DL: Temporary permit for 160m further extended

In the Official Gazette No. 24, 2022 (https://www.bnetza-amtsblatt.de/2022/) published on 21 December 2022, the national telecommunications authority “Bundesnetzagentur” (BNetzA) granted the request of the Amateur Radio Round Table (RTA) and extended all temporary permits for the amateur radio service whose …

4m band released in Switzerland as of 01.01.23

As the Swiss Amateur Radio Association USKA reports, it was possible to obtain clearance for the 4m band after lengthy negotiations with the national telecommunications authority BAKOM. The authorisation is valid from 1 January 2023. The following applies: Only radio …

RadCom Plus, Vol. 7, No. 1

To read this edition, tap or click the cover image Contents 1 On the response of an active dipole antenna Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL and Glenn Elmore, N6GN 8 Icom IC-705 aerial switch and automatic antenna tuning unit Bob Harris, G4APV 14 Operating on the 30THz band – Part 2 Barry Chambers, G8AGN 25 A portable […]

RadCom Plus Volume 7, Issue 1

We are pleased to announce that a new edition of RadCom Plus is out now. RadCom Plus is the RSGB’s digital technical supplement and RSGB Members can read it in HTML5 flipbook, PDF and Epub formats. Volume 7, Issue 1 contains almost 40 pages, including an article on an active dipole antenna and another on […]

Three Convention presentations to be released

The RSGB is releasing three more 2022 Convention videos between Christmas and New Year to give radio amateurs some great content to watch during the festive season. Dr Colin Forsyth from UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory gives a fascinating presentation about Space Weather, whilst Prof Norman Billingham, M0EBI talks about plastics for the radio amateur. […]

RSGB NRC volunteer gains Intermediate licence

Before I passed my Foundation licence, I thought amateur radio was all about making contacts on air, rather than understanding and experimenting with wireless communications or getting computers to talk to computers over a radio link. I’m Phil. I was M7ANW, am now 2E0IFI and I’m just getting started in amateur radio. My QTH is […]

DX4WIN.CTY #22.40 – 22 December 2022

Version entity is Cameroon, TJ Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,665 Callsigns: 30,832 Managers: 95,870 Addresses: 13,356 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes Callsigns EA6XQ/P on 20 December 2022 is Spain, … Continue reading

N3FJP – 22 December 2022

Version entity is Zimbabwe, Z2 ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 23515 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 23666 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: RI30ANT is Antarctica, CE9 in CQ Zone 29, ITU Zone 70 TO5T … Continue reading

Big CTY – 22 December 2022

Version entity is Zimbabwe, Z2 [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: A60QATAR/0, A60QATAR/1, A60QATAR/2, A60QATAR/3, A60QATAR/4, A60QATAR/5, A60QATAR/6, A60QATAR/7, A60QATAR/8 and A60QATAR/9 are all United Arab Emirates, A6 RI30ANT is Antarctica, CE9 in CQ zone 29, ITU zone 70 EA6XQ/P is Spain, EA … Continue reading

CTY-3240 – 22 December 2022

VER20221222, Version entity is Montserrat, VP2M Download: [ CTY-3240 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: 4U1XMAS is Vienna Intl Ctr, *4U1V IT9ACJ/I/BO is Sicily, *IT9 BD6KF/0 is China, BY in CQ zone 23 RI30ANT is … Continue reading

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