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DX News – 17 April 2022

Braco, E77DX will be active holiday style as 8Q7DX from the Maldives, AS-013, until the 27th of April. He plans to operate on the 10 to 80m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World and E73Y. Michael, DF8AN will be touring the Caribbean until early May. He will be active from Martinique as FM/DF8AN until […]
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Special Events News – 17 April 2022

Look out for GB1BB today from about 5pm to 7pm local time around 7.170MHz or 3.770MHz as well as 2m FM simplex and via GB3IW. Operators from the Isle of Wight Radio Society will be on the Bramble Bank in mid-Solent for the few minutes that it is exposed by this weekend’s extreme Spring tide. […]
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Contest News – 17 April 2022

On Monday the IRTS 70cm Counties Contest runs between 1300 and 1330UTC. It is followed by the IRTS 2m Counties Contest from 1330 to 1500UTC. Both use FM and SSB and the exchange is signal report and serial number. Please note that Irish stations will also send their county. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity […]
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Swiss Radio International: Circa spring 1968

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Bob Purse, curator of the excellent Inches Per Second audio archive and blog. Bob kindly shares the following recording originally made on reel to reel tape. All of Bob’s recordings are lost and found sound, so the only information he has for each recording are the notes included on tape labels and boxes. If you can identify the date or any other information about this recording, please comment.

Bob notes the following about this found piece:

This [recording is] from the spring of 1968. [It] is a recording of broadcasts from Switzerland. The sound quality goes in and out here - it's never great, which is often the case with these shortwave recordings, but it's almost all listenable.

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European Commission Solar Energy Strategy

IARU R1 PRC in conjunction with the Region’s EMC Committee has submitted a paper to a recent European Commission Call for Evidence with respect to Solar Energy Strategy. Solar energy systems, which include Solar PV, are a progressive technology whose …
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RSGB IT Helpdesk delays now improving

The recent long delays on the RSGB IT Helpdesk are now easing off, and while there is still a high number of tickets queued in the system, we hope to get to all outstanding cases by the end of this week. We know some of you have been waiting a very long time for a […]
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EMF video published

We’ve just published a very short video outlining the new EMF regulations and the help/tools the RSGB provides for radio amateurs. There is a wealth of information and help on the RSGB website and we hope this video will point people towards that in a new way.
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Snips – News For Scotland – 10th April

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NEWS FOR SCOTLAND & CLUB NEWS (GB2RS ) Extracts inc Additions

David, MM0HVU, District Representative for the Lothians area is retiring after many years of service to the RSGB and we thank him for his time and effort on behalf of amateurs in the area. If you are an RSGB Member and have time to help radio amateurs in this area, please contact Tony, MM0TMZ who is the RSGB Representative for Region 1 at rr1@rsgb.org.uk

CLUB NEWS

With Scottish Clubs returning to normal meeting details of club activities can usually be found on the individual club’s website. A summary of activities in Scotland can be found at www.wosars.club/radio-nets .

Stirling and District Amateur Radio Society is open today for project construction and next Sunday for antenna construction. There is a club night on Thursday from 7pm.

Glenrothes & District Radio Club has slow Morse receiving practice on 145.425MHz from 7.30pm on Tuesday. Check in at 7.15pm. On Thursday there is a Ragchew and Morse practice at 7.30pm on 145.425MHz FM. Check in 7.15pm. The club runs Monday to Saturday nets at 10am on 3.790MHz. Eric, GM4FQE, 01-333-450-753. (see RADIO NETS above)

West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society  (WoSARS) has a Solder Group meeting at The Electron Club at CCA at 6pm on Wednesday – see  CALENDAR .

On Thursday Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society has a talk on the B2 Spy Radio by Nigel Paterson, GM4JOJ. Contact Fred, GM3ALZ, on 01-975 -651-365 for further information.

There is no WoSARS meeting at Rose Street this coming Friday,  as it’s Easter Weekend and the Club Rooms are closed.

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