We are pleased to announce the November 2023 edition of RadCom Basics is now available for RSGB Members to read and download on the RSGB website. Using repeaters We look at how to access repeaters, the benefits of using repeaters, and operating practice when using them In this edition… 4 How to get on 40 […]
Home construction methods: Part 1 Great tips and advice on how to approach kit building and tips on how to master soldering In this edition… 4 An off-centre fed vertical for the 10m band How to use a 9:1 UNUN for making a mono-band vertical for the 10m band, as an off-centre fed antenna 10 […]
The presentation This presentation is all about the RSGB’s GB2RS news service that celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2025. Over 100 volunteers broadcast the RSGB news every Sunday across the amateur bands, using a variety of modes. There’s a look back at the pioneering days of the early broadcasts, before coming right up to date […]
We have made some changes to our HF contests for 2025, outlined here. The details are available in our published rules; see the web link at the bottom of the article. FT4 Series The number of sessions in this popular series will be increased to 12 (one per month), with the best nine results contributing […]
VER20241128, Version entity is Mozambique, C9 Download: [ CTY-3438 | CT8 | Win-Test | WriteLog | XML ] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: EA3HSD/P is Spain, EA EA5IYX/P is Balearic Islands, EA6 TX7MAS and TX7N are both Marquesas Islands, FO/m GB8WWA is Northern … Continue reading →
Version entity is Swains I., KH8/S ADIFCnt.txt has 340 DXCC entities and 62 deleted DXCC entities. arrlpre3.txt has 25749 prefix+callsign mappings. cqwwpre3.txt has 25905 prefix+callsign mappings. [download] Added Prefixes/Callsigns: EA5IYX/P is Balearic Is., EA6 GB200LB and GB1RBL are both Scotland, … Continue reading →
Version entity is Swains Island, KH8/s [download] Added/changed Entities/Prefixes/Callsigns: EA5IYX/P is Balearic Islands, EA6 GB1RBL and GB200LB are both Scotland, GM GB4SDC is Wales, GW IZ3QBN/CRT is Italy, I WO4EM is in ITU zone 7, not ITU zone 8 WO4EM … Continue reading →
Version entity is Albania, ZA Entities: 402 Prefixes: 4,715 Callsigns: 33,108 Managers: 104,178 Addresses: 14,136 [download] DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier [download] DX4WIN 9.01 and later [Entities] [Prefixes] [Callsigns] [Managers] [IOTA] Entities Prefixes 9M67M from 23 August 2024 through 30 September 2024 is West Malaysia, 9M2 … Continue reading →
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: XERH Radio Tricolor, Mexico City 1970
Frequency: 11.880 MHz
Reception location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Hallicrafters S-52 using a longwire antenna
Notes: XERH from Mexico City, Mexico could often be heard here in southern Ontario, Canada in the Spanish language using the jingle "La RH, La RH, Radio Tricolor" to identify. They were using 11880 kHz shortwave in 1970 when this brief recording was made, and typically played "musica ranchera."
