PS Minutes 17th October 2020
PSC Minutes 17 October 2020 FINAL
Marconi Memorial VHF CW Contest
The Marconi Memorial VHF CW Contest will be held the next Nov 7th-8th.
IARU Region 1 will continue to adjudicate Regional Multi-Operator categories but at all times, contesters must respect their local, regional, or national regulations on infection control.
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Snips – News For Scotland – 1st November
The news headlines:
- GNU Radio on Tonight@8
- Introduction To presentations go online
- Yahoo Groups closes soon
GB2RS Script – HERE .
CLUB NEWS
Events mentioned here may be affected by fluctuating pandemic precautions. Please continue to observe all national or local restrictions that are in place.
Details of all known nets in Scotland are collated by RSGB Regional Representative Tony, MM0TMZ in association with GM4COX and the West of Scotland ARS, and published at CLUB NETS (https://wosars.club/radio-nets)
A new newsreader in the west of Scotland has been appointed. Gordon Wilson, 2M0PIJ from Clydebank will be able to provide fill-in to the broadcasts in the west of Scotland and broadcasts on DMR Talk Group TG23559. Due to repeater linking, the broadcast is widely available to the West Highlands and Isles.
In the absence of club meetings, West of Scotland ARS has a daily net from 11am on 145.425MHz. There’s an experimental SSTV net at noon this Sunday on 144.500MHz FM. Wednesday sees a net from 8pm on 433.425MHz and on Friday there’s an open net on 145.425MHz, also from 8pm. More details are at wosars.club.
GNU Radio on Tonight @ 8
The next Tonight @ 8 is this Monday—2 November 2020. Heather Lomond, M0HMO will give a beginners’ introduction to using GNU Radio to create simple amateur radio projects. Starting from the beginning, Heather will introduce the GNU Radio programming environment, develop a little of the theory needed to understand SDRs, and then go on to […]
Introduction to presentations go online
The individual presentations from the Introduction to… stream at the RSGB 2020 Convention Online that took place on 10 October 2020 are now available to watch. You can catch up on ones you missed, or take the opportunity to see again the ones you enjoyed most. Find them at youtube.com/theRSGB.
Yahoo Groups closes soon
Just a reminder for listeners who use, or who have subscribed to, a Yahoo group. On the 15 December 2020, Yahoo Groups, and its list service, will shut down. Many amateurs are still using Yahoo groups and not groups.io. If you want more information, see this post on the Yahoo help website.
GB2RS News Script for 1 November 2020
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Also in GB2RS this week…
The RSGB sometimes receives complaints regarding incidences of deliberate jamming, and foul or inappropriate language on the air, and is trying to quantify the size of the problem. A Freedom of Information request to Ofcom showed only three identifiable reports submitted between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2019. The RSGB would like to hear […]
Special Events News – 1 November 2020
Members of the HCDX Group will be active as HD1X from a remaining tropical rainforest in Ecuador, grid reference FI09IV. Active until 3 November at 1700UTC they will use various HF bands including 30, 17 and 12m, using SSB, SSTV and FT4/FT8. Larry, G4HLN will be active as GB4CKS between 1 and 14 November. He […]
DX News – 1 November 2020
Remo, HB9SHD plans to be active as 8Q7RM from Kandolhu Island, IOTA reference AS-013, from 2 to 29 November. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via HB9SHD. Bob, W0YBS will be active as V31CO from Cay Caulker in Belize until 13 November. Activity will be […]