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Roger Bramwell Woods, GW8XAN, 7th August 2021

Roger Bramwell Woods, GW8XAN sadly died at home on the 7th of August 2021 after a short illness. He had  just managed to have his 65th birthday on the 29th of July. He will be greatly missed by his sons Thomas and David, myself,  his sister and her family, and his many friends within the […]
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Radio Free Waves Bay, October 24, 2021, 7298 kHz

Recording of Radio Free Waves Bay, October 24, 2021 at 13.19 UTC (shortwave frequency of 7298 kHz)

Station: Radio Free Waves Bay

Language: Russian
Place of reception: Europe
Frequency: 7298 kHz shortwave
Date: October 24, 2021
Time: 13.19 UTC
Transmitter location: unknown
Transmitter power: unknown
Receiver: Kenwood R-5000
Location of receiver: outdoor
Antenna: 30-meter longwire
Antenna location: outdoor, around 8 meters above Earth level
Recording device: wav portable recorder

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RadCom November 2021, Vol. 97, No. 11

RSGB 2021 Convention Online – Keynote speaker Professor Cathryn Mitchell, M0IBG on radio technology and space science To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports Around Your Region – Club events calendar 85 Around Your Region – Events roundup 89 New products 14 News 13 RSGB Construction Competition 22 RSGB Matters […]
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Email outage affecting all RSGB mailboxes

25/10/2021  12.51 We are currently experiencing issues with the RSGB email service, resulting in an inability to send or receive email. This is affecting all RSGB mailboxes. We are investigating the issue right now, and will update this post as soon as we know more. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
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BBC TV Archive Clip of 1949 Ham Radio Contact – BBC TV Rx’d In ZS

Extract off ICQPodcast by Colin Butler – M6BOY

“The BBC Archive shared a clip of a news item about a radio amateur’s reception of BBC TV pictures in Cape Town, South Africa in 1949, it includes an on-air contact

The BBC news item describes the remarkable reception of BBC television pictures from Alexandra Palace, London on 45 MHz by Henry Rieder ZS1P in Cape Town, South Africa.

The clip features a contact between Mr C. G. Allen G8IG of Bromley, Kent and Henry ZS1P in which G8IG asks Henry questions about the TV reception.“

https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1445803539431841792

A comprehensive article about the transmission can be found on EI7GL’s Website – HERE .

And from the South African Radio League’s( SARL) – Hall of Fame; Mike Bosch ZS2FM first to receive the BBC TV transmissions in 1956 on BAND I. There is a brief description of the equipment used – HERE .

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Dimtsi Weyane (Tigrinya language, Clandestine): October 21, 2021

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following short recording and translation, along with his artwork above:

Dimtsi Weyane, 17750 kHz, broadcasting in Tigrinya language to Tigray region in Ethiopia, from Issoudun, France.

Region is facing a civil war since November 2020.

Signal received at Catacumba Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 21, 2021, 16h57 (UTC).

This recording was translated my Saba Tsen'at Mah'deromt via Twitter:

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