Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Matt Todd, who shares this bit of HF aviation traffic he recently recorded. Matt notes
Air to ground communications between Spirit 558 and New York. A phone patch was established to allow the aircraft to talk to a doctor on the ground about a person who had a seizure while on board the flight.
Date of recording: 5/11/2021
Starting time: 0256 UTC
Frequency: 8.933
Reciever location: Hugo, MN
Receiver and antenna: Sdr Play with a wire loop antenna around the perimeter of the attic
The IARU member-societies have voted to admit the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society (BARS) and the Amateur Radio Union of the Kyrgyz Republic (ARUKR) to membership. IARU congratulates both ARUKR and BARS and welcomes them and their entire membership. …
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 30 May 2021 (17-page/346KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.
Otley Amateur Radio Society welcomed back its members on Tuesday 18 May. Club members met for the time being in the field outside the club house where they were lucky with the weather. Their meeting made a number of the local papers.
We start with the sad news that following a recent illness, Phillip Brooks, G4NZQ became a Silent Key last week. For many years, Phillip worked tirelessly for the RSGB in a variety of roles, including reading the GB2RS news script every Sunday morning for almost 23 years, only retiring in 2017. He was also the […]
An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG with students in France. The contact is scheduled on the 31st of May at approximately 1349UTC. The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio telebridge station IK1SLD, located in northern Italy. Downlink signals will be audible in Europe on 145.800MHz, […]
Signal strength – what does your S-meter actually indicate? To read this edition, tap or click cover image News and Reports Annual RSGB Trophy Presentations 56 Around Your Region – Club events calendar 84 Around Your Region – Events roundup 88 New products 15 News 12 RSGB Matters 6 Special Interest Groups News 16 Regulars […]
Some of the RSGB’s GB2RS web pages have been updated recently and the Society has launched a video to explain more about the news service. The RSGB is always keen to find additional newsreaders so do get in touch if you’d like to join the team. To see the video, find out more about GB2RS […]
Hastings Electronics and Radio Club has daily nets from 10am on 144.575MHz, plus a Zoom night on Wednesday. Monday sees a CW net from 8pm on 3.563MHz. For info, click here On Sundays Burnham Beeches Radio Club has a net from 10.30am starting on 145.500MHz and moving to 145.275MHz as well as Zoom. Monday sees […]
