Ukraine has declared that the enormous Duga-1 radar array is a protected cultural monument.
Almost 2,300 feet long and more than 450 feet high, the steel beams of the radar tower over the surrounding forest. From a distance, it appears to be a massive wall or the start of a cage.
Extract from Wikipedia:
“………………….Jamming the Woodpecker
To combat this interference, amateur radio operators attempted to jam the signal by transmitting synchronized unmodulated continuous wave signals at the same pulse rate as the offending signal. They formed a club called The Russian Woodpecker Hunting Club.[10] Core group members would frame the “Official Practice Target” in their radio shacks……………………”
The GB3FE repeater serving the Stirling area is still out of service and this will affect the Stirling and Falkirk nets.
Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio is participating in VHF Field Day today. Bob, GM4UYZ, 01875 811 723.
Edinburgh & District Amateur Radio Club will be operating portable for VHF NFD portable operations today Its regular FM net on Monday takes place at 8pm on 433.525MHz.. Norman, GM1CNH, 0774 094 6192.
The West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society is working on the new shack today and may operate for VHF Field Day It has a regular Sunday net from 11am on 145.425MHz. Wednesday sees a net from 8pm on 433.425MHz and on Friday there is an open net on 145.425MHz from 8pm. www.wosars.club.
Dundee Amateur Radio Club is taking part In VHF NFD today as well as the Backpackers contest. The Club holds nets on Sundays and Wednesdays from 7.30pm on GB3AG and GB3DD. The. Martin, 2M0KAU, 0776 370 8933.
TAGS: (Within GB2RS Script)
Tonight @ 8 webinar; National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will be closed; International Police Association has appointed Jim, GM0GMN; update from Ofcom to their guidance What you need to know as an Amateur Radio user; RSGB awards are open to everyone; The GB2RS service is seeking a newsreader to cover the Western Isles of Scotland; Churches and Chapels on the Air; Finningley ARS Car Boot bring & buy is scheduled to go ahead on Sunday the 25th of July; Wiltshire Radio Rally, Electronics Fair & Car Boot Sale is planned to go ahead on Sunday the 1st of August; ES2TT/0 from Saaremaa Island; VP2V/K3TRM from Tortola; ZD7GB; Coventry being the UK City of Culture GB1COC & GB8CCC; IARU HF Championship; the SFI ended up way higher than this, peaking at 94 on Thursday; Sporadic-E has started to tail off a little as we enter July; solar flux index will decline from around 92 to perhaps 85 next week; We had a super North-South duct up the East Coast on Wednesday evening allowing a close-to 700km 10GHz Tropo QSO;
Don’t forget to join the RSGB’s Tonight @ 8 webinar on Monday evening. RSGB EMC Chair John Rogers, M0JAV will explain how to assess your station against ICNIRP EMF levels. The EMC Committee has been working hard to help all radio amateurs understand more about how to comply with the new Ofcom licence conditions. So […]
The RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park will be closed on 5 and 6 July 2021. This is due to the large tree in the immediate vicinity of the NRC being felled. It is planned to re-open on Thursday, the 8th, as usual. Note that the NRC is not open on Wednesdays.
Following the very sad passing of Regional Representative Tom Reilly, G0NSY, the International Police Association (IPA) has appointed James, GM0GMN to lead their UK amateur radio section. James is keen to make contact with current and former members of the group and to encourage new members. To contact James, see QRZ.com.
Following the update from Ofcom to their guidance What You Need to Know as an Amateur Radio User (9-page/243KB PDF), the RSGB has updated its calculator to version rsgb10a. This can be found on the EMF pages at rsgb.org/emf. Please treat this as a Beta release and report any problems to m0jav@rsgb.org.uk. The main changes […]
Tap or click the link below to download this week’s GB2RS news script GB2RS News Script for 4 July 2021 (15-page/410KB Microsoft Word document) Problems downloading the GB2RS news script? Try this alternative link.
Isle of Man Amateur Radio Society is meeting in the club shack at 7pm on Wednesday, including talk-in on GB3IM from 6.40pm. The open nets on Sundays continue on 3.715MHz at 9.30am and 10pm, plus a net on the GB3IM repeater network after the GB2RS news at 11am. Club news and events are on iomars.im, […]
Antrim and District Amateur Radio Club activates GB2CW on Tuesdays from 7pm on 145.250MHz FM. All are welcome to call in. There are voice nets on Friday and Saturday on 2m from 7pm. For details, email mi0wwb@btinternet.com. Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club has an open net on Tuesdays from 8.30pm on 145.300MHz FM. For details, email […]
The GB3FE repeater serving the Stirling area is still out of service and this will affect the Stirling and Falkirk nets. This Sunday, Cockenzie and Port Seton Amateur Radio is participating in VHF Field Day. Contact Bob, GM4UYZ, on 01875 811 723. Kingdom Amateur Radio Society is continuing to have nets on Sundays, Tuesdays and […]
