The Online Amateur Radio Community runs a 40m slow-to-medium speed CW net every Monday evening at 7pm. All are welcome to join in. For more information see morse.oarc.uk On the first and third Saturdays of the month, the group holds a virtual social night called ‘The Rubber Duck’ on Zoom. For more information, see oarc.uk […]
Three weekends have been identified for some RSGB Beaconnect loop experiments: On 3-4 June 2023 there will be some regional loops and nets On the 10-11 June 2023 there will be an England-only loop and net, based round the activators who have registered for Beaconnect callsigns so far, but the Society would welcome new activators […]
RTL longwave antenna array at Beidweiler, Luxembourg
Live off-air recording of the last approximately two hours of programming from the RTL longwave station on 1 January 2023 beginning at 22:00 UTC on the frequency of 234 kHz. The signal originated from a transmitter located in Beidweiler, Luxembourg, reported to operate with a power of 375 kW at night (and 750 kW during the day). The transmitter was capable of operating at 1500 kW. The three-mast antenna beamed the signal mostly in the direction of Paris.
RTL is a general-interest, news, talk, and music station station owned by the RTL Group with its main studios in Paris. It has an extensive FM network covering France and also uses other broadcasting means such as DAB+ and streaming services.
The final two hours of programming was produced and presented by long-time French broadcaster Georges Lang, a devotee of English-language rock, pop, and blues music primarily from the 1960s through the 1980s. The first hour was a special New Year's version of the "Georges Lang Collection" followed by "Les Nocturnes," a program Lang has done for fifty years. The transmitter left the air at 00:00:05 UTC.
The broadcast was received by the Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, with a "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 9.00 kHz RF filtering. Reception was excellent.
The amateur radio club (M0OHA) at Ormiston Horizon Academy has been running for over five years. Current members in Year 8 and 9 have been working towards taking their Foundation licence exam in July 2023. Here they are getting to grips with block diagrams!
The amateur radio club at Sandringham School was one of those who hosted the GB22YOTA call sign during December’s YOTA Month. Licensed students operated five separate stations, with other students helping with set up and check logging. Station 1 was a traditional HF station, running a K3 and KPA500 amplifier on SSB 80m to 10m. […]
After the sad loss of Bob Wilkinson, G3VVT, the RSGB’s Emerging Technology Co-ordinating Committee (ETCC) is looking for a volunteer to act as Regional Representative for the North of England region. The function of ETCC is to assist amateurs seeking to operate repeaters, gateways or beacons within the United Kingdom. Under the new licence rules, […]
On Monday, 5 June 2023, Mike Richards, G4WNC will be giving the live presentation Node-RED for Radio Amateurs. Node-RED is a visual programming language that is very powerful but surprisingly easy to use. The language has matured over recent years and has the potential to be a valuable tool for radio amateurs. In this talk, […]
The RSGB’s School Zone webpage brings together radio amateurs in schools and colleges. We want to help people to share their experience of, and expertise in, establishing and running a radio club for young people. We’ve just launched a new page as part of this section called School Zone stories where we’re highlighting some of […]
John Hislop, G7OHO recently established a new STEAMettes club at St Peter-in-Thanet CE Junior School, Broadstairs, Kent. With a mixed group from Years 2, 3 and 4 (6- to 9-year-olds) the first week saw them making bracelets and developing their skills in wire stripping and soldering. As well as creating a circuit using solderless breadboard, […]
