Celebrations to mark the BBC’s Centenary began at noon on the 1st of January. The London BBC Radio Group was granted an extended Special Special Event radio licence by Ofcom, to operate GB100BBC throughout 2022. The amateur radio activity is one of many events organised to celebrate 100 years of the BBC, which began broadcasting […]
The RSGB HF Contest Calendar for 2022, with all the rules for our contests, has been published. Go to the website and click on the HF pages tab. For VHF and up contests, click on the VHF pages. Please put all your favourite contests into your diary for this year. The WSJT development group has […]
Now is the perfect time to let us know your group’s rally or event plans for 2022. Email radcom@rsgb.org.uk with details and we’ll publicise your event for free in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. There are already over twenty rallies in the calendar for 2022.
W2APF will be active as VP2MDX from Montserrat, IOTA reference NA-103, from the 9th of January to the 18th of February. He will operate CW and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via W2APF.
RSPG, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group, is a high-level advisory group that assists the European Commission in the development of radio spectrum policy.
IARU Region 1 PRC participated in an RSPG Stakeholder Workshop at the beginning of December 2021. The …
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares the following recording and notes:
Audio recording of Shortwave Pirate going by Wolverine Radio. This was recorded December 25, 2021 at 0056UTC on 6969khz in Hugo, MN. The broadcast consists of a few minutes of the Barenaked Ladies song Testing One Two Three being play and then a male voice announcing a frequency change.
Broadcaster: Wolverine Radio (Pirate)
Date of recording: 12/25/2021
Starting time: 0056 UTC
Frequency: 6.96 MHz
Your location: Hugo, MN
Receiver and antenna: SDRPlay with a wire loop antenna around the perimeter of the attic
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Roberto Ciappi, who shares the following recording and notes:
Notes: BFBS Special daily broadcast to the British troops in the Persian Gulf area, during the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. They were using BBC transmitters in the UK.
Broadcaster: BFBS London
Date of recording: 2/16/1991
Starting time: 0920 UTC
Frequency: 21.59 MHz
Reception location: Northwest Italy
Receiver and antenna: Sony CFD-444S Stereo cassette recorder with telescopic antenna
This is the Local News for the week commencing 2 January, as there is no GB2RS News broadcast or script for this week. Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS local news GB2RS Local News for 2 January 2022 (8-page/416KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this […]
Burton Amateur Radio Club meets on Wednesday at 7.30pm. There are nets on 145.575MHz at 10am on Sundays and Thursdays at 8pm. Monday sees slow CW training from 11am on 14.055MHz. Barry, M0ISZ, 01283 540570 Kettering & District Amateur Radio Society has a breakfast meeting from 9.30am today and next Sunday. There’s a social meeting […]
