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RSGB Convention Buildathon

The Buildathon has always been a popular feature of the RSGB Convention and this year it will be run as a drop-in session from 10.30am to 5pm on the Convention Saturday. There will be a range of Kanga kits to suits different levels of ability. As well as dropping in, you can also pre-book a […]
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Vintage AM Radio Airchecks from 1973

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:

Ever wonder what it would be like to time travel? Well, just sit back and relax in your favourite armchair, put on the headphones and enjoy the short six and a half minute trip back to 1973. Here is a collection of 23 AM broadcast band radio airchecks / ID's from 23 U.S. states as recorded at Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Equipment used was a Realistic DX150A hooked up to a long wire antenna. Please bear in mind these recordings were made using an open mike placed in front of the speaker. For example, WTMJ Milwaukee makes an NBC colour TV announcement (blooper) and you will hear a voice in the background ask "how can that be"?

1. KKJO St. Joseph, MO 1550
2. WCFL Chicago, IL 1000
3. WWWE Cleveland, OH 1100
4. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN 1190
5. WHO Des Moines, IA 1040
6. WLAC Nashville, TN 1510
7. WWL New Orleans, LA 870
8. WBAP Ft. Worth-Dallas, TX 820
9. WSB Atlanta, GA 750
10. WBZ Boston, MA 1030
11. WHAS Louisville, KY 840
12. WWVA Wheeling, WVA 1170
13. WRVA Richmond, VA 1140
14. WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 830
15. KAAY Little Rock, AR 1090
16. WTIC Hartford, CT 1080
17. WBAL Baltimore, MD 1090
18. WJAR Providence, RI 920
19. WVOK Birmingham, AL 690
20. KOMA Oklahoma City, OK 1520
21. WTMJ Milwaukee, WI 620
22. KSL Salt Lake City, UT 1160
23. KFAB Omaha, NE 1110

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Call for Volunteers

[John ON4UN author of the first edition] The IARU R1 is seeking volunteers to help update the “ETHICS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE RADIO AMATEUR” document. This document is a valuable resource for all radio amateurs, and it is important …
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N3FJP – 06 September 2023

Version entity is Turks & Caicos Is., VP5 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 24729 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 24881 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: L36Z is Antarctica, CE9 in CQ Zone 13, ITU … Continue reading →
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Big CTY – 06 September 2023

Version entity is Turks & Caicos Islands, VP5 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: L36Z is Antarctica, CE9 in ITU zone 73 DL0AS/LH is Fed. Rep. of Germany, DL EA9LZ/P and EH3FSS/LH are both Spain, EA EA1RCI/P is Canary Islands, EA8 GB5KCD is … Continue reading →
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DX4WIN.CTY #23.28 – 06 September 2023

Version entity is Mongolia, JT Entities:      402 Prefixes:    4,712 Callsigns:  31,749 Managers:   99,334 Addresses:  13,667 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes 9M66M from 26 August 2023 through 5 September 2023 is West Malaysia, 9M2 … Continue reading →
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RSGB response to Ofcom amateur radio consultation

The RSGB response to the Ofcom Consultation “Updating the amateur radio licensing framework” has been submitted and is published on our website Our response has been developed within the RSGB Spectrum Forum which draws on a wide range of internal RSGB experts, as well as a variety of external Special Interest Group representatives who are […]
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4 September – MINOS Contest Logging Software by Peter Burton, G3ZPB

The presentation Peter will cover the following points in his presentation: An introduction to what MINOS does in terms of contest logging Additional features How to obtain the software and how to install it Setting it up for first use Hands-on using it in a contest Some additional contest features Installing Rig Control and Rotator […]

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