is Bouvet, 3Y/b EG61GURU is Spain, EA R065A, R065C, R065L, R065N, R065O, R065S and R065YG are all European Russia, UA R065X and R065Z are both Asiatic Russia, UA9 in … Continue reading →
Version entity is Belgium, ON Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,715 Callsigns: 34,414 Managers: 109,668 Addresses: 14,592 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes Callsigns 3Y/LB5SH on 14 March 2026 is Bouvet, 3Y/B 3Y0K during 1-14 March … Continue reading →
